Category: Create.
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brews and bookmarks.
For my macrame art gallery launch I hosted a free make and take station at the brewery. It was a beautifully sunny day – so perfect for crafting al fresco! Sharing my bookmark craft here so you can make your own. This craft recipe makes one 7-inch bookmark. You will…
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lunar new year.
Ringing in the Lunar New Year with a Chinese calligraphy class at the El Cerrito Library and Jojo Liu! Jojo shared a brief calligraphy history, described our materials, and then demonstrated basic Chinese calligraphy techniques. For the year of the horse, Jojo prepared worksheets for us to learn the horse…
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macramé art gallery.
You guys, I feel so official! I recently put up some of my macramé on a local brewery art wall – my first official gallery wall as a fiber artist! I even made gallery price tags, with my laminator of course. ☺️ You can currently find six of my pieces…
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how charming.
I am on a bag charm kick! We made bag charms as thank you gifts for a recent school fundraiser, and then bag charms for my kid’s Super Mario birthday celebration. We had a few supplies leftover from the birthday craft so we thought it would be fun to make…
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crafternoon.
Remember when I started a beading club? We made… Wish Bracelets Painted Bead Statement Necklaces Polymer Clay Jewelry Charms Mala-Inspired Necklaces and Layered Bangle Bracelets! And now, drumroll please – After a hiatus in 2025, I’m teaming up again with Sticky Art Lab to offer a Crafternoon series in 2026…
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level up!
Here’s a super simple way to jazz up sticker sheet favors! It’s year two at my kid’s preschool and for his birthday we put together Super Mario birthday favors to stay on theme with his birthday celebrations. I found Super Mario decorate-a-face sticker sheets. They came with nine designs. And…
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it’s-a me, mario!
For my kid’s fifth birthday there was a hot debate to do a repeat monster truck themed celebration, but we finally agreed on a new theme – Super Mario! There was no shortage of ideas for this party, but here’s where we landed. Costumes Encouraged We love an opportunity to…
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yoshi’s island.
So you want to know how to make a Super Mario themed sensory bin. 🙂 For my kid’s 5th birthday we went full out with Super Mario themed snacks and activities. Sensory bins are still in with this age group so we created one around one of our favorite Super…
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thank you bag charms.
Remember when we made thank you paintings for our preschool’s ‘give me money’ fundraiser? We’re back for another year of preschool and for this year’s fundraiser we decided to make thank you bag charms! I raided my bead and charm stash. The little picked out the hardware and decided on…
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my 2025 bingo card.
I never told anyone but I made a list at the beginning of this year to manifest some creative goals. Here’s how I did! Host a Craft Swap Check! It had been a few years since my crafty BFF and I hosted a craft supply swap! We held our previous…