89 comments so far:

1. Pammya said: (April 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm)
   

   Hey Girls! I thought since you checked out my site I would come by and check yours out. I really like your site. It is very unique and informative. Keep up the good work and I will look forward to all the new stuff you add.

2. Gretchen Sheridan said: (May 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm)
   

   Hope you are having fun. Can you bring me a small bottle of sand for my beach cards? *grin*

3. DB Day said: (May 30th, 2008 at 4:53 pm)
   

   Thanks for sharing your ideas with us out in the world. My wife made a photo cube using one of your kits, and it was quite the sensation.

4. Rita said: (June 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am)
   

   My family can’t stop talking about (and using) the super cool over-the-door organizing system. Thanks for makin’ our lives easier.

5. Teresa Sopko said: (July 11th, 2008 at 11:35 pm)
   

   My daughter-in-law mentioned that she had wanted to cross stitch a monopoly board. Do you know where I could obtain a pattern for her?

6. Jo said: (July 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am)
   

   We certainly do and it is on its way to your inbox!

7. aunt meme said: (July 19th, 2008 at 3:43 pm)
   

   My daughter forwarded me your website, as soon as she found it and I have already sent it on to others! What a great find.

8. Chica said: (July 21st, 2008 at 7:42 am)
   

   Welcome, Aunt Meme!

9. Carla said: (July 27th, 2008 at 7:22 pm)
   

   Some great ideas! Thanks for sharing them!

10. lori holloran said: (August 25th, 2008 at 12:57 pm)
    

    Wow! Good to know you are still crafty after all these years Mrs. Chica. I just can’t stop myself ! I just got some great ideas!
    thanks!
    lori

11. Julie B said: (September 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm)
    

    Hi Ladies,

    I saw your website on the Woman’s Day Cupcake Photo Contest Page. Very cute! I have been trying to upload a cupcake photo for days with no avail. Did you have trouble uploading your photo? Did you resize or do anything different with your photo? Any advice? Thanks! And love your website!!

    Julie B

12. Chica said: (September 19th, 2008 at 7:30 am)
    

    Thanks for the compliments, Julie B! I didn’t have any trouble uploading my image. It was sized 800×600, which is fairly small. Perhaps yours is too large to be accepted? If you get it posted, let me know. I’d love to see it!

13. Julie B said: (September 19th, 2008 at 11:10 am)
    

    Hi Chica,

    My cupcake photo finally made it on the Woman’s Day website if you would like to see it. It is titled “Banana Split” Cupcakes. A friend helped me finally load the photo. It must be the settings on my computer or something??

    Thanks,
    Julie B

14. Chica said: (September 19th, 2008 at 11:19 am)
    

    Julie, your banana split cupcakes are just too cute! I’m glad you finally got the picture uploaded

15. Pauline said: (September 19th, 2008 at 1:34 pm)
    

    Julie, how did you make the bananas? Your entry is adorable!

16. Julie B said: (September 20th, 2008 at 11:32 am)
    

    Thanks Pauline and Chica! I made the bananas using white chocolate candy melts, adding a tiny bit of yellow food coloring, and then used a Ziploc baggy (with the corner snipped off) to pipe it in the shape of a banana on a piece of wax paper. Once it was dry, I just peeled it off the wax paper.

    Julie

17. Calmie Cerino said: (November 11th, 2008 at 9:34 pm)
    

    I am so impressed with this website! I love it!!! Thanks for all the unique and fantastic ideas!

18. Terresa Good,an said: (November 12th, 2008 at 2:21 pm)
    

    I love your site! I found it through a Google search link for a DVD player car seat holder. Can’t wait to try Jason’s idea. Just clicking around your site I found a bunch of other helpful stuff! I’ll be back!

