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Today was a great day. We gathered at Come Yarn Over for our first annual yarn bombing event where we defaced re-faced the spaces with wonderful yarn subversion. I was doing a tree cozy, but as there were no trees available I made do with a stop sign. Happy Birthday Deb!  

I designed these babies a while back after finding a nice big remnant of Berber fleece fabric at a thrift store. It screamed “Sheep!” at me, and for once I listened. The legs and face are plain black poplin and the ears are craft felt. I put a few in my booth over at Keeper’s Corner but Deb also [...]

Here’s another yard sale booty inspired project. Red-heel socks, and a bag full of random eyes. I particularly liked the more animal looking yellow eye, it reminded me of something. Yeah, that’s it. 28 Days Later starts with an infected monkey. 28 Weeks later heterochromia iridum figures heavily. Got it. Now add this: Suddenly the [...]

In the past I’ve gone on about my mother’s hoarding collecting of craft supplies (and more recently Beanie Babies, but I’m going to focus on crafts right now.) One of my favorite things to do was to sneak into the boxes she kept stashed in my closet and think about all the cool things I [...]