Crafts category

  • Crafting with a small person

    Normally, for the Iron Craft Challenges, I am focused. I want to produce a lovely finished product. This time I approached it a little differently. I included my daughter. And we did crafts that wer...
    May 03, 2011 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #16 – Travel Shadow Box

    So, as you saw yesterday, my first project idea for the Iron Craft theme of money was a fail. Luckily, I had another project in mind that I could do easily in one afternoon. It seems we always have a ...
    Apr 20, 2011 4 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #15 – Peep Show

    It’s all about Peeps this week on Iron Craft because Susi challenged us to make something with this iconic Spring treat. I’m a big fan of all the peep dioramas you see this time of year &a...
    Apr 13, 2011 4 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #14 – Spring Blossom Postcard

    This week at Iron Craft we are celebrating Spring Break by making postcards. I thought this was going to be a super easy challenge but, I ended up struggling with what to put on my card. I originally ...
    Apr 06, 2011 2 Comments

  • Wish You Were Here

    The Iron Craft Challenge #14 was a post card challenge. We could do anything we wanted, as long as it was a post card size. I ended up making two. They are both mixed media. For the ‘dots̵...
    Apr 05, 2011 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #13 – Antler Wall Plaque

    This week’s Iron Craft challenge was called Best in Show. We could make an animal or something for an animal. Well, I decided to make something from an animal… I have a little bathroom on ...
    Mar 30, 2011 4 Comments

  • Challenge 8 “Home Town”

    For my Home Town Challenge this week, I chose to do something with the Ferry Plaza Building. It has such a rich history. And a beautiful, if over priced Farmer’s Market on Saturdays. We really...
    Feb 23, 2011 No Comments

  • Workroom:Freezer paper

    One of the projects I wanted to try this year was freezer paper stenciling. And certainly, lots of the iron crafters have done great stencils. I think I picked an image that was not very well suited ...
    Feb 22, 2011 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #5 – Simple Pop-Up Valentine

    This week for Iron Craft I challenged everyone to make a Valentine. I think a handmade Valentine means so much more than one from the store. Most years I make Matt a handmade card (or in last yearR...
    Feb 02, 2011 5 Comments

  • Bunting

    I had not heard the term “bunting” until I met my English husband. I always just referred to those triangles as “used-car-lot flags – you know the ones?” “Bunting...
    Jan 18, 2011 No Comments