I finished Finn's stocking last night! I'm glad that I was able to get the most important one done in time. I still need to crank out a stocking for "MOM" and a stocking for "DAD" then our little stocking family will be complete. I used an assortment of vintage patterns but mostly just scoured flickr for inspiration. I want these all to look handmade and vintage, and I think this one is successful. READ MORE

This is my 2nd creation with my new favorite friend, the old Gocco machine. I made some of these Christmas hang tags and it was super easy. I love this machine, if only I had a million dollars I would Gocco all the time. I am so making handmade gift wrapping really cool this year. I hope it's not too over the top. I've got my kraft paper, my homemade gift tags, and my magazine gift bows. I'm READ MORE

Just found this great idea on the good ol' internetz. If you can't tell already, I'm a little gung-ho about Christmas and all the things that come with it. Thanks to Jessica for the tutorial which can be found at howaboutorange.blogspot.com. Now I have an excuse to put the cart before the horse and start my Christmas present wrapping before I even have gifts bought. I know what I'll be doing when READ MORE

Jeff and I went to our friends, Mark & Arielle's wedding this weekend. I've been to a lot of weddings in my day, but this wedding took the cake (ha) for best hand made decorations. So like all good craft bloggers I decided I should take some photos and share it around the interweb. Paper flower bouquet's are totally awesome. I need to find the pattern for these somewhere, I don't know why, READ MORE