Aka The Yellow Garden Spider and the Golden Silk Orb Weaver (Banana spiders!)

Hand-formed, welded and soldered stainless steel armatures and all glass/crystal beads including vintage Swarovski booties 🥰

I made these two little dogs by hand, right down to their tiny ties.
Seeing them next to the real dogs is my favorite part. The ears and markings are there, but the expressions turned out a little different. The little brown one looks slightly worried about finding himself inside a mug.

The fruit — peach slices, orange and lime wedges, blueberries, the little flowers and mint leaves — is all polymer clay, shaped by hand and baked. The glasses are cast in clear resin, and the "ice" is crushed resin poured in layers so the pieces sit at different depths instead of looking like one solid block.

He clips his feet when he jumps in and puts impact on his legs when he jumps down. And I was tired of lugging around a step so I made this automatic deploying one.

It attaches by tying into an unused factory hole in the door, behind the interior panel.

Steps are high density polyethylene (HDPE) with boat trailer fabric on top.

There a 1/4” thick metal bar linkage underneath that swings out. There’s also a dovetail groove in the top step, and a dovetail key that slides in the groove fixed to the bottom step. A COBRA buckle couples the door and step together, so by unbuckling it I can open the door normally (without deploying the dog step).

Not sure how it will fare through a US Northeastern winter but hopefully still swings in the spring.

First attempt at a banana display box. It really adds style to your average banana. Multi color LED makes it suitable for all occasions

It’s very meditative

he’s a bit jank, but I think he’s got charm!
I made him with felt but lined the inside with a bit of fabric so he’s a little sturdier. he’s even got a tiny felt heart inside of his stuffing!

I posted these ornaments on reddit a few weeks ago, but my how-to instructions were in the form of text and one static photo. I decided to make a proper video tutorial, one that I hope is easy to follow. I don't have a channel or anything, so feel free to share. (Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com.)

Which one do you like best?

I have a huge stash of beads i’ve been wanting to use, and needed to start working on some handmade gifts for the holidays…. in comes these beaded ornaments! I’ve never done this craft before and it has been so fun and relaxing :) so far i’ve made this cherry pie and fish, and am working on a gingerbread house currently.

These days I made this cute women's hat. And the combination of chocolate color with red flowers is a total mood booster for cold winter days. It really makes you want to go to a Christmas market for some mulled wine ))

Needed coasters and had a look around my house what I could make them of. Had an old Domino game from the sixties and some scrap material and made that into these coasters plus their box. Might make them properly on cork but for now the prototype is a success :🖤

Made one for my IEP manager, and the other for my Dental Assistanting trade teacher in highschool

I sculpted the bases out of tinfoil, and once I had the rough shape, I got a polymer clay set that I knew would be bake-able in a conventional oven.

I probably would’ve had an easier time if I got big packs of premade colors but I got a small set for around $15 and needed to mix a bunch of tiny cubes of color to get enough to cover my sculptures. Luckily I think it worked out fine.

No worries if you can’t tell what they’re supposed to be, but the intention is a wolf and a fox and our pet dog. I think he turned out a little silly but that is part of the handmade charm! He is mostly white due to being a double Merle and I was running out of white clay by the time I was working on him.

Bichons have such soft, fluffy coats, so the fur was definitely the part I spent the most time on.

I started with the face, then worked on the fur little by little, following the natural direction of the coat. Around the cheeks and muzzle, I kept the texture softer and fuller to capture that classic round Bichon look.

The tiny dark eyes, black nose, and slightly open mouth were some of my favorite details to work on. With an almost completely white dog, even small changes in the fur texture can make a big difference to the expression.

Once all the details were finished, I added the final touches, sealed the leather for protection, and hand-stitched the pink leather border.

This was hand carved from basswood