My kids had the day off school, so my mom invited us over to her house for a crafting day. She had gotten some balsa skull "birdhouses" and Halloween ornaments for the girls to paint, and haunted gingerbread houses for them to decorate. I had managed to forget to bring the kiwi, but she had some extra ornaments, and she and I painted some too! ( Read more... )

Today's minimal crafting was, once again, rainbow loom related. The kids and I packed three simple bracelets worth of black, orange and glow in the dark bands, with clips, into little bags. I'll offer them to kids and if they are unwanted, then candy it is!
Because I just cannot resist buying candy.

Not horribly expensive because we always have few ( Read more... )

Lemme see... Friday I finished the fingerless gloves. Saturday, all I did was show a new jewelry maker how to work with jump rings and how to use a jewelry saw. Sunday, I started working on bits for photographing a Line, so I made a pair of woven drop earrings. Monday, while I vegetated and watched Doctor Who, I played with the Rainbow loom and ( Read more... )

After a day of meeting customers and planning complex, time consuming stuff. And getting my things from the Ren Fest booth and locking it up for the season, I couldn't look at jewelry or anything useful. I did stop at the craft store to see if they had more rubber bands for my kids ( Read more... )