We're Here!

Well, I'm here!  Did anyone else imagine Horton Hear's a Who when they read the title?  That's what I was thinking of when I wrote it.

It's not as though crafting has died in my house - it's just continuing on undocumented - which, I know - is a monumental loss to humanity as a whole.  However does the world continue without my random, occasional posts?

So, here's the deal.  Between our work schedules, Penny and I don't have a ton of time to get our craft on.  The crafting continues - lonely, bleak at my dining table, or in my cold basement.  Although I often have the company of my sweet little Ryan to hang with - and believe me, he wants to help - it's just not the same!

As I was crafting for Christmas it started to feel like I was working in a sweat shop - well, without the sweat (it's really cold in my basement - where the belt sander is located - and even colder in the garage - where the chop saw lives - seriously, my breath was visible.)  There's something comforting about that extra touch of companionship.

I spent hours, and hours, and hours - if you've ever been in my basement, you'd understand - organizing and cleaning a crafting area.  Take hours of work, my aching back and several shelves/cupboards that Penny gave me and presto - I now have a totally awesome crafting area to work at.  No more hauling stuff up and down the stairs to work - although the saws are all still in the garage, travel will still be required, just not as much!  My husband is excited that family meals are returning to the dining table!

You can now rejoice (I heard that) and celebrate the awesome creations that will flow forth from my new craft area!  (Cheers, roaring and accolades abound!)  

With that being said, I will go forward and post some badly photographed projects I've recently finished!

Hello Starshine!

So, it's a beautifully chilly Wednesday afternoon here in scenic Colorado. Penny keeps mentioning that we should do something to document/share our cooking, crafting and other crazy adventures, and here we are! So, "Hello," we say to you - great expanse of the world wide web - and take you warmly by the hand! Hopefully it won't take long to start sharing some of our many crafting adventures - and many there are! As I'm sitting here typing, Penny is at the counter crafting away for a Michael's craft competition. I'm sitting here writing, waiting for some inspiration to strike. Funny how I can lay in bed at night and envision fifty different projects I'd like to work on, but when given any sort of direction find myself stymied! Not so with MissPenny - who has more ideas today than time or money to expend! I'm not sure if i want to call her MissPenny or the MadHatter in our future posts - we'll find out soon enough! (Not that you can hear it, but she talks to herself while she's working!) And in the midst of all of our crafting, couponing, shopping, cooking and general silliness - we love to sing (anything and everything.) Hope you're having as much fun as we are in all of our randomness! Talk to you soon World!