cute clover sachet

not quite sure how it's ALREADY the day before craft night again, but somehow tuesday is already here. in honor of st. paddy himself and being that i am half (or atleast a quarter...) irish, tomorrow night we're making hand stitched clover sachets from felt.

then we're taking the crafterparty over to o'brothers for some irish festivities! the street will be blocked off for a HUGE blockparty! see you tomorrow!

xxoo.

Just clip it... clip it good.

I've been overloaded this last week with stuff going on and luckily a fellow crafter, Sandra, found this cute clothespin magnet craft on boredLA and so I thought we'd give this one a whirl this week. Come tomorrow for crafting and more fun than you can handle... @ Anomaly, 6:30-8:30. BYO beer, friends and 5 bucks for a great time!

until then... xoxo.

emily

E-nomaly First Fridays... THIS Friday night!

would you like fries with that?

maybe it's my subconscious telling me to chow on a big fat burger (though i highly doubt it) but i had the urge to make some tiny, cutesy food charms today. the inspiration for this project came from a faux cupcake i saw at my friend marisa's house... speaking of marisa, you can see some INCREDIBLE pictures from that saturday taken my friend jeanne, who happens to be the most amazing photographer in duval!!! (and check out the flowers, compliments of moi!) although stressful, it was an absolutely wonderful day and it couldn't have been for two better people!!!

so, you want to get crafty? come to anomaly and get craftacular tomorrow (tuesday, 3/3) night. same time, (6:30-8:30), same place (the workshop @ anomaly). make new friends AND make adorable charms out of polymer clay! what more could you want for a tuesday night??? and as usual, we'll be hitting up a 5 points pub for a little crafterpartying!

these charms were SO much fun to make and i was really happy with how they turned out! i splurged this week and bought a craft oven so we now have a heat source for doing other projects. i've actually been wanting to do shrink art for a while, so i'm glad i invested in a craft oven!

the little birdy on the branch (pictured to the left) is my favorite one, but i think it's a little too delicate to wear as a necklace. or i could always enjoy it till it breaks. and please, pardon the white spots on this picture... it's the mod podge drying. the wondrous, multi purpose mod podge. it's elizabeth favorite... just watch the crafty video i posted last week below!

see you tomorrow! xoxo.

a day in the life

TO DO BEFORE TOMORROW: (in no specific order)

1. clean out mason jars for marisa's wedding tomorrow
2. do bouquets and boutonuierres
3. work at the store till 6
4. return sandra's about craft for tuesday
5. eat dinner at burrito gallery
6. finish making part of maria/levi's wedding present (i can't wait to post pictures of what i'm giving them! i just can't do it till after i give it to them b/c i don't want marisa to read it on here!)
7. go to nest living and buy the rest of the present
8. call my mom
9. tag all the new bb dakota stuff
10. make a necklace to wear for the wedding
11. go to the tanning bed (i know... it's soooo bad for you, but i'm pasty! my legs haven't seen sun since last summer... eeek! i don't make it a habit of tanning!))
12. return lori's email about craft idea
13. pay parking ticket
14. get some sleep!
15. pack
16. tag new jewelry we got today
17. face mask!
18. take garbage out
19. buy champagne mixers and jager 4 tomorrow
20. load car with flowers and supplies
21. drive down to st. aug
22. pick up remaining flowers at wholesale florist
23. read holden stories/put him down
24. wrap wedding present
25. have a cocktail and relax!

this is what you're missing out on.

garden variety.

i just had to share with you... i got some really cool vintage plastic flowers at a bead show i went to over the weekend. i was so excited to get home and try out making something with these interesting bits. i ended up using wire and weaving all the flowers together. i cut a piece of felt to fit over the wire on the back of the piece so it isn't itchy against your skin. then i strung in on some thin silver chain. love.

i also purchased some really incredible handmade pendants from green girl studios. she and her husband cast these amazing pewter pendants from her original art in asheville, NC. i love creative people. here's just a few of the ones i purchased. i got about 20 pieces, so be on the lookout for cool jewels at anomaly!