The Ultimate Sadness of Time Traveling Twins Aqua

This one is a mixture of wood burning laser transfer and Gocco printing:

Vampires are the New Grandpas Wall Art

There are a bunch more here.

Want to learn something new? Try your hand at crochet or gocco printing? Meet other crafty folks? The Craft Mutiny is organizing several free demonstrations tomorrow. Here's the schedule:

11 AM - Crochet with Chauncey (Swap Booth) - see how this DC area artist gets his crochet on!
12 PM - Shrunken Punks Panty Hose Zombie Heads with Spooky Daddy (Booth # 58) - Craft Mutiny is sponsoring a few kit giveaways here, so don't miss it!
1 PM - Knitting with Woolarina, Jess, Kelly (Swap Booth) - learn some knitting basics!
2 PM - Gocco Printing with Tina Seamonster (Swap Booth) - See how a gocco works, from burning screens to printing postcards!
3 PM-5PM - Grab Bag Crafting with Sandra (Swap Booth) - see what you can make with a bag of random supplies! Results will be added to a fridge door that will be displayed at a DC museum!!

There will be supplies for you to try out, or take away for a small donation.

You can also pick up handmade kits that will teach you to make felted soap, hand-sewn pins, and a soda cap pincushion. Their new zine, The Dabbler, is all about crafting with bottle caps!

So, check out the Craft Mutiny Supply Swap at Booth #56 tomorrow!

Crafty Bastards Silver Spring is just 2 days away! Don't miss the show!

Saturday, June 28 from 10am-5pm
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
8230 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, MD

Join City Paper at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Saturday, June 28 for our bi-annual indie craft shopping extravaganza. Shop for one-of-a-kind, handmade items from more than 70 vendors while enjoying a full day of entertainment, workshops, and local treats.

Bring your own T-shirt to screen during one of the workshops! Trade unwanted craft supplies at the Crafty Mutiny Supply Swap Booth! Rock out to local music on two stages!

The Crafty Bastards blog is hopping with vendor and performer interviews and spotlights, so check it out!

So, we decided to kill the monster. We got a broom and got down on the ground and yelled at the monster that we were going to kill him. And then, like Buffy staking a vampire, we poked him from the foot of the bed. Over and over until he was dead. She was really afraid, so we were really positive about it. Yelling at the monster, telling him he was dead.

Moral of the story: kids don't tell you what they are really worried about. So ask and ask until they do. Then kill the monster. And yell at his corpse.

Speaking of which, Crafty Bastards Silver Spring is just 8 days away. And the application for the big Crafty Bastards in DC is now online!

If you have left over arts and crafts supplies taking up space in your house, here is your chance to recycle them! Never got the hang of a certain craft, but still have all the supplies? Trade them in for something else. Just want to get rid of all those beads or fiber or fabric? Donate them to the swap and maybe someone else can do something with them! You will be able to recycle or rescue all kinds of things from yarn to fabric to paint to beads. Please leave house paint, toxic materials, and old clothing at home. Other than that, if you think someone can make something from it, bring it! Don't have anything to swap? You can still pick up new-to-you-supplies crazy cheap even if you don't donate/trade. Also plan to get in on the fun with demonstrations of Gocco printing and yarn spinning, plus zines and how-tos.

While you can drop off your stuff at booth 56 the day of the fair, you are also invited to join the Mutiny for a Supply Swap Happy Hour next Tuesday, June 24th at 6:30 at Chloe in Adams Morgan, DC (2473 18th St NW). Drop all your unwanted supplies with us, have a drink, hang out and talk crafty.

The Mutiny are also looking for volunteers to help man the booth during the fair, so please email craftmutiny@gmail.com if you would like to sign up for a shift. It will be a great way to make new crafty friends!

Anya had a nightmare last night that she was left all alone at her nanna's house. We asked her if anyone was there and she started to cry and said she was all alone. Poor girl. She actually woke me at 5am telling me she needed a paper towel for her crying. I didn't understand that she was having a nightmare.

Off to read a book about bad bunnies.

I know this means they need to nap. I get this. But getting them to do so has been difficult. Moral of the story is probably don't let your kids give up naps at 2 years old.

The tantrums that attack us at 3pm every day are just so terrible. Screaming and kicking and asking for the same thing over and over. Anya's lasted for nearly two hours yesterday, following us from the Target to the car ride home to home. If it happened at any time other than 3pm, I would worry we were dealing with some kind of disorder or something. But I am realizing that my kids don't know how to handle being tired. They are very busy kids, always doing something, and this means there is so much more that they want to do other than be tired and heaven forbid sleep.

