It's no secret I love me some aliens, so over on swap bot (so much fun swapping stuff with folks, by the way) I hosted my first Dotee Doll swap and the theme?

Out of This World.

Want to see what I made?

( Reserved: Alien parking only )

I just had to show this off over here (it's at my craft blog too).

I'm in a holiday swap over on Regretsy and my swapee listed Dr. Who as one of her likes.  Now I know NOTHING about Dr. Who except that that blue police call box is one of the big icons along with those robots that look like over turned colanders and there's this cute robot dog called ( Read more... )

I cross posted this over at geekcrafts but had to share it here, too (because I am amused by it).

I made a pair of gingerbread man themed Dotee dolls (little decorative dolls about 4-6 inches long, usually with a hanger on the top and a taily/hanging bit at the bottom) for a Swap Bot swap.

It was sender's choice but I checked out my recipient's ( Read more... )

Guess what is officially DONE.

Oh freaking yeah, folks, the Giant Squid (aka Biggie Smalls) is now DONE.

You know you want to see pics.

( Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can't you see. . . )

Guess what?

You guys are so wonderful.  You helped me not only win the "pin it to win it" contest I posted about earlier this week but. . .

I also won another contest at the same time.

A lot of folks on my crafty blog feed were doing the same contest and one person offered a secondary giveaway (a bit of a bribe to help them) and I won it too.

So yinz ( Read more... )

Hey all you nice folks.

Would you like to help me win a prize?

It won't cost you but a few minutes of your time.

If you have a pinterest account, could you re-pin one of my photos to help me win the prize in the photo?  I'm only looking for 12 repins total by Thursday 9/27.

Ok, here are all the details and a link so you can try and win a prize yourself ( Read more... )

I posted these at my craft blog but there's a lot of interest in this project here, so I'll double share.

Guess what's slowly morphing from a pile of fabric into an actual finished project?

( 20.000 leagues under my sewing machine? )

Just some crafty talk (and pics).  Feel free to ignore if these types of posts aren't your bag.

I've been busy lately.  I had a particularly productive long weekend.

First up, I finished a project I've been slowly working on for quite some time.

( Four pics and a bit of rambling )

Want to fill your house with paper plumbob(ish) decor?

Of COURSE you do *eyerolls*.

I just spied THIS and it made me think of sims.  And it looks like a relatively easy craft project, too.

Make a whole string in every color of the rainbow.

(now I'm going to really examine that link to see if it could be done in fabric for something a bit more sturdy)

My wife has been gone for a week (he took a crazy biking vacation, rode all the way from Pennsylvania to Maryland--and now is almost home) so that left me to my own devices.  That meant this weekend I didn't have to get dressed (though I did, to go grocery shopping) and I could eat a whole quart of ice cream (yes, I did--almost all in one day) and ( Read more... )