april: 30 days of crafts.

For the month of April, John and I have promised to make a thing a day. John is doing a small sculpture every day. My plan is much more open than that. In the same way I can't read just one book at a time, I get bored with making the same things more than once--or even just using the same material twice in close proximity. So, my goal is just to make something, anything, every day. Yesterday, I made this necklace:



Today, I tried something totally new to me: fused plastic. I used the tutorial from Etsy Labs, so that I could avoid catastrophy (like fusing Kroger bags to my foot...which sounds crazier than it really is, since I did the project on my table-top ironing board on my living room floor). I wanted to do something small, since I didn't have time for a large project. The first thing I made though, was too small. What I did like about it was that I used part of a bag that said, "Have a nice day."



Since the first one didn't take much time at all, I made another one. This one has a flap and is actually long enough to put money inside.



There are more pictures of these projects here. Theoretically, I'll be adding more stuff to the album every day until April is over.