• Starting Jan. 2nd

  • Antiqued Silver Eggs

  • Challenge #2: Stay Warm!

    For our second challenge, we will be making something oh so functional. !! It is time to make a ‘draft dodger’ or a ‘door snake’. (this one is from Simple Organic) If you li...
    Jan 06, 2011 7 Comments

  • Sparkling light

    The first week of Iron Craft brought me to a wall of anticipation. I set the bar so high for myself that I was ready to rewire the whole house. I had to dial it down a notch. And then, in an 11th hou...
    Jan 05, 2011 No Comments

  • Challenge #1 Round-Up Part 1

    We decided to play a little game in the New Year. To stretch ourselves and try new things together. We invited others to join. The submissions are in for the first challenge. We are both blown away...
    Jan 05, 2011 6 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #1 – Iced Willow Branch Candleholder

    The first challenge for Iron Craft was to create something to light the winter gloom. My project was inspired by a candle Matt & I saw in a store this summer. It was one of those things we both l...
    Jan 05, 2011 12 Comments

  • Am I Crazy?

    Yes, I might just be. Not only am I co-hosting & participating in Iron Craft this year but yesterday I signed up for an 8 week traditional quilting class. Traditional quilting! That means no sewin...
    Jan 04, 2011 2 Comments

  • Are you ready for Challenge 1 (and other important stuff)

    First, tomorrow is the posting date for Challenge #1 Lighting the Winter Gloom! How is everyone doing? I’m personally about 3/4 done & am pretty happy with the results so far. I c...
    Jan 04, 2011 2 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge, Week 1

    The first Challenge was posted to Iron Craft. It is a project that ‘brings in the light’. The inauguration of the site has me all in knots. I was thinking about turning something into ...
    Jan 03, 2011 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #1 – Workroom

    For the first Iron Craft challenge we have to create thing to bring light to the winter gloom. Here are the supplies I’m looking at using so far, willow branches (our CSA sent them to us two yea...
    Jan 03, 2011 No Comments

  • Crafting within the lines?

    Yesterday, I received an email from Manisha of Midwest Lotus that got me to thinking & I thought I’d share some of those thoughts with all of you. She was worried about her project for the ...
    Jan 01, 2011 2 Comments

  • Crafty 2010 in Photos

    Well, I certainly didn’t manage to work on & document something crafty everyday this year but I feel like I had a pretty darn productive year! http://www.youtube.com/get_player Happy New Y...
    Dec 31, 2010 2 Comments