Summercrafter

One of the best things about blogging is being able to post ahead of time.  I especially appreciate this option when, during Spring Break and Winter Recess,  I make many things and spread the joy over several blog posts. When school is out, I craft to my heart's content!  I take pictures.  I upload them.  Then, I write a detailed post for each new project I add to the blog. And lastly, I schedule it to come out and hit PUBLISH (that was easy.) So, when work is crazy or my arm or other body part pertinent to crafting is not cooperating... If the Internet is down and the monster test is going on at school... Maybe grades are due or report cards come out ... and on top of all that I'm exhausted and stressed, new crafts keep coming out on the blog.  And everyone is happy! ; )  This has been the case for the last several posts and maybe a few more coming up! Even with some or all o...

Paper crafts: Fast, easy, pretty! I am under the weather, but I had a little time to make something but not energy for big preparation and clean up. So I thought about using some pages I have been saving from Mary Engelbreit’s 2011 day-to-day calendar. (The kind you tear a page from every day.)   I have been collecting them either because I like the illustration, the message, or I could use it for another project like scrapbooking or making cards. I used these in particular for bookmarks because I am reading or trying to read several books at once.   I couldn’t add “jazz” to the paper part since it goes in the book but I was able to add a little 3D to the part that hangs out.   So to humor you, I will show you the 4 books and the 4 bookmarks and you can guess where they each will go. First one to guess correctly gets a free book mark made by me!         This project is basically cut and glue. Fancy scissors optional but not necessary. ...