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Welcome and come on in! I'm Jess. I love all things crafty, and to share an artistic journey with friends like you. Relax, take a look around, and come back again soon. Thanks for stopping by!

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Puffy Felt Hearts 1-2-3 (and what to do with them)

Hello there!  How was your weekend? I mostly goofed around while Alan immersed himself in Assassins Creed 2 on Playstation 3.

It’s a good mix most Sundays… he plays, and I play.  We go together well like that.

I’m getting in the Valentine’s mood and pulled out some felt to see what came of it.  [...]

We Can Make That! Word Art Canvas

Hi All!  Sorry I’m a little late in posting this project this week… we have had no sun and I was finally able to photograph it today.  I’m so happy with the way it turned out, what’cha think?

That’s love in many languages.  

To those who might not remember, my goal was to [...]

Sakura Halloween Cat Pail

Hello there friends!  How’s the week treating you?  Well I hope, though the weather may be turning colder where you are too (to those of you to whom that means you’re pulling your jackets out because it’s down to 70 degrees… I expect an invitation and plane ticket in February…).

Just a quick post today to [...]

Altered…. Shot Glass?

Sure!  Why the heck not. 

After all we don’t really use it for its intended purpose anymore right?  (say yes, my Mom reads this blog)

This is actually an older project that I’m just getting around to sharing, and if you’d like to make one too there are 3 easy steps:

Coat the glass using acrylic [...]

Altered Notepad

Here’s a quick little project I threw together this weekend that was so super easy!  Using one of those standard generic notepads you can pick up for under a $1 at any office supply (or even drug store), simply alter the cover with a favorite patterned paper and a few embellishments to make a [...]