sideoats & scribbles

Hi everyone! I thought I’d start travel week off with someplace I wanted to go to for ages and ages: Renegade Handmade in Chicago! Have you heard of the Renegade Craft Fairs? Well, the shop is an extension of the fairs and features over 300 artists — it’s a permanent location for people to buy […]

Hi everyone! How has your summer been? Can you believe it’s almost September? I sure can’t. I feel like I’ve been on-the-go since early July — in fact, last weekend was the first weekend J and I were in Austin for 3 weekends in a row!  Whew. (photo taken at the visitor’s center in Cedar […]

Hope you have a wonderful day — full of love and laughter — and Taco Deli! Supplies:  All stamps by Hero Arts. To make the background, I used a technique that I learned from my friend Sally where you ink an acrylic block and then stamp it on cardstock.  I think I used pool, lavender, […]

When my friend Kelly Marie from Lawn Fawn asked me if I wanted to play in the “Lawn Fawn Hearts Cards for Kids Blog Hop” I said sure thing right away!  It’s such a good cause, and I have always wanted to do it but never made the time. If you haven’t heard about it […]

Why yes, those are gingerbread men. And yep, it’s still August. Are you confused? Well, you’re not going crazy — although sometimes I think I am, especially when I’m making Christmas cards in June and it’s over 100 F out and my snowflakes melt just as soon as I stamp ’em — ha ha!  It’s […]