Crafts by Chris

Musing on polymer clay, beads, jewelry and other stuff.

bits and baubles

Every morning, along with a cup of tea, I visit Polymer Clay Daily and Daily Art Muse. So, last night I decided to check my stats to see where visitors were coming from. I had several visitors from Polymer Clay Daily….I’m the lovely delicate flowers link under Second Looks. How did I miss that? I [...]

iced

It was 58 degrees and raining yesterday, which melted all the snow. This morning we’re iced over.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

The past couple of weeks have been very hectic, so I’m taking some time to unwind and clean up my studio. My studio tends to be a catch-all when cleaning things out for company. So between company and last minute gift creation, my studio is out of control.

While I’m in the cleaning [...]

are you ready for the holidays?

The tree is up and the house is decorated, but that’s about as far as it goes. I still have a few gifts to buy/make, cookies to bake, Christmas Eve dinner to plan, and presents that need wrapping.

My lovely new tree skirt was made by Mona, etsy’s own SewingGranny. Don’t you just love it?

holiday parade

Friday night, my youngest was in a lighted holiday parade. It was so COLD and the wind picked up as the night went on. Even so, there ended up being a decent sized crowd to watch the parade. My son is in a school based mentoring program through Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central [...]

huge blog giveaway on daily art muse!

Susan Lomuto of Daily Art Muse fame has opened a new shop on Etsy. textmessages.etsy.com offers text-related materials for artists and crafters.

In celebration of the opening of her new shop, Susan is doing a blog giveaway worth over $200.00! All you have to do is visit her blog here and follow the directions to enter. [...]

feel the love

I am honored to have received the “Spreader of Love” award from Michelle of Silk Creek Gallery and Mona of Sewing Granny. Thanks to both you wonderful ladies. That was so sweet of you
Now, time for me to Spread some Love!
For The Spreader of Love award the rules are:
1. Post a copy on [...]

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