Sometimes a project starts with a simple thought: my friend loves Stranger Things.Sometimes it escalates quickly into stitching a flower-faced nightmare with a compliment. I made this sweetly unhinged stitched gift using a pattern by StupidStitchyFlander on Etsy. It stars a Demogorgon, but not the nightmare fuel version. This one shows up with petals out, teeth ready, and a compliment front and center: You are Demogorgeous. Honestly, emotional support monster energy. The pattern has that perfect balance of creepy and cute. Enough teeth to feel on-brand, enough humor to make it giftable without causing alarm. The kind of piece that…
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Behold. My very first crochet project. An amigurumi octopus. Small, blue, and slightly unhinged… just like its maker. This little sea gremlin came to life using a free octopus crochet pattern by Mariska Vos (click here for pattern). All credit where credit is due, because this pattern gently held my hand while I questioned all my life choices. I used Scheepjes Catona yarn in my beloved “Tropic” blue, because if I’m going to wrestle yarn for the first time, it might as well feel like a holiday. The color screams ocean vibes, summer mood, and “I definitely knew what I…
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Once upon a craft table far, far away and absolutely covered in ink pads, I recreated Star Wars: A New Hope as a Lawn Fawn card. But this time with a twist. Everything lives in moody Distress grays… except ONE rebellious pop of gold yellow. Because even in space despair, we need contrast. Think grayscale galaxy. Think cinematic gloom. Then BAM. Gold yellow. Like hope itself switched on a light saber and said “I’m the main character now.” Luke Skywalker sits there in his sad farm-boy era, dreaming of something bigger than sand and chores. C-3PO is doing what he…
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— delivering bamboo, bad puns, and zero regrets Alright, grab your hot cocoa (or emotional support snack), because this card came in swinging with festive chaos and panda sass and honestly? I respect it. So there I was, blending my Distress Oxide background like a calm, collected adult (HAHA JUST KIDDING) I absolutely went full gremlin mode and slapped that bamboo stencil on like I was auditioning for “Crafting Ninjas.” Enter: the stars of this unhinged Christmas special, Lawn Fawn’s “I Heart Pandas.” These pandas didn’t ask to be holiday icons, but guess what? Too late. They’re in the bamboo…
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Okay so… I sat down “just to make something small” (please laugh with me), and somehow ended up creating an entire purple gamer-themed bead squad. Three chaotic children. Zero regrets. All made from iron-on beads, because apparently I enjoy tweezer-based stress. It started innocent. Truly. “Let me just make a cute little Gameboy,” I said.Cut to me, two hours later, whispering “yes queen” to a pixelated Yoshi while ironing him into existence. The mini Gameboy turned out adorable, like, disgustingly cute. It’s giving retro vibes. If it had batteries, it would absolutely beat me at Tetris. Then there’s the LEVEL…