Lots of weddings. I love doing custom orders; they force me to think outside my box and play with colors (and color combinations) I wouldn’t otherwise have worked with. And that’s what it’s all about, right? Plus, since I like to make every single flower unique, larger custom orders drive me to come up with [...]
Apparently, even Austin’s birds support Portlandia’s “put a bird on it.” The image above is proof. A bird decided to leave that bird-shaped art on my windshield the other day. That image was taken from outside the car, but the best angle is really from inside the car: You know, that bird looks familiar… Amy, [...]
For Christmas this year, Dennis and Amy bought me a Tinysaur. Let’s just pause for a moment and marvel at how fantastic a gift this might be for a girl who loves dinosaurs and runs a craft website/shop called onlyverysmall. That first picture is deliberately vague on scale. I felt it was important to take [...]
I love snow. This is, no doubt, partially due to the fact that I live in Austin, where everyone freaks out because no one knows how to drive in snow and/or ice, and the entire city pretty much shuts down. I’m working from home today, and I’ll tell you what: I needed to build a [...]
For the launch of the new onlyverysmall website! AND AND The (official) launch of the onlyverysmall shop on Etsy! First things first. If you’re reading this in a reader, click through. Seriously, it’s worth it. My web designer, who happens to be my big brother thankyouverymuch, did an amazing job in a hilariously short period [...]
As if I needed another craft, I’ve taken up quilling. No, not quilting.* Quilling. Or paper filigree. Fancy-dancy rolled paper strips. I’ll be posting more on that later. For now, a quilled calendar! I wanted a nice calendar for my new place. I’m not sure what it is, but there’s something about a nice calendar [...]
My nephew Jax and I have a mutual love for dinosaurs. What can I say, the kid’s got style. So for his birthday last month, I decided he needed a handmade dinosaur. Enter the dino plush. Having never made a plush before, and certainly not one that could withstand the love (or hate) of a [...]
Brandon and I returned from a fantastic vacation a few weeks ago. His grandparents have a cabin near Creede, Colorado, and they were kind enough to let us stay there for a week. It was g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s. The trees were just starting to turn, there was no cell service or Internet, all the people were amazingly [...]
Early last month, I moved from a 760-square foot apartment to a 397-square foot studio.* As you might imagine, I went from having a decent-sized kitchen to a tiny one. I love it. (My kitchen sink has a sprayer. A sprayer!!) But in the process, I ended up with a lot of leftover shelf liner. [...]
In high school, I was the historian for the Spanish club. Dorky, yes. But it was the only way to insure that I was taking the photos and didn’t have to be in the photos. Plus, I got to be in charge of making the scrapbook. I was terrible at it. The photos, that is. [...]
I like being crafty. Here I will document my exploits… and maybe we’ll all learn something along the way. More...