Little Peanuts Focus Group
😅🤣😂 I mean HELLO! I have some very opinionated Peanuts here so WHO BETTER to ask!?!?! Right?!?! Right!! All I ask is don’t be mean. I get my feelings hurt easily. Most of you know I make crafts during the year to sell at the Christmas Craft Fair here in Sandpoint, Idaho. I try and make things that I hope will sell, but every year it’s different. What sold the 1st year (t-shirts) sold out. The next year I made extra and sold none. As I get ready to make things I want to ask opinions. Design good? Design needs work. Is this something you think would sell? My friend Penny asked if I could make a Bunco themed coaster. I started to think maybe ornaments too? I’ve never played Bunco, so I need opinions and/or ideas. Y’all think coasters and ornaments would sell? Here are a couple of AI generated ideas for coasters (maybe ornaments) What other elements would…
Craft-Room Tuesday
I wanted to share what I am working on in the craft-room. First, I couldn’t take it anymore. Last weeks weird felting thing (truly don’t even know what to call it or where I was going with it!) but, it had to go. Now it’s a fat Santa. He still needs some work but at least he is no longer a weird whatever that was last week!! I finished Alice’s blanket. It’s soft, cuddly and ohhh sooo warm! I really hated for it to end, but I immediately started another one. I am sooooo addicted to knitting these blankets! Especially since it’s so cold here in Sandpoint. I started working on another cowl in such beautiful colors! I’m really liking these soft yarns. I am testing out some new Cricut cutting blades for my vinyl. Blades can get expensive. So yes, I jumped on 45 of them for under $14! I tested them with glitter vinyl which is the hardest…
What’s In The Craft Room NOW??
I really do have a great excuse for being slow with blog posts. It’s THIS craft room! My craft room calls to me! I head down here around 9am and stay till 3!! Maybe if I moved my desk closer to the stairs and not on the other side of the craft table I wouldn’t get distracted with the shiny, shiny, sooooo shiny projects!! Here is what I’m working on now. Last week I actually had company to craft with me!! My friend Marilee and her daughter and grandgirls were here designing t-shirts!! The vinyls were sooooooo cool!!! Everyone’s was so different and so pretty! My vinyls of course were for Alice. (Duh!) Then the knitting. SO ADDICTED!! Get this, now granted I do use a very chunky yarn for my blankets and only one stitch. But I’m still taking credit for being creative!) I’ve completed 2 blankets. His and hers for The Husband and I. 4 cowls. 3 for…
Day 21 Photo-A-Day BUBBLES!?
Today’s Photo-A-Day prompt is bubbles. BUBBLES?! My other choices were negative space? Up close? My MOOD?? Yeah. Bubbles it is! Today I’m actually showing you a CRAFT instead of just my beautiful craft space! I am obsessed with cup pours (dirty pour, acrylic pours) artwork. Ever heard of it? I sure hadn’t. One day a new video popped up on YouTube and I was mesmerized. I just kept watching these videos. Finally, I decided ya know I packed all these craft paints. I have a ton of blank canvases; let’s do this thing!! First, it’s not as easy as they look! I mean it is and it isn’t. The ratio is VERY important. The colors? Equally as important. My first three canvases looked like crap. (SURE! Start with a big canvas when you have no idea what you’re doing!) So, I let them dry for a week and did a pour over the tops. HA! Recycling at it’s best! So…
Plasty Craft Moldable Plastic Pellets Review
I am GIDDY over Plasty Craft; a moldable plastic!! The Grandkids and I were thrilled to be given a jar of these amazing, magical little pellets to review. We had so much fun!! Plasty Craft is so cool to work with!! Plasty Craft is a moldable plastic that you heat up in hot water for 2 minutes; the pellets go from opaque white to clear. Remove the Plasty Craft from the water and give it a second or two to cool off. Then play! Even as young as 4 year old Alice had fun!! Alice did pretty darn great as she crafted a dog. The NaNa I wanted to make a gingerbread type man. Ummmm remember I am not that talented in the molding and painting area. BUT, we had a great time!! Once the Plasty Craft cools off it returns to the opaque white and it’s hard. It’s hard as a ROCK!! Notice we even had 42 pound Alice…
