Welcome to my crazy world of haute couture! 🤣🤣🤣 If t-shirts and pajama pants graced the cover of vogue well, I would be a fashion diva. So perhaps it is not that surprising that I would be intrigued by making a dress out of trash. I recently embarked on this frivolous and silly escapade, and…
I’ve been on quite the crafting journey working with aluminum cans! Just when I think I am ready to move on to something else, I keep finding a whole new world of inspiration in these simple soda cans. There are many different ways to break down an aluminum can, but the techniques I’m going to…
Have you heard about my crazy Trash Fashion plan? Well, it starts with snack bags made of shiny silver fabric. There are a few different ways to create the material from snack bags. To find out more, check out the video below. Hopefully, you will be inspired to make your snack-tastic fabric. I tested three…
It’s 2023, my friends! Can you believe it? It’s kind of a significant milestone year for me as birthdays go but let’s not navigate those murky and painful waters until we have to sometime later this summer, shall we? I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite things about the new year is…
I hope I don’t sound too braggy, but this might be the cutest thing I have ever made from aluminum cans, and to be clear, I have made some pretty zany stuff using beer and soda cans. I won’t yammer on about anything else as I sometimes do because this is already a lengthy post….
Growing up, I was deprived of the exhilarating childhood experience of jumping and playing in those giant piles of leaves. So every fall, I would wish for a huge maple tree to appear in our yard and rain down its colorful leafy torrent. Fast forward to my adulthood and one of those attempts to relive…
I recently had the hilarious experience of getting reacquainted with my 14-year-old self. It was a tiny glimpse into a short window of time. And it revealed a mildly boy-crazy girl suffering from all the melancholy, broody, moody trappings of being 14. How did I run into this younger self, you may be wondering. Well,…
Do you ever wonder how aluminum cans are made? No, it’s just me. Well, congratulations on having more interesting curiosities than the origins of your beverage can. Fortunately or unfortunately, I do find some mundane things interesting, so now I must bore you with my recently accumulated knowledge of manufacturing aluminum cans. First and foremost,…
I have this theory that Thanksgiving must suffer from middle-child syndrome. I mean, take a glance at any party store or big box retailer’s seasonal section this time of year, and what do you see? A typical scene is a well-picked-over Halloween display all orange and black and jack-o-lanterny and across the aisle is the…
Are you from a generation that had to work for their candy on Halloween? Were you allowed as a child to wander around after dark without parental oversight? Do you remember when getting a small chocolate candy was a treat instead of a disappointment? It is sometimes difficult to admit how old I am because,…
