Hi everyone! Bet you thought I fell into a hole somewhere. Nah, just job hunting now that I’m done with school. Anyone want to hire me? :) Anyway, I attended the San Francisco International Gift Fair last Saturday, and I ran across these flower-covered paper lanterns at the zappobz booth. I begged to take a [...]

I just wanted to thank SunRun for the opportunity to be a judge this year’s Customer Holiday Lights Contest. Congratulations to the winners! Judging the contest was fun, and I’m happy to promote the use of solar energy anytime.

Darla and Liz, this photo is for you. :) This is one of the boy angel Christmas ornaments that my great grandmother made for the males in the family. Happy Christmas Eve to you all!

Don’t you just love Christmas lights? As an apartment dweller, decking the yard with lights isn’t an option, so instead my living room is almost as bright as day in the evening with all the strings of lights. They’re the next best thing to sitting beside a flickering fireplace. Check out all the new growth [...]

In lieu of a project this week, I’m posting some photos I took during one of my walks around the neighborhood. It was an idea inspired by sfgirlbybay. Instead of beautiful, transporting images (I’m not the photographer Victoria is), I shot items that I like. And I found sources to buy a couple of them!

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I’ve been graciously nominated for The Lemonade Award three times! I thought it was high time I shared the love too. Many thanks to Stephanie at Confessions of a Compulsive Crafter, Tina at A Few Pretty Things, and Zoe at Conversation Pieces for nominating me. I’m honored to be in such great company!
The Lemonade Award [...]

I’m trying a new email newsletter service. Please let me know what you think of it. (The first mailing should arrive Friday morning.) If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so right here. If you’re already subscribed, you don’t need to do anything. However, if you signed up anonymously, I was not able to [...]

I resisted doing this for long enough. As you may have already noticed, I’m now on Twitter. Feel free to follow along! I can’t promise to be interesting all the time, but I will include some behind-the-scenes info, fab finds, and hints about future posts. And talk about chocolate. And maybe throw in some Stargate [...]

I’m selling some of my old projects to make room for (and generate funds for) new projects. So far I have just a few items listed on Craigslist, for those who live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Smaller items will be listed on Etsy soon. Click on the “For sale” link at the left [...]

I have been sick for more than a week, so I wasn’t able to post a new project today. Craftynest will be back on schedule next Wednesday. My best to you all.
(I took this pic of Crater Lake last year.)