I understand all of this, but it is totally stressful. Can anyone tell me when the terrible 2-3s end? Are there terrible 4s? Do I just need to teach them to sleep when they are tired? Do I press through this and just deal?

Everyone says that it gets easier with twins as they get older. I have not found this to be true! Things get harder when your kids' personalities become more and more different. Each kid needs something completely different any or every moment of the day. And I think the thing they need most is time apart from each other. Isn't that sad?

I cut my own hair last night. First time ever. Only took off about 3 inches, so no big deal. It was really fun and I look a little more human now. I also bleached it, but it isn't really bleached enough for another color. I might add some pink stripes or something.

I did all of this because a storm knocked out our internet. Makes you wonder what fun things I could do for myself without the internet.

This morning, Anya told me about the Wiggles. She told me that they have a dog and a girl dinosaur and that they think they are little boys. This was funny. They do act like kids. Makes you wonder if they really need to do this. Perhaps Anya would respect them more if they acted like normal people.

I am starting to get really excited about Crafty Bastards Silver Spring on June 28. I am making a bunch of these wall pieces (photos to come!) and designed some new postcards and shirts.

I am also helping to plan a supply swap at the fair and am excited see how that goes. There's information about that at the Craft Mutiny site. We are looking for volunteers for the booth in 1-2 hour intervals, if you are interested in helping out. It should be fun. Just email me! You will get free stuff for your shift!

I have been working on the Crafty Blog, gathering photos and stories from vendors and this is really rewarding, seeing everyone getting ready for the show. Check out the vendor gallery to see who will be there! Having two Crafty Bastards in one year is so much work (and fun!).

Oh, here is my new postcard.

TVZ Ep.44: "Episode 44: President Apollo and Jeremy Benthem"

This week, the TVZ team tackles Battlestar Galactica's new (interim) President, Doctor Who's "Poison Sky," the two-hour Lost finale, and the imagined career of Steve Guttenberg. All this plus the news of the week, listener mail and more!

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Archie died on Thursday night. I was holding him. We were on our way to the emergency vet. I held him so we could all say goodbye. We did. He was 11 and a Boston Terrier and a good boy. He liked strawberries and being warm. His kidneys failed and he didn't last long after that. The girls saw him die. We couldn't help it. It was so fast. I hope they will be okay. Rachel wants to magic him back. And when told again that he has died, Rachel says, "Now I don't have anything! No dog. Not anything!" Anya understands quietly. I ask her, "What happens when we die?" This is a new question, I have never told her anything about this. She thinks for a minute and then says, "You get a new face." I am wowed by this simple answer. This is the best explanation of reincarnation that I have ever heard. I personally believe that our energy enters the world and is turned into something else. Or someone else. A new face indeed. Makes you wonder if we are born with the secrets of the universe fresh in our minds.

Jeff wrote the story of Archie better than I could.

The Craft Mutiny will be having a supply swap at Crafty Bastards Silver Spring on June 28th. If you have art and craft supplies that you don't need and want to recycle, email us and we will let you know when we set up a drop off for them. Stay tuned.

We are also looking for volunteers to help man this event in 1 hour shifts. If you are planning on coming to the show and want to volunteer to help us recycle, email us!

If you don't live near the Washington, DC area, but have some supplies you would like to donate to our swap, we will take donations by mail if you are that generous! The only thing we can give you is good karma, but this is a good way to get rid of stuff you don't need. Email me if you would like to get the address to send stuff to.

Anya started yelling in her sleep last night, dreaming about something. She wanted me to find her spoon and help her eat. She kept saying she was hungry. I finally got her to calm down by pretending to give her a spoon to eat and bringing her some water.

This morning, I asked her about her dream. She thought for a minute and then said, "I was dreaming that I wanted coleslaw with my dinner. And I needed a spoon." We laughed and laughed about this. Then I said, "Anya, you're my coleslaw." And she said, "Mama, you're my coleslaw."

Who is your coleslaw?

This week, the TVZ team discusses the first part of the Doctor Who "Sontaran" two-parter, the Reaper season finale and the first season of Supernatural. Also, the news of the week, listener mail, the great DVD price debate and more! Plus which Television Zombies contributor has hair to rival the very best in cult TV? Hint: it's not Jeff!

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