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August decoden Kawaii Craft Kits
I recently got to play with decoden again thanks to Kawaii Craft Kits' August decoden box. This is my second box from this group, and I was again pleased by the amount of items in the box! Accoding to Decoden Tips, decoden is "the art of decorating phone cases and...
What you need to know about yarn weight
This week, I thought it would be helpful to talk about yarn weight! Besides coming in all sorts of colors and textures, yarn also comes in different thicknesses, called weight. You can find the weight of the yarn on the label of a skein (another term for a ball of...
Making fairy wings
I've made fairy wings for dragons a few times now. With my recent fairy dragon, I thought it might be a good opportunity to include a blog post showing how I do them. My biggest problem with using fantasy film (or Angelina film) has always been with how delicate they...
Falloween amigurumi pattern round up
To kick off officially integrating crochet into my blog, I thought it would be fun to start September off with a pattern round up! For those of you who might not know what a pattern round up is, it's basically a collection of themed patterns. I spent the latter half...
Using a liquid silicone mold maker
A couple of years ago, I created a tutorial showing you how to create a mold using the silicone putty mold maker. With the bases I created for the most recent round of Pure Art Collab, I knew the putty mold maker wouldn't give me the flexibility I needed to cast them....
Fantasy Creature Pure Art Collab recap
Today, I want to talk about the series I created for the most recent Pure Art Collab theme. The overall theme was fantasy creature, with four weekly themes of dragon, mermaid, fae, and phoenix. I could tell you guys were really excited about this theme because we had...
