Category Archives: Art Studio

Christmas in July–Add some whimsy with Whoville trees

Christmas in July–Add some whimsy with Whoville trees

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It may be the middle of summer, but the folks at Smoothfoam and Robins Nest are celebrating Christmas.

Smoothfoam gave 2015 Robin’s Nest Design Team members the challenge of creating a Christmas themed craft for a bloghop that takes place today at Designer Crafts Connection, a group of premier Arts & Crafts industry designers. Read the rest of this entry

Make this industrial chic altered art supply tote

Make this industrial chic altered art supply tote

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It was time for a little spiffing up the Paper Calliope studio, so I added to my industrial chic look by creating this altered art suppy tote. Please hop on over to the Robin’s Nest and take a look at the tutorial.

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An ode to vomit and other disgusting bodily functions–and yes, this still is a paper crafting blog

An ode to vomit and other disgusting bodily functions–and yes, this still is a paper crafting blog

I apologize for my absence. I have been hit hart by the flu bug. I knew it was bad when in my delusions I started creating haikus about the state of my illness. Want to hear one? No? You are wise, but you are also my captive audience (don’t you dare click that mouse!) so you get to hear one anyway.

The Stomach Bug Haiku

Violent ill erupts
Shiver under blanket mounds
Death would be welcome.
 

Don’t worry, since I am a former English major, I am not deluding myself–I know it is horrible. But it’s about all the blogging I can yet manage, so hopefully the horribleness of it will provide some entertainment value.

The good news i that I am back in the studio a little bit and will soon be able to show you the project that has consumed the last two weeks. I’m happy with the results, but I also learned that bigger projects make it diffidult to have consistent blog updates. Either i have to start working a lot faster, or I will have to have a stash of pre-prepared smaller projects set aside for emergency publication.

I’m going back to my mound of blankets. I will see you on the other side of this bug. Make sure you decontaminate your monitor before hopping to the next blog–I don’t want to be responsible for some virus spreading. (The illness hasn’t affected my puns, they are always this bad awesome).

Crafting is exactly like Breaking Bad

Crafting is exactly like Breaking Bad

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Help! I couldn’t update my blog because my pc was tombed beneath layers of polyurethane. Luckily, since the only way my life parallels Walter White’s is that my son is a teenager, I’m not engaged in any nefarious meth-related violence. No, I’m not wrapping bodies up in poly and finding the nearest 55 gallon drum–although admittedly if certain family members had kept pushing my buttons yesterday, it might have become a tempting option.

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