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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve recently decided I don’t like the idea of buying things I can make (or at least attempt to make) myself. In light of that, I wanted to do something fun and homemade for Mother’s Day and thought a paper flower bouquet might be a fun twist on the standard Mother’s Day gift. I made [...]
If you’ve known me since… oh, high school, you know that I’m not much the flowery type. In fact, I wrote a speech my senior year decrying the murder of plants for silly uses like home decor and anniversary gifts. The thing is, I actually do like the way flowers look. I just don’t think [...]
Confession: I have been known to wander around craft stores and snatch up random objects that I like and/or think will be a fun project someday. This is part of the reason my craft space needs organizing. It’s getting there, honestly. Anyway. On a recent trip, I bought a few little craft wood frame-type things. [...]
I like being crafty. Here I will document my exploits… and maybe we’ll all learn something along the way. More...