Coming up on May 5th is our second annual all day crop in honour of National Scrapbooking Day!  This year is going to be even bigger and better than last year!  There will be live demos, challenges, prizes, and giveaways! Just to give you a taste of what’s to come, here’s a sneak peek of [...]

On tonight’s live webcast of Cynchronicity Live, I’ll be sharing ideas for making jewelry from items you can buy inexpensively at the hardware store.  Join me at 9 pm Eastern for all the fun.  Sign in here: http://www.linqto.com/rooms/creativeedventures  Feel free to come a bit early to enjoy some pre-show chat with other crafters!  It’s always [...]

What are you allowing to get in the way of your creativity?

Editorial note:  For some reason, this didn’t post on Monday as it should have.  Sorry about that!  Well, we’ve come to the last of the mul•tex™ Monday posts, but don’t worry – I love this product so much that it will be making more appearances in the future!  Once I heard about the laminated side [...]

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.”  Psalm 51:10 A family activity:  Just as at Advent time, we’d light candles on the Advent wreath, in my family, we used a Lenten wreath as well.  To make the wreath itself, we would use a grapevine wreath [...]

These Aleene’s products sold in Michaels stores have been recalled: Aleene’s Super Gel Brush-On Adhesive as identified by the SKU number 188998 and the UPC 017754291288; Aleene’s Super Gel Instant Adhesive (Platinum Bond) as identified by the SKU number 083356 and the UPC 017754159748; Aleene’s Super Gel Pen Adhesive as identified by the SKU number [...]

A dear new artist friend of mine, Liz, is in Honduras doing some amazingly wonderful work helping the children there.  Her stories of teaching these children about art through art journaling have been so uplifting to me.  Liz will soon participate in a trek up and down the mountain tracks helping to deliver brand new [...]

It’s time again for that annual tradition – each year during Lent I post Meat Free Friday recipes.  Be sure to check the archives for ones I’ve shared in the past. Carrot Soup Adapted from Laura Calder Ingredients: 3 T. butter 2 shallots, minced 1 lb. carrots, peeled and chopped 3 cups carrot juice Salt [...]

Welcome to the Festive Friday Blog Hop hosted by Terri Sproul! You should have arrived here from:  Angela’s blog For this simple card, I began with a piece of glossy white cardstock as the base.  I stamped and embossed the tree image on a piece of red acid free construction paper.  I embellished it with [...]

I was given one of these kits for a cup cozy and coaster from EK Success and decided to try it out by making it for my mom. The kit is very well designed and laid out.  All pieces are pre-cut for you and yarn is pre-sorted.  You are provided all supplies needed to complete [...]