Written Erin on November 18, 2010 in Uncategorized | No comments yet
Ahhh…gettin’ crazy with the hot glue gun, cardboard + paint.  Smells like home! Don’t forget to check out my latest guest blog post at Burdastyle.com - Exploring Vintage Fabric: Cotton Sateen! (Hint: Click on the text to follow the link.  My links aren’t showing up as a different color these days for reasons beyond me…where is my internet elf when I...
Written Erin on January 03, 2010 in Paper Crafts | 3 Comments
Yahoo for the holidays and thank god they’re over.  These are the place cards I made for our big vegan x-mas dinner.  The theme was Rockstar Virgin Christmas.  I like that the Virgin Mary, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are all represented here.  I made these on a whim at my mother-out-law’s house so they are comprised entirely of sharpie, pen, scotch tape (no white glue!), computer...
Written Erin on January 16, 2009 in Paper Crafts | No comments yet
My latest craft addiction: linocuts (a.k.a woodcuts or block printing). It’s a super-easy way to basically make your own huge, arty stamp. Once you’ve carved your “block,” you can reproduce the image again and again fairly quickly…. Unfortunately, what we’re talking about here does involve carving tools. These can be spendy but I found my set at a thrift...
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