Now that October is here, we’re feeling the heat – literally. It’s 80 degrees for some of us, but with various deadlines looming, it feels like 800 degrees for others! Ann finished up last week’s custom Fizzgig purse without a second to spare. She snapped this shot shortly before she Read more…
Unfortunately, you missed this exciting contest, in which Kristin Marz won a FREE 5×7 canvas painted by our very own Cindy Jo Blair! We’ll be having our next Fifth Friday contest in December. Be sure to enter for a chance at another awesome prize!
This week, the women of wonderstrange have lots of great stuff brewing! Ann is plotting all kinds of altered Halloween madness while working on another one of her fabulous custom purses. This one is for a 12-year-old girl down in Florida who loves The Dark Crystal in general and Fizzgig in Read more…
Let me say up front that I am not the world’s foremost expert in the polymer clay arts. Where clay is concerned, I may, in fact, be the world’s hindmost ignoramus – but that’s not altogether bad, because at the back of the line, we do things quick and dirty! This project requires no special tools, no experience, and absolutely no expertise, so grab some clay, and let’s go!
Do you love a vintage look? Are you damn tired of disappointing crackle paint? If so, I might have the product for you!
Like most of us, I have been making holiday gifts by hand for more than a decade, which means that I’ve baked, burned, sewn, sworn, crocheted, ripped up, stamped, smudged, and scrapbooked my way into a mid-December coma more times than I care to remember. This year, however, I have come up with a ridiculously simple project that couldn’t drive me crazy if it tried. It’s cheap, it’s easy, it’s customizable, and best of all, it makes a great excuse to haunt the local antique mall!
All of the awesome people I know like food. Yet how many of those people have an awesome cake stand on which to serve their food in a hip and appealing way? With this project, you can create a fabulous gift for the next wedding, birthday, housewarming party, or graduation on your calendar AND help to curb this frightening epidemic. Oh, and by the way, the multifunctional part means that your cake stand can serve everything from crackers and cheese to hot wings to pizza. Just don’t tell the cake. It might get territorial.
This simple, versatile project takes an item found at every thrift store in America – the ubiquitous candle holder – and gives it new life as a cool piece for storage and display!
Here is a project tailor-made for nights when you just want to make something and finish it and have it be awesome, because your day really wasn’t. (more…)