One of my favorite, unforgettable memories from this summer is that time, in band camp…. no really. One of my fave memories is when a friend told me that the “Orange Is The New Black” food truck, Crazy Pyes, was coming to So Cal as part of a promotional tour!! I love the show “Orange
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Author: Jennifer Priest
It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.
DIY Olaf Pet Rocks
Frozen is still HUGE!!!! Last month our Girl Scout troop put on a Frozen themed event for the younger troops in the area. Being that retro crafts are in, the girls developed an updated Pet Rocks project – Pet Olafs! Our good friends at ilovetocreate generously sponsored this make n take with Tulip paints, which we
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How to Color Paper Mache Fast
Christmas is coming!!!! I know, I know….it’s “too early”. But you and I both have seen the aisles of every craft store brimming with holiday goodness for us to buy. A recent trend I’ve seen cropping back up is paper mache everything — trees and stars and ornaments and advent calendars….. oh my! In the
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Online Craft Classes Now on Etsy
If you’ve registered for any of my classes at My Creative Classroom, you’ve probably received an email that the site is closing. I’ve been working on building a classroom onto my website here for a few months and I plan to get that open very very soon. But in the meantime, I needed a way
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Healthy After School Snacks The Kids Will Devour – with California Raisins
Every which way we turn in the store, there is some kind of packaged this or that full of sugar that is vying for my kids’ attention so that they will beg and plead for me to buy it. Where are all the healthy after school snacks? Shopping as a “paleo” family has been a
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Guest Designer: Origami Wallet Fold Album and Book Pendant with ANCHOR Kit
We’re so excited to share Guest Designer Trisha Neals’ projects created with our September 2014 kit, ANCHOR. The September Kit, ANCHOR, is so full of summer fun, I literally squealed as I pulled all the beach themed papers, luscious trims, and beautiful baubles from the box. My first project with this kit is an origami wallet
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Last Chance to Enter the Football, Fall, and Back to School Giveaway!
Last chance to celebrate all that is Fall – we are having a virtual pinning party on August 22-23rd! To join in, just click on the image below to go the Pinterest board and follow the instructions in the board’s header to join! Easy! Be sure to check out the Party Host’s great blogs and Fall
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