A few months ago I shared my first experiments with etching designs onto glass, which is a wonderful way to reuse, decorate and personalize glass containers of all kinds, whether to use for storage or gift giving or pure decoration. Apart from learning an important lesson about cleaning up my tools so as not to […]
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glass etching – another method for fine details & original art
Posted by Tally on June 13, 2014
https://tallystreasury.com/2014/06/glass-etching-another-method-for-fine-details-original-art/
Featherweight’s loop scarf
Happy Thursday everyone! I have a special treat for you today: a craft tutorial in comic form, from the incredibly talented Featherweight. I first met Featherweight (in a virtual sense) through the Desert Bus for Hope Craft-Along. He is a maker of many things, from paintings and comics to puppets and props, and over the years […]
Posted by Tally on January 30, 2014
https://tallystreasury.com/2014/01/featherweights-loop-scarf/
make your own stencils
As much as I enjoy doing detailed felt appliqué work, sometimes you need a faster, or just a flatter method for putting a simple image onto cards, or bags, or whatever. That’s when stencilling comes in really handy. Stencilling is, of course, when you use a reusable template of a shape/word/design to lay down a […]
Posted by Tally on August 9, 2013
https://tallystreasury.com/2013/08/make-your-own-stencils/
crafting panel at PAX Prime!
Announcements announcements announcements! PAX Prime starts in just a couple days, and I am delighted to have the privilege of heading up a panel there this year. I’m sure it will be no surprise that the panel is about crafting – geek crafting in particular. Hopefully a bunch of you reading this already know about […]
Posted by Tally on August 29, 2012
https://tallystreasury.com/2012/08/crafting-panel-at-pax-prime/
alternatives to pumpkin carving
There’s nothing to get you in the Halloween spirit like stabbing a knife into a nice juicy pumpkin and sinking your hands into those stringy, gooey innards. Pumpkin carving was a strong tradition at our house growing up, and my brother and I would sometimes spend an hour sketching out the best possible jack-o-lantern design […]
Posted by Tally on October 30, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/alternatives-to-pumpkin-carving/