Crafty, or just weird?

New this Easter, decorate your own Peep easter eggs! [via Not Martha]

Craft Books!

so, after anna's sewing craft craft revolution, i was inspired to get a sewing machine myself. so i did! real bottom of the line type, but still sweet. then i went and bought a nice skirt pattern and some fabric. i started kinda looking it over and i realized i didn't know jack about sewing. sure, i can thread the damn machine, sew a straight line... but when it came to certain "sewing terms" etc... i'm lost. SO i went home to my parent's house this weekend and i snaked my mom's old craft books that taught her how to sew back in the 70's. so, i figured... pass on the tradition! and to my delight they have some pretty kickass designs!

craft diet

I was watching Oprah today and she wants America to go on a Debt Diet. Her show is going to follow three families as they tackle their debt on the debt diet. One family was told to trim the fat in their spending. That means that Marnie, the mom, will have to stop spending so much on her obsession with crafts. I don't know about the rest of you, but sometimes I worry about my craft related hoarding. You know what I'm talking about - all those supplies for projects you haven't started yet. The shelves behind the bar in my basement are not filled with liquor, they are filled with plates and tiles and I have a craft locker with one shelf devoted to different kinds of glue. However, I've never worried about how much I spend on crafts supplies. Mosaic-ing is relatively expensive, but buying plates at garage sales is hardly going to break the bank. This mom on Oprah spends something like $4,000 a year on crafts (scrapbooking and beads). Obviously, she is not shopping at VV's (Value Village) or estate sales. So, I guess it is OK to hoard craft supplies as long as you don't spend too much.