Want To Know What I Am Passionate About? Read all about it over at Spark the Heart – my interview is this months feature.
Ruth Davis of Spark The Heart asks me “share how you balance all of your activities with your never-ending wealth of inspiring ideas.” Happy to I said. Here is the interview: This Month’s Passionate Person is Cyndi Coon
Phoenix – This weekend is our weekend to shop local, buy handmade gifts and and make crafts to give as gifts.
Friday night is CRAFETERIA at Frances Vintage – 6-10 pm, 10 w. Camelback Road, Phoenix. Look for 40 local artists selling their handmade crafts. I will be there all bedazzled in pink-ness! Yummy!
Then on Saturday from 2 pm-midnight is the first ever Phoenix Craft Rave! At Bragg’s Pie Factory, 1301 W. Grand Avenue, Just $5 at the door and then you can choose from more than a dozen $5 – $15 craft projects to make. Local artists will have tables to provide you with the supplies and instructions. They’ll also have their work for sale too! There are free project tables, free treats and free beverages. Come get crafty – we’ll help you make for everyone on your list.
Come join us this weekend, support local artists and crafters and celebrate all the creativity your community has to offer.
Do you love surfing to find all the fabulousness out there in the form of craft blogs? Read my Thrifty Maker thoughts about starting a craft blog over at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch: Blog About Your Craftastic Self. Then get on it and start blogging. Join the community – it’s fun.
Oh what fun I had making tee-shirt yarn this week. I also made many projects out of the yarn but I will save those for another post. Making tee-shirt yarn is such a great way to recycle dingy tees from your own collection or take advantage of dollar days at your local thrift store. I personally super deluxe love to thrift shop. On those days when I don’t have anything in particular in mind to hunt for I’ll often just pick up mens’ extra large tees and cut them into yarn when I return to my studio.
To purchase one of my T-shirt Yarn Kits click HERE
After reading the book Hattie Big Sky I have been uber inspired to use what I have in my pantry and freezer and add only fresh veggies, milk and eggs. My first day of this I whipped up a really delicious baked pasta dish. The tall one asked where I found the recipe! Ha – invented out of ingredients I had on hand. I also made home made biscuits. They didn’t really rise and didn’t look that great but they tasted fantastic. For desert I made a baked cream of wheat pudding that received rave reviews from all! I love being limited – it really makes me so creative. I am also now working on raised bed planter boxes to grow veggies – thanks Hattie Big Sky for the inspiration! Find that crazy cream of wheat pudding recipe here: cream of wheat pudding
I will now be offering more goodies for those who like crafting. Today Provo Craft launches Mixology Crafts. This is a content blog that will offer daily projects in the areas of Home, Fashion, Paper and Jewelry. I have three other fabulous crafting partners Erin (CA), Michelle (FL) and Sarah (AZ). This is one worth bookmarking if you want crafting ideas. My projects will go online every Monday so come visit me.
