Bohemian Mermaid Palace

Story Time! Meeting Karl’s Parents (or…My Bf’s Dad Thinks I’m a Slut) an animated storytelling experiment   Story Time! Meeting Karl’s Parents - an Animated Storytelling Experiment   When I was about 22, I dated a guy named Karl for a while. One weekend we decided to head to the bay area to visit his parents, and I would meet them for the first time. The first night we were there, he heard about a party in Tiburon. Which is a super wealthy fancytown, so I was definitely in for a mansion party adventure.   Karl and I got all decked out in our 90s alternative best. I remember I wore all black (not exact replica but close), my fav shorts & tights combo and ankle boots. And I know we were both sporting our black biker jackets. Cuz we were so fuckin cool. I’m pretty sure we were feeling like hot stuff that night. Video:  Meeting Karl’s Parents | an Animated Storytelling Experiment Eventually we found the house, got a little lost but finally found it....

Stitching Snarky Inspirational Sachets Hand Embroidery Design Tutorial Snarky Inspirational Sachets | Hand Embroidery Design Tutorial Effing Rainbow Badass Hey hi. This is kind of a special video because it’s my birthday. Hooray for me!  I thought this would be a great self care birthday project, and I'm sharing a lot here. About me, more of my vibe, swear words, rainbows, some mental health tips I guess, and a ton of good craft info as usual. This video really has it all, I have to say that I'm proud of this one. Crafting as Self Care This really is a personal project for me, which I first did as a mental health activity actually. I was in a dark place and needed to make something. Cuz as we all know, creating is healing. I definitely know that. Sometimes it’s the only thing a can do honestly. I also grow my own lavender, so one day I came up with this sachet project. It’s actually very contemplative and soothing to work through. And then it’s just a nice little message f...

Vintage  Rose Pendant Necklace Mini Crochet Flower Jewelry Tutorial Vintage Crochet Rose Pendant Necklace Tutorial Yesss, more crochet jewelry tutorials. Why not? This rose is so simple but so adorable. I don't know why I love them so much! Just wait until we hand paint them, that will be fun. Coming out of my Winter Cave I'm feeling pretty mellow with my last few tutorials, I'll admit. Kind of coming out of winter yucks now I guess. I can't wait for real spring, getting out into the garden, etc... season change can be really good. We'll get there. I'm looking forward to a summer of new and fun projects. Finally getting into my mannequin garden sculptures , and other outdoor crochet like yarn bombs and granny wheels . I'm cleaning up my studio so I can get sewing on some upcyled outfits . So yeah, there's stuff to do. Come oooon summer! Video:   Vintage  Crochet  Rose Pendant Necklace | Flower Jewelry Tutorial   Full Crochet Pattern for Instant Downloa...

Coming Soon: Crochet *Garden Art* Tutorials Creative Outdoor Fiber Craft Projects!     Crochet Garden Art Tutorials Coming Soon! Who the Heck Crochets for the Garden?? When we finally moved to our dream yard, we started gardening for the first time in our lives. And we fell in love. And, self respecting craft nerd that I am, I had to ask myself…   What the heck can I crochet for the garden?? Does anyone even do that??   Video: Crochet Garden Art Tutorials - Creative Outdoor Fiber Projects! Of course I thought of Yarn Bombing , which a did a little bit with some scrap squares on a hammock post. I will probably do more of that.   And I covered some plastic flower pots with crochet. I like the patterns I was coming up with, so I’d definitely like to finish that project.   And then finally, I came up with my favorite piece of garden art so far… I call them… Granny Wheels!   (Please don’t call them mandalas okay? I just. I’ll get into it another tim...

Operation Clean Studio *Before* Tour: The Craft Room of Shame   My Craft Room of Shame - Studio Tour It can no longer be avoided. It’s time. Sigh. Time to clean up my studio room. Ugh. Right now it is the Craft Room of Shaaaame. It's so bad that I have just enough room to walk in a little ways, turn in a small circle, and walk back out of the room. Because it's just over the top messy and a little bit overwhelming to contemplate.  Video:  Operation Clean Studio *Before* Tour | The Craft Room of Shame Now it's out there for the world to see. I’m showing you this because well firstly we’re basically best friends at this point so I have nothing to hide. Heh. But mostly this is my plan to shame myself into getting this room sorted out.  Once I post this and like 100 ppl see it (ie the entire world), I will be embarrassed and publicly humiliated until I post the updates showing how great and organized it looks. I hate cleaning BUT... I am excited to know exact...

  Video: Where the F&@K are the Weird Crafty Youtube Channels??  (Right Here B*#ches!) Unique Crochet Tutorials  Where the F&@K are the Snarky Weird Craft Channels?? Continued from my previous post:   Where the F&*K are the Snarky Craft Youtube Channels?? That previous post was the moment when I realized youtube either... a) makes it really hard to find weird (ie cool) craft channels, or  b) maybe possibly there are not very many in existence. I still find that really hard to believe.     Video:  Where the F&@K are the Snarky Weird Craft Channels?? Finding My People | Unique Crochet Tutorials   A Weirdo Beacon to Summon my People Meanwhile, I decided to make a channel promo video asking the question , and showing off what I am doing here on my channel. Putting out a weirdo beacon to summon my people.   I am really seeking the group I know exists in fb groups and etsy world.  I want to meet the folks who: are crafty ...

Steampunk BEER CAN Party Hat!  Mad Hatter Crochet TOP HAT Tutorial   Fancy Mad Hatter Beer Can Top Hat - Crochet Tutorial   Creating the Fanciest Beer Can Top Hat Ever   This magical journey to the Mad Hatter style beer can hat, started out with my previous Crown tutorial , where I showed you exactly how I got to that glorious inverted shape I wanted.   Here I’ll finish up the full hat with a top and brim for the most dapper Mad Hatter style BCH you have ever seen.     Add a Beer Can Flower to make it super extra fancy!   Oh hey! You could also make this a Fancy Fancy Hat, by adding my Beer Can Flower for that bit of extra! I’m sorry, I think it’s totally weird and cute! That IS a fun little 1 can project so go check out that one for sure.   [Full written tutorial and pattern coming soon!]     If you're curious about how I became a world famous and published beer can hat designer, see my promo video here:  NEW *Creative* Beer...