Animales Para Tí

well, i think i have finally hit my stride. it's these dern trivet animals. and i found some glue that doesn't give me a headache. two hits!

Monster Cake!

I made this cake recently for a friend's birthday. The fuzzy/furry quality of the coconut just needed a face to make it complete.

From embot

Fish Trivet

Fish trivet. Trivet! What a word! I guess this is not actually a tri-vet. Do we still call it that? Or a univet, or novet... besides not having the vocabulary to describe the object itself, I am struggling with the right kind of glue to use. The stuff I have works, but threads out a lot, and bubbles up. It's called "advanced craft glue". Maybe I need "more advanced craft glue", or to spend more than 3 dollars on it!

a bag and a bag

Felt for crafty table...coasters in a bag and a bag. They are pretty wonky but I get better with each one I think!

Ameliabee's Towelees!

A crafty mom I have. Always calling herself unartistic, but as it turns out, she's secretly a crafter! She knit me towels in assorted shapes and sizes for my new place. They are made of all cotton yarn, and work wonderfully! I wanted to show them off so here you go! Gracias Ameliabee!

Skapron or Apress

My lovely sis came to town a bit ago and (because of course she didn't just want a boring apron) we decided to make her a skapron. A bubble apron that wrapped all the way round and was an actual skirt. Well, I did my best, but ran into a hitch with the bubble part. The hitch was I measured wrong and it didn't really wrap entirely around to cover her toosh! So our solution was to change the name.

Meet the Apress- 0r something like that. Basically it's a really cute top to wear with jeans or leggings. It bubbles and makes any woman look like a fun young girl! Plus, it's bright and funky, so you can't go wrong. I am sure the orders will come pouring in for this one- teehee.

Crafters Together!

Can you guess who is who?

Have fun!

a bunny phone for your phunny bone

He holds your cell phone while you are not talking on it.
Perhaps while you are crafting? Let's hope.

Great Meeting!

The addicts had a great convo anoche to discuss the upcoming Festival which our lovely LooselyLucy designed the poster for.  We discussed recycled wood wall hangings, bloody cupcakes, face painting and more.  And cap'n was there, so I'm sure we talked about whales some.  Anyhow,  looks like we are really getting a start to things around here!  But, if anyone knows of a party that needs halloween cupcakes, our Quupcake Quueen has some great ideas!

skype is scary, burds & wurms are not!

It was great to see the addicts again! I would say let's do it again sometime but I am afraid my enthusiam for skype (and lack of camera control) scared everyone. So here, to help you recover, is little purple burd and wurm...and paper bag.

check it out!

d*s just posted about a window display with paper cutouts in an urban outfitters in milwaukee - artist amy soczka or amy marcella is the fabulous culprit.

did she visit juneau and walk downtown this summer first?  

we'll never know (but probably not- I just like to think I'm in good company)

Is that a raven I see?  oh no, a trick of the eye

Sock Animals Part I

I am so happy to be joining the Craft Addicts blog!

Here are two of my sock animal shenanigans for my starting course.... Both made for friends' babies, hence all the sewn-down detail and chewing-safe parts. Heaven forbid a child should choose to chew on the tail. Then I'll have to make tail-less animals and what self-respecting animal would go without one of those!




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