The Little Nuthatch — crafts

Back in November I carved my first rubber stamp, so I had my own to use when letterboxing. It was so easy, that I made a few more! First off, I'm afraid my stamps might look a bit rough. I've been using an xacto knife with just a *slightly* diagonal blade (not the very pointy ones that might be better for detail) that is also old and actually rusty!! (I should definitely buy new blades...) But, anyway, the point is I'm not using the blades that are actually meant for stamp carving. So, here are the two I carved this...

I LOVE Ann Wood Handmade, and she recently came out with a tutorial for making paper mache boats. I finally got to making one today, and I love it! Thank you for this wonderful craft, Ann Wood! Here is my boat: I hung it in my window this morning after finishing it, and in the afternoon the light was shining through the mast. It was so pretty.

I made some thank you cards, to send out some thanks for Christmas gifts. (shhh, it's never too late for that!) I had been toying with the idea of trying flocking or embossing on cards, so I ended up with flocking because all I needed to buy for that was a jar of flocking (3.99 and 50% off with a coupon). I went with pale pink ("peony") thinking it would be good for some Valentine's Day cards as well. I picked out a bird I had drawn, put a little heart on it's chest and decided to flock that. I...

I took part in the Freshly Blended Ornament Swap this year (I did it last year too). I highly reccomend it! I made most of my ornaments on a camping trip a few weeks ago. They are like mini versions of my nest paintings. For each one I used a print out of a cardinal painting I did, glued it into a little box, and decorated each one with buttons, beads, and threads. So far I have only gotten a couple ornaments in the exchange, but I will get 10 total. Look how cool these are: On the left is...