Last week, I did a retrospective on some of my past posts related to autumn and Halloween. It’s fun to look back, and you may be inspired by some of these ideas. Here are a few more! Read the rest of this entry
Over the past four years of this blog, I’ve posted much crafty crapsmanship related to fall and Halloween. In this post, I’m taking the lazy way out by revisiting a few. And maybe I’ll inspire you to try one!
FALL CANDLE DECOR
https://crapsmanship.com/2014/10/06/fall-candle-decor/
EASY HALLOWEEN DOOR HANGER
https://crapsmanship.com/2016/10/05/easy-halloween-door-hanger/
KICKED UP PUMPKIN
https://crapsmanship.com/2016/09/11/kicked-up-pumpkin-2/
PUMPKIN MUFFINS
https://crapsmanship.com/2015/11/04/pumpkin-muffins/
TRIO OF PUMPKINS
https://crapsmanship.com/2015/10/07/trio-of-pumpkins/
Last week, I shared the pumpkin picture I painted for a display in my living room (https://crapsmanship.com/2018/09/23/pumpkin-pic/). I change the picture out every month or so to match the season. I also use this same strategy for a display in my guest bathroom, and this time I decided to use my 5″ x 7″ Gelli Plate to make a picture of fall leaves. Read the rest of this entry
I’ve posted before about the seasonal pictures I keep on a small table in my living room. The white frame houses a 6″ x 6″ mat, and I try and create a picture to match the season. Here’s my Memorial Day pic: https://crapsmanship.com/2018/05/25/memorial-day-watercolor/.
Friends Martha, Kathy, and I went to a Pinners conference in Arlington, Texas. Of course, we had a blast being together and buying crafting crap. We came to the conference loaded with Artist Trading Cards, ready to trade with other artists. Much to our surprise and a little to our disappointment, many of the booths were geared more toward buying than to making. That didn’t stop us from looking at the jewelry and clothing exhibits, but we spent most of our time at the booths that had art supplies to demo and to buy. No one, however, offered to trade ATCs with us, so we surreptitiously spread our cards throughout the exhibit halls. Read the rest of this entry
Last week, I posted about the artist trading cards I was making for a crafts conference I’m going to in Dallas. Though I’ve thrown away a few of my most crappy, here are a few more that remain in my stack.
Hope you like ’em!
I’ve always turned up my nose at the idea of Artist Trading Cards. I mean, why would I want to start a new collection when I hardly have room for what I already have? But when Martha, Kathy, and I scheduled a trip to Dallas for a big crafters’ conference, Martha suggested we make some ATCs in case we have the opportunity to swap with other crapspeople, er, I mean craftspeople. So I approached the task with my usual blend of ineptitude, mixed media, and luck. Here are a few of what I’ve created so far.
I used a stamp and a label on the back of each to identify the “artist.”
They’ve been strangely addictive to make, and I’ll create more before our trip in mid-September. I might even sprinkle them throughout the conference hall for my donation to found art!
This project is most definitely a fine representation of my “crappy to happy” crapsmanship. It all started when Dan the Man and I took a cruise to Alaska. (We had a wonderful trip seeing awe-inspiring scenery.) One of our excursions led us to an old mining town, complete with an opportunity to pan for gold. I couldn’t quite get the technique down without help, but Dan the Man was a natural! Read the rest of this entry
If you need a whole closet for your crafting crap, it might be argued that you’ve got too much stuff. But how else can you make what you want on a whim?! Though my crafting materials were once well-organized, I’ve been piling stuff upon stuff upon stuff, and the closet desperately needed a re-do. It didn’t help that we had hardwood floors installed in July and I’ve yet to clean up the additional stacks created by the moving process. Read the rest of this entry
You may prefer made-from-scratch brownies, but this crapswoman is perfectly okay with the boxed variety. Particularly if they have this gooey secret inside! Read the rest of this entry
