Crafty Pastor 2011

Well, I’ve done several Crafty Pastors this summer but haven’t gotten any good photos of the work until this week. These are the collage pieces that the participants made. They are fabulous! The… Read More →

Random Acts of Kindness

Take a look over at this blog: yearofkindness Really interesting! I believe she’s come to the end of the 100 days, but it’s still worth looking at and getting inspiration. I am still… Read More →

Happy International Steampunk Day!

Happy International Steampunk Day! Since it is the day for Steampunkyness and since I have two steampunk books to reveiw….and since I often have steampunk stuff on this blog, I though it was… Read More →

Thumbprint Stole For The Bishop

This past week was the NC Synod assembly for the Lutheran church (more about that and other stuff here) and I was asked to assist in making a stole for the bishop. The… Read More →

Altoid Tin Uses

Since I am ever and always on the lookout for creative things to do with Altoid tins, this immediately caught my eye.  My personal favorites are the pocket smores kit and dart gun.… Read More →

Sort-of Steampunk Bathroom

Ok, so I’m aiming for a steampunk-ish bathroom Why? Well, other than the fact that I really like Steampunk stuff, there is no other reason. Since I’m in a rental, there’s only so… Read More →

Baby Blanket

Just finished this baby blanket for a baby shower a few days ago.  It’s made from a linen/cotton yarn–not super soft but still feels really good and has a nice hand (as they… Read More →

Journey of Renewal

As part of the Journey of Renewal program for my ministry, I am to create a life plan, life goal, mission statement type of thing. It is actually quite interesting. The latest assignment… Read More →

Christmas Roundup

Ok, so it’s time for the Christmas Roundup! First, some things I got as gifts.  Books, for one thing, which I’ve already listed in the previous post.  Also some scrapbook paper and a… Read More →

All Done But The Baking

Well, finally, all the DIY Christmas gifts are complete!  All except the baking part, of course. I didn’t end up doing as much knitted items as I have in the past, but that’s… Read More →

DIY Christmas Continues: Aprons

So the DIY Christmas continues and I’ve finished one more project–an apron. This is a gift for someone on my list who is a really good cook and I think she’ll like it. … Read More →

For the Love of Altoids

Ok, I confess it……I have an unusual love of Altoids tins. Actually, any kind of little mint or gum tins but there is a special place in my heart for the Altoids tins.… Read More →

Carnival, Costume and Candy

Saturday was our Halloween Carnival and oh what a wonderful time we had! There were over a hundred people who came, both adults and children. We had candy, carnival games and a haunted… Read More →

Halloween Costume In Process

So, the first part of the Halloween costume is complete.  Let’s make that the most difficult and time consuming portion–the dress and vest/corset.  (not really a corset, obviously, but that’s what it is… Read More →

DIY Christmas Progress

Since I started the idea of making all my Christmas gifts (or at least as many as I possibly can and hand made by others when that’s not possible) I’ve gotten quite a… Read More →

Ceramic Vase

The latest completed ceramic thing from the paint it yourself pottery place. Can’t actually use it as a vase or anything like that since it has a hole in the bottom. It was… Read More →

Saturday comes round again

So, last weekend was my birthday and since then….well…there is no other way to put this….I’ve just been lazy when it comes to my blogs. A week ago was the massive church yard… Read More →

bird box

Since the first box or so I made with the swallow on the outside I’ve wanted to make another prayer box with something similar.  Finally gotten around to it. This one has a… Read More →

New Prayer Box

Haven’t had a lot of time to work on any prayer boxes or other things to leave randomly around town as of late because I’ve been diligently spending all of my “craft time”… Read More →

Pink Saturday

So this week, I’m trying desperately not to post any pink flowers. Not because they’re not beautiful, because they are, of course! but because that’s what I always do. So…..   Here’s a… Read More →