19. Nikol Michailos said: (November 16th, 2008 at 11:42 am)
    

    Hi Guys,

    My husband actually told me to check out this site. Great ideas…I am really excited about trying out the Christmas invites. Those look really neat…Keep up the great work:)

20. BloliOwneplip said: (December 19th, 2008 at 3:15 pm)
    

    Much the interesting has found here

21. Minta Fung said: (December 30th, 2008 at 7:02 pm)
    

    Love your site. Always fun, fun, fun.

22. Michael J said: (February 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 pm)
    

    I loved your article and added it to my website on Wedding Program Templates. Keep up the awesome work.

    Michael

23. Liz said: (February 28th, 2009 at 12:11 pm)
    

    Great ideas. I’m mad I didn’t find this site sooner, however I’ve got lots of new material to search through!!

24. Jo said: (February 28th, 2009 at 2:05 pm)
    

    Liz, welcome to our site! We are so happy you found us.

25. Anna said: (March 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm)
    

    This site is great, I’m going to show it to everyone.

26. Cearsevex said: (April 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 am)
    

    Hi guys, I’m new to this website, I just wanted to say hi & good luck with your site!

    I hope i get a chance to say some more clever stuff

27. Veronica said: (April 6th, 2009 at 7:05 am)
    

    Hi, I found your site purely by accident and I am very pleased I did. This site is ace! I love that you cover lots of variety in subjects and not only will I be coming back regulaly & subscribing to your feed but I will also be recomending it to all my friends. Well done & keep up the good work.

28. Jo said: (April 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am)
    

    We love our “accidental” friends! Welcome to our site! Please feel free to send us any questions you might have about our projects. We also accept submissions for our Feature Friday slot if you have found another great Web site you think we should know about.

29. sharon said: (April 11th, 2009 at 4:49 pm)
    

    First time to this site. Great. Anyone know about coloring Easter eggs with silk scarves?

30. Kathy said: (April 22nd, 2009 at 9:15 pm)
    

    I have just spent an hour and a half exploring your site. I was originally looking for crochet patterns and ended up here. Loved the phonebook pencil holder and the jean quilt and the rainbow cupcak icing and much more. Will come back often!
    Thanks!

31. Jo said: (April 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm)
    

    Kathy, welcome to our site! We are glad you enjoyed it so much. Please add us to your RSS feed reader if you use one so that you don’t miss anything! Neither Chica or I crochet but we both love receiving crocheted items as gifts from our family members. If you run across anything truly unique, send it our way and we might feature it on the site.

32. Joni B said: (May 7th, 2009 at 8:27 pm)
    

    What a great website this is!!! I have been just learning about using or reusing items to crochet with instead of buying all the yarn! I have been learning about Plarn but I loved the idea you have about the Denim Carpet you knitted for your grandchildren to play on! What a great idea with all the jeans and denim dresses I have around the house. I have 2 grandchildren too and I want to craft with them and teach them to recycle even though they are only 4 and 6 years old. It is never to young to start. Thanks so much for sharing and I will be crocheting to keep the earth greener for my grandchildren and their children to come! Thanks Joni

33. Chica said: (May 8th, 2009 at 9:17 am)
    

    Thanks, Joni B, and welcome to the site! The denim rug you’re referring to was one of the winners of our recent Craft Green contest, and was submitted by reader Susan Silva. She’s so clever! You might want to check out our other recycled jean projects too.

    You’re right that it’s never too young to start recycling, and your grandkids are certainly old enough to learn how to take care of the Earth. We’d love to see the projects you do with them, so feel free to share photos in our Flickr pool.

34. Ann-Marie Beck said: (June 12th, 2009 at 11:47 pm)
    

    I love your website…sooooo helpful! How about a suggestion for using 100 mini dvd’s that were being tossed out? I’m not to hip on making coasters out of them .

35. Chica said: (June 13th, 2009 at 7:56 am)
    

    Hi Ann-Marie, and thanks! Mini DVDs… hmm… we’ll have to think about that one a while. How big are they?

36. Ann-Marie Beck said: (June 14th, 2009 at 1:03 am)
    

    Half the size but the hole in the middle is the same(technical, huh?).

