A Sassy Conspiracy

Gifties from the talented Aeramel, which are seriously overdue for posting! i <3 them so much!!

I’ve begun the tedious process of wiring up all my carefully collected bits of jewelry for my bouquet. Over the weekend I managed to finish about 30 of them and I’ve definitely got the hang of it now, but there are still 20-50 left to go, depending on which internet tutorial you believe. I picked [...]

Some time last year there was a tutorial on Craftster for making ear cuffs (sorry Craftster person, whomever you are, that I don’t remember your name to link you but your tutorial was great!!). I had never thought to try making ear cuffs before. Personally I find them uncomfortable (i think i have weird ears) [...]

I made this for Nven for Christmas last year, my first attempt at the popular tree of life design. I ended up being really surprised by how easy it was to make (and by this I mean I had worried all week that I wouldn’t be able to figure out how to do it at [...]

Chamberlain family pumpkin carving lessons: 1) power tools make for awesome carved pumpkins; 2) wine makes for awesome carved pumpkins; and 3) toothpicks – who knew? Mine is the pumpkin eater, and boy did the jack skellington and the big guy bearing his teeth up near the top  :)

Just wanted to share my Halloween manicure. Nail art is art, right? Deborah Lippmann Naked with OPI Vodka and Caviar (plus Seche Clear and Seche Vite).  

Happy Halloween!!!

This is the birthday card I designed for the boy’s 30th birthday. There was a coupon for each day of the week of his birthday, for things such as “exotic treasures” and “gastronomical miracles”. There are a few things I’d change in the layout, but so far my typography experiments have been a lot of [...]

I’m still here, still doing stuff. It seems the easier it is to update this blog, the less I actually do it, lol. I mean, I have an iPhone, with a built in camera… what is my excuse, really. Recently I find myself spending my time painting my nails and taking on large projects around [...]

Look! I still make stuff! Honest and for true! The 8-layer chocolate chip cookie cake, from the Martha Stewart Living July 2011 issue. Yes, it was as good as it looks. Perhaps even better. Happy Birthday Floorshow!!