Crafting Aficionado Gifts

Save everything - I can use it later when I scrapbook this.

"I pledge allegiance to this flag / that I made myself by hand / in order to be able to do this again."

Paper being carefully folded until it resembles a scrunched up paper ball.

"Just how long has Murray been retired?"

D.I.Y. Furniture Company

'I'm knitting a scarf for my son.'

"It took me six months to finish Jenny's sweater, and now they all want one."

Cross stitch

"Lovely dovetail."

Arts and crafts

"Happy Anniversary, dear! It's a gold spray-painted macaroni necklace."

"1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood"

Whittler's Mother.

Posh Easter Egg

'It's good of you to go out of your way to show me what not to do, Mum.'

"She's a natural!"

Beyond Dante

"I hear you've got friends in high places...?"

101 uses of a dead cat: pincushion

Pelican and Origami

Daniel Day Lewis & George Glasgow

"I can now fetch anything you want - on Etsy."

"It's a 'selfie.'"

Christmas Craftwork

Bakery. The smell of freshly baked bread is the only truly perfect man-made thing on earth.

Cavewoman knitting with wool from mammoth

'Honey, I think you overdid the plastic canvas decorations in the bathroom.'

"I see you've got a new cheese counter."

Artisanal Pottery

'No I don't have scissors you can borrow.'

Binge Scrapbooking: the morning after.

'Mail order? You said all the toys were hand-made!'

A man working on a model airplane

"I spent twelve years making this. Where's MY award?"

Worst Coloring Book EVER. . .