i got a present that i think only me and a 3 year would be happy with

One of my coworkers who is also an elementary school teacher was cleaning out her classroom and brought me this fabulous box of crayons many of which were already broken.

I am so glad she thought of me. I immediately wanted to begin playing with them to see what interesting swirly crayons I could make. Here are my first crayon creations.

I will add them as a special limited edition offering on my etsy site soon.

i am psyched

I got my first order on etsy. Last Friday at work, I was thinking how I should perhaps close my shop instead of adding more items. I came home checked my email to find that I had my 1st order. yippee skippy. Hopefully more will follow. Remember if you too are interested, I have the link to my etsy page on my left sidebar.

my etsy site is up

please be patient with me. its still under construction. i'm having a bit of trouble figuring the technical side of posting. i think i've got most of it figured out, but it will take me a while to get it all fixed. right now, i just have crayons up, but i hope too soon add some of my other wares including my photography and pendants. here's the link to my store ,or you can just click on the widget on my left sidebar. please stop in, maybe buy some crayons, favorite me, let your friends know about it, or just let me know what you think.

crayon hearts

i've been experimenting with making crayon hearts. for some reason of all the shapes out there, i can't seem to find heart shaped candy molds. i read about making them with cookie cutters placing it on aluminum foil. well, i tried and ended up with a hot mess.


all the wax just seeped out the side leaving me with a puddle of wax.

imagine my joy when i found these at goodwill for $1 for the set of 4

i'm only going to use one for crayons and save the rest for making cute little mini cakes and other adorable heart shaped deserts.

here's the tin loaded up with 8 broken up crayons.

and, the finished product

not sure how i feel since they ended up about 3/4" deep, but i think the lines of these will make them easy to color with.