An extra day to relax, party, and CRAFT? *Finger snaps in the air* Here are the BEST ideas for three-day weekend crafts! Let’s party! You can’t tell, but I’m raising both hands. Even during a pandemic a three-day weekend is welcome. I feel like there’s so much more you can
Polymer clay earrings have come a long way. I’ve been inspired by all the beautiful terrazzo-inspired designs I’ve been seeing on Instagram and knew I wanted to give it a try. Terrazzo tiles are spotted with contrasting colored inlays, they are such a classic look for homes, offices, hotels,
Danny Trejo, Chicano, Hollywood actor, all-around badass, and entrepreneur is celebrating a birthday Saturday, May 16th. Known for his roles as the bad guy, Danny is an icon in his own right and a successful businessman too if you didn’t know. Join us in wishing a Happy Birthday to Chicano
This week’s podcast is with my longtime friend, Mark Montano! And he is going to give us work from home tips from his new book, Get Off Your Ass! The Ultimate Guide to Working From Home. This is a book Mark has been working on well before the pandemic happened.
– Here are ideas for recycled bottle herb gardens! Many states are starting to reopen for business, which is a relief for the nearly 28 million small businesses that exist nationwide. But there are still countless Americans, like me, who are staying home in order to keep themselves and others
In celebration of Mother’s Day we thought it only fitting to celebrate the best Latina moms on television. As Latinas were raised watching telenovelas with our moms and abuelas and maybe even our tias. I recall going to visit my tia and if it was after dinner, she’d be relaxing
Check out these milk jug earrings I made! I never would have thought to cut up my milk jug until I was invited to participate in this fun Mother’s Day campaign with Milk. Love What’s Real – Amor por lo verdadero. How to make milk jug earrings – click
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Let’s make a gutter garden! First of all – in order to have a beautiful-looking home with properly functioning gutters, gutter cleaning should be done
A stained glass cactus DIY has been on my to-do list for months, and finally pulled it together! I’ve seen these pop up all over
This soldered button flowers idea is inspired by spring! We’ve been sprucing up our front and back patio area and I’ve been making plant pokes like
Not even the flu can keep me from painting! I spent Labor Day weekend, half in bed and half at the art table. I had
Throwing clay is nothing like I expected. it’s not like freeform painting where you can just do it any way your spirit wants. There’s a
Duncan Ceramics just released a slew of new bisque for the spring and summer season. I got my hands on these sweet pineapple boxes! I
What do you do when you break your favorite cereal bowl that you painted yourself? You let out an ugly cry for one minute, then
It was only a matter of time before I cross-pollinated my favorite crafty habits. These stamped and hand built clay mugs are proof! I’ve been
Remember earlier this month when I made a bunch of ceramic pendants? Here is how they turned out! I made pieces in both English and
The Crafty Chica podcast is back – except now it’s called The Mucho Motivation podcast! You know, after recording more than twenty episodes of the
Edgar R. Olivo’s best tips for small business owners and creativepreneurs! He runs Compass CBS in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Are you ready for an ultra-happy podcast interview all about SEWING? This week’s Crafty Chica podcast guest is the beautiful and talented Elena Flores of
(My nana, scoping out the purse racks at the mall) Yesterday I took my nana, 92, out on the town because she needed to go on a “quick run to the store.” I left at 11 a.m. and returned at 3 p.m. I’m not complaining, we had a good time,
I’m not big on psychics. Yes, I believe there are people who have special abilities and insights, but I’ve never really embraced any of that. It scares me a little, I feel like I’d be cheating if I were to go to a fortune teller. I don’t want to know the future, I want
Maya (left) and me. Nana comes along later in the story… This is me, along with Maya, modeling my spiffy new readers that had just arrived in the mail that afternoon. The mailman came just as we were pulling out of the driveway for us to go to my Arizona
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