Rainbow Love

Yesterday I freaked out over this page from a 1980 Flash comic. Gorgeous. Maybe you can do something crafty with it?


I especially love this era of Flash because the superhero's name is the same as my husband. Not "Flash" but "Barry," hee hee.


A delish rainbow treasury including my recycled paint sample coasters by rockpilewest.



At night I have been working on a rainbow granny square afghan. My first!


More rainbow themed goodness from Etsy Treasuries here.


I also have stuff tagged "rainbow" in my shop:

Fortune Cookie Zip Pouch

If you know me, you know I get my best ideas in the middle of the night when I can't sleep. Today, the latest idea came to me in the form of a Facebook post by Present and Correct. They linked to this super cool fortune cookie coin purse on Diana Eng.



I decided to try one of my own!

This is rather impractical as a good coin purse, but it is still cute.


I didn't have a little sew on snap, so I had to improvise with a hook and eye.





I Googled for a tutorial, but there was none such thing out there! So I looked at tutorials on how to make fortune cookies and just fiddled around to make the zipper work. The zipper is tricky, but felt is pretty forgiving. I plan to try again with a snap and the benefit of some experience.

Geekly Weekly: Who's The Man?

Geekly Weekly: Who's The Man?

Yay, thanks Tracey Knits!

SHORT stories - The Deep - PES

This is sooo cool! I have watched it 3 times... I wish it could be my screensaver!

Some Cool Things

There are so many cool things to share!

Lots of exciting things are happening in the Crab Apple world.

In December, we had the opportunity to have a table at the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. We showcased vintage kid book and comic book journals, buttons, and mirrors.


This month, loads of journals will be part of the grand opening of the 114 boutique in Smithville, Texas. Here is a preview of some notebooks that were specially made for the 114 opening.


The very popular Black ABC poster cards are now available as a set of post cards. Hooray!


During the post holiday slow time, I had the chance to go through some boxes of paper ephemera. I thought I would share a few of the goodies. Enjoy!