Crap I Make

In an awesome CCIC tradition, it’s the 2nd Annual CCIC Peeps Show. Inspired by the sugary creations of the Washington Post Magazine’s annual Peeps Show, the girls at CCIC asked me to participate in the annual art of peep-ic proportions. This year, I was inspired by Bonnie Burton’s new Star Wars Craf

Since we moved to North Carolina, we are addicted to Southern Living magazine as a monthly guide on how to be fabulous and genteel. For our Super Bowl Ad Watching Party (which is literally more about the ads than the football) we hosted an ooey, gooey dip party inspired by the January 2011 Southern

This is my second year in the Bordo Bello skateboard design show. Last year it was the 8-bit Star Wars Invaders board. Of course I was feeling the force again this year, so here we go. Unlike last year, I’m gonna show you my abandoned design concepts for fun. Plus I only have two abandoned [...]

What would happen if monsters went back to school? They would get school portraits. Here are my friendly fiends. They are acrylic paint and chalk on blackboard tablets I found for $1 each at the wonderful Scrap Exchange in Durham, NC. Of course each of these monsters have a story… Gwenn – She’s a li

This summer has been a very exciting season for the Crawfords. We’ve pulled up our craft makin’ roots and moved to North Carolina. Now that we’ve settled in a bit, we’ll have lots of new craft adventures to share. In the meanwhile, check out our newest blog Wander South where we’ll share all our wan

We welcomed a new truck into the family this month. His name is Bruce after the shark in Jaws. He is blue. He is an suburban shark. I made this little felt Baby Bruce for the rear-view mirror. Be careful. He bites. Filed under: Felting, Humor, Ocean Nerdery Tagged: BIG, felt, Humor, Movie Character,

In honor of the next space shuttle launch, Atlantis on its STS-132 mission to the International Space Station,  and the Space Tweep Society 1st Anniversary Twelebration, Brian and I made Meco – the Space Tweeps Society’s birdonaut mascot.  According to the Spaced Tweep Society’s founder @flyingjenny

Once again Herman is a fabulous model for another 5-second craft. Just take a found object sticker from a computer keyboard, find a tiny binder clip, attach to your dogs head. He can be whatever you want him to be. Filed under: 5 Second Crafts, Humor, Sci-Fi Stuff

My boss had a brilliant idea of bringing some levity to our team by having our own Peep Show! The Washington Post is in its fourth year of hosting a contest of sugary fantasy called “Peep Show.” The Peep dioramas are a feat of creativity, silliness and abstract art. I’ll post some photos from my [..