Have all ya’ll heard about swap-bot? I found it last week a few clicks away from one of my favorite crafty blogs. It’s the modern crafty version of pen pals- sort of. There are currently about 500 swaps going on- ranging from e-mails sharing your favorite craft links to handmade aprons. [...]

For my now completed stop motion teeny tiny film I had to make a whole host of teeny tiny props. It took just about the same amount of time to make everything as it did to photograph the stop motion! I was so inspired by the movie Coraline. Everything in that movie [...]

I really love flokati rugs. I have two that are safely tucked away in my parents basement awaiting our reunion. When I learned that I would be having a child and building a nursery for him, I wanted a flokati. A gray one. Being a flokati snob though, I knew that [...]

I, Laura Elizabeth Hawker Plouzek, do solemnly swear that I will finish all of my pending projects before starting new ones. Furthermore, I vow to use the fabric in my overflowing stash before purchasing more, and to avoid thrift stores until all projects previously mentioned have been completed.
Signed, this 7th day of May in [...]

Also known as #15 on the list.
This quilt was made for my most super dearest friend, Anna, to give to her sister for the birth of her daughter, Maci Noel. I used remnants of lots of projects for the blocks on front and some uber cute crab fabric that I picked up at JoAnn’s [...]

I have this long list in my journal entitled, Things to do pre-jack. Now, I don’t know how long we’ve got until he’s here, but I’ve been making these things a priority. Celebration is in order because I have been able to cross off number 8: wedding scrapbooks. (Wedding photo albums are [...]

 
I recently purchased some new toys for making: a stack cutter and a wire binding machine.  They are amazing and wonderful and it’s amazing how much time I can spend cutting things and then putting them back together with wire.  This weekend I made several little notebooks out of vintage playing cards, and a handful [...]

Happy birthday Kaitlyn Grace! Your present is in the mail. Leave it to your Auntie Laura to think that your birthday was still several days away, only to recall that it’s today!!! I wish that I could make a pair of wings and fly myself to your birthday party so that I [...]

I’ve been wanting an alternative to the everyday tee- something comfy and fitting, without a crew neck (I don’t like how constricting it feels!), and slightly dressier than the standby. I also hate it when I’m feeling a little chubby and the shirt I’m wearing has no give. This is my solution. [...]

I’ve been working on this since way before Samantha was born and today she turned one month! This is my first attempt at hand quilting, and it’s taking a super long time!
nighty!