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Adventures in Using Iron On Transfers
In the ancient days of my youth, a.k.a. the '90's, craft stores used to carry a variety of fun and cutesy iron on transfers. You could put them on anything -- sweatshirts, tote bags, t-shirts, pillows, aprons, and more! The designs came printed on special iron on transfer paper, and all you had to do was carefully cut them out and follow the directions to stick them to your item of choice. I had a beautiful palomino carousel horse iron on transfer that my mom helped me fuse t
Aug 13


Black Cat Plushies and the Search for Darcy's "Mini Me"
For about nine years and nine months, I have been blessed to be "cat mom" to the greatest little black cat who ever lived, Darcy. Since adopting him back in October of 2016, I had not spent one day fully apart from him until just a couple of days ago, when we had to say goodbye to him. He joined my dad in Heaven, and now my husband and I have to learn how to navigate the rest of our earthly lives without him. It's not going very well so far, but I know time will help. Baby Da
Jul 21


Evette "Evie" Monetti (a.k.a. "The Wednesday We Have at Home") - Custom Lila Monetti, Girl of the Year 2024
I enjoy lurking around on r/americangirl from time to time. Sometimes I learn really useful and obscure tips about American Girl dolls, like how to tell if a doll's vinyl is leeching plasticizer. Sometimes I marvel at amazing restorations or incredible secondhand finds. And sometimes, I see astute observations that make me go, "Oh snap! Yeah, I see it!" That's exactly what happened when I saw this thread by Reddit user, "callmeselinakyle." They noticed that Wednesday kind of
Jul 12
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