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Christmas Chipboard Art Project + Unnecessary Story

December 19, 2011

A while ago, I showed you my little chipboard letter art project… Clearly intoxicated by the enticing craft store environment, I unknowingly bought a set of two canvasses for that project instead of one, and I still had more chipboard letters left, so I was practically required to make another version of this, right? REQUIRED. [...]

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Art Project Inspired By Craft Store Trickery

August 15, 2011

This is a fact: there is something magical about craft stores. Like, fairy dust magical. I know this because the minute I step inside one, suddenly I believe I’m capable of completing all kinds of art projects I have no business touching, and suddenly I’m buying the necessary supplies to knit a designer dress (yes, [...]

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Frame Hanging Hack: How to Get IKEA Ribba Frames to Behave

August 4, 2011

Dear IKEA (my dearest), We need to talk. Up until now, our relationship has been a beautiful expression of lasting love. A give-and-take: I give you my money, then take home your boxes of furnishings, sprawl out on my living room rug surrounded by wood parts, screwdrivers, hack saws, drafting compasses and whatever these things [...]