Here’s a fun little craft to do before Halloween rolls around—eyeball jewelry!—using inexpensive, faux pearls, a few basic paint colors, and a fine-tip permanent red marker. LOOK through the photo gallery to SEE how it’s done: While you’re at it, make some eyeball pinheads for your pincushion. You’ll giggle (or gasp!) every time you open …

I never expected my wedding would consume me, but now I realize that was a silly assumption. It has, and I guess I am just going with it. It’s around the corner now, about a week and a half away, and there are still things to do. My decorating theme is crystals, and it’s transformed …

You may remember that I worked as a set decorator on a short film project with my best friend, Nicki Manchisi, over the summer. I wanted to share with you some of the set photos from the film. The film is titled Woo Woo, and it is set in 1961 in Astoria, in New York …

My best friend, Nicki, is in the final steps of earning her MFA in film from San Francisco State. The preparation for her thesis film, Woo Woo, has consumed her the past few months, and up until this point Nicki has done all the work herself. She has really impressed me—I know the amount of work that …

I’ve been thinking a lot about sloths recently. I’ve always thought they were fascinating and I’ve been trying to learn more about them. Ultimately, I would love to spend some time with them—you can actually do that if you visit Costa Rica. So now I am planning a trip! But before my holiday planning in …

A while back on my personal blog, lemmemakeit, I shared a card I made for a special someone’s birthday. It was fun to make, and I received such a joyous response that I created a template so it could be easily replicated. Click through the photos for the how-to so you too can surprise your friends …

Congratulations to Patti Lynn Fitzgerald & Melanie Ballard, who won our dazzling necklaces!!! Thank you to all who commented—I really enjoyed reading all your posts!…

I hope you all had a chance to watch the craft hour on The Martha Stewart Show. It was a very exciting day for the TV crafters and especially for Kirsten, who gave birth during the craft show at 10:18—pretty sure she waited for the commercial break! I don’t think any of our craft projects …