Halloween Fun with Glow in the Dark Hot Glue

I visited Daiso the other day, and ran into  Glow in the Dark hot glue! I'd never seen this before and this sparked a lot of ideas...mostly halloween themed. I've used the hot glue more like sculpture and not as an adhesive. For only $1.50....I couldn't say no.   I started out playing with handwriting...This…

DIY Chesire Cat costume accessories (Crochet)

Its that time of the year again, where I scramble at the last minute to make a Halloween costume! This year I'm planning on dressing up as the Cheshire Cat, in the style of the 1951  Alice in Wonderland Disney movie. The Cheshire cat and I go a long way, and if you've read this…

Polycrafter’s crafting corner

My husband and I moved to a new apartment earlier this year, and one of our goals was to get a dedicated craft/work room for us to share. After a lot of organizing, purging and reorganizing we've come to a neatly organized craft room that can fit everything we both need to work happily. The…

Zodiac Fuzzy Poster – Complete!

I first shared this poster while it was in progress, about a year ago. I'm happy to report it is now finished and adorning our craft room wall. While I don't follow astrology predictions, I do enjoy learning about the signs, the constellations behind them and what patterns are observed for each sign. I used fine tip…

DIY Tshirt headbands & accessories

I've been experimenting with new materials a lot lately and one of them is T-shirt yarn! T-shirt yarn is basically a long strip of t-shirt fabric that can be used as a heavy weight yarn for any craft. Last year when I started my venture into designing for Darby Smart, I picked several skeins of…

DIY Embroidery Wall Art (Darby Smart design + Promo Code)

I'm very excited to share that an embroidery design I worked on last year was just launched as an Embroidery Wall Art idea on darbysmart.com! You can follow along the instructions there and purchase any materials you are missing. I really love some of the fabrics they used in the examples. This was a fun project…

Mapping Puerto Rico’s slavery districts in 1872

Update 3/13/15 : Welcome to visitors coming from the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawings Society! Feedback is most definitely welcome so feel free to leave a comment if you have additional information on this topic. Together, there is much we can learn about our island! Actualizado 13/3/15: Bienvenidos vistantes dirigidos aquí por el "Puerto Rico Historic…

The rewards of teaching

Last month I taught my very first in person crochet class.  Speaking in public has been something I've enjoyed in school and work, but I've never really considered myself a teacher. I still feel fluttery and excited when I think that I actually transmitted something I know to other people. I spent an afternoon teaching…

In Progress: Coloring Embroidery

I found this sweet pair of embroidered sea creatures at the thriftshop some months ago. They were looking very bare so I've started coloring them with fine point Sharpies (that we bought for our wedding guestbook). Its such a fun, slow paced activity I like to leave it for Sunday afternoons and lazy days. The…

Video Roundup: Grace Hopper Conference 2014 speakers

This week (but really, this whole fall) my geeky side is jumping for joy since I finally get to go to the Grace Hopper Conference/Celebration . This event focuses on women in technology (students, faculty, industry, etc) and is a three day marathon of awesome talks, training and networking opportunities. I'm not familiar with several…