Lucky fortunes!

Do you keep your lucky fortunes?  I do!  I’ve been doing it for awhile now. Take this one — it’s from 2006, before I started working for Hero Arts. Or these two from today — one is mine and one is J’s — he even put his fortune in the book!  He knew I’d had […]

I baked a (gesso) cake!

I’ve been having so much fun with gesso that I just can’t stop!  Here I used it to ways — to make the cake icing and to do a transfer of the writing.  So fun!  Can’t believe my friend Janani’s daughter is going to be sixteen.  Wow do I feel old. :) Supplies: Adobe Illustrator […]

Gesso-ing around!

Hi there. Hope you’re having a fun long weekend if you’re in the states — I sure am! I did my homework for the class that I’m taking with Claudine Hellmuth over at Big Picture Scrapbooking. So far it’s been just what I needed — fun and relaxing. It’s not too late to join in […]

I break for cupcakes.

Happy Monday! Did you have a good weekend? I sure did! I only did one thing I actually planned on doing, but it was still super great and I wouldn’t have traded one minute. Saturday bright and early I went to my friend Libby’s who was hosting a stamp yard sale extravaganza. My table was […]

Yay for crafty Austin artists!

I was so excited to meet some local artists at the Renegade Craft Fair! The first was Leslie Bonnell, owner of The Stitch Lab. Her shop carries tons of awesome fabrics like this sweet deer and stove — that I have no idea what I’m going to do with just yet, but had to have!  […]

Regegade Craft Fair!

Have you been to a Renegade Craft Fair yet? No? I hadn’t either until Sunday when the fair came to Austin for the first time.  It was so fun! There were over 250 booths selling everything from fabric to yarn, to jewelry, all kinds of handmade items and more!   And there was a super […]