37. Joyce Johnson said: (June 19th, 2009 at 4:54 pm)
    

    Hi, I came by your table at the CCU Senior Fest today. I am so glad I took one of your cards.
    You have a wonderful site. I will certainly spread it around to my friends.

38. Jo said: (June 19th, 2009 at 6:02 pm)
    

    Joyce, thanks for stopping by our booth and our site. We are glad you are enjoying our projects and thanks for sharing our site with your friends. Please let us know if you have any questions about our projects.

39. Vandana said: (June 26th, 2009 at 10:46 am)
    

    Hey…Im really impressed..
    You all are very creative…
    Great work…looking forward to see new stuff updated on uour site.

40. Chica said: (June 26th, 2009 at 11:07 am)
    

    Thanks, Vandana! To make sure you don’t miss any of our projects, why not subscribe to our content via RSS or e-mail? See how here.

41. James Wilkerson said: (July 12th, 2009 at 1:44 pm)
    

    Excellent site. Solved my problem!

42. Bernadette said: (July 31st, 2009 at 11:36 am)
    

    Great site! Tons of great ideas I can’t wait to try!

43. Chica said: (July 31st, 2009 at 2:09 pm)
    

    James, I’m glad we could help out!

    Bernadette, thanks! Let us know how it goes

44. Gillian said: (August 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm)
    

    Hello there. Found your site by accident and think it’s brilliant. Would love to try your notebooks, but have never heard of ‘padding compound’ here in England. Do you know if it’s available here or will I need to get it from the US?

45. Chica said: (August 14th, 2009 at 7:37 am)
    

    Hi Gillian, thanks for visiting! I’m not sure if padding compound is available in England or not, but we sell it in our store, and we do ship internationally. I’ll send you an e-mail with details. Any other international readers who are interested can contact intlsales@chicaandjo.com for more info.

46. Lisa Corbett said: (August 20th, 2009 at 8:34 am)
    

    OMG i love this site. Sooo many to try, i don’t know where to start. I would to thank you for the wedding photo idea. I’ve been trying to find a low-cost idea for the photos, for my wedding in March

47. Chica said: (August 20th, 2009 at 8:41 am)
    

    Thanks, Lisa. We hope you continue to enjoy our projects!

48. sandrar said: (September 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm)
    

    Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

49. Chica said: (September 10th, 2009 at 4:28 pm)
    

    Thanks, sandrar, and welcome! Why not subscribe so you don’t miss any new projects

50. Kenneth said: (September 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm)
    

    Hey,

    Just stopped by to check out your site, and to say “thanks” for such a cool booth at the Youth Festival! My son loved making (and eating) a cupcake.

    I can’t wait to get a few minutes to browse through what all your site has to offer.

    Kenneth

51. Jo said: (September 12th, 2009 at 3:55 pm)
    

    Kenneth, thanks for stopping by. We had such a great time at the festival. We got to meet so many great people. Can’t wait to attend next year!

52. Melissa Helms said: (September 29th, 2009 at 8:54 pm)
    

    Okay ladies. I need help. My church is going to create “baskets” for Door Prizes for our Fall Festival. Sooooo, How do I make the basket look full like the ones in the store for Easter? I bought a big popcorn bowl and three dvds and a bunch of boxes of movie candy and a big bag of popcorn. The problem is, when I put it in the bowl, it’s all flat. The Easter baskets are always stacked up and easy to see what’s in there. Suggestions?

53. Chica said: (September 30th, 2009 at 6:53 am)
    

    Melissa, you just need to fill the space with something so that everything else is propped up. Try making wads of newspaper and filling the basket with them in a mound. Use tape to hold them in place, if needed. Then cover the mound with a couple pieces of tissue paper to make it look pretty. When you put your items in the basket, you can nestle them into the newspaper and they should be nice and propped up. Again, you can use some clear tape to hold the items in place as you build the basket. When you’re done, put some shredded paper (see our tip here) in the remaining basket/bowl space to make it look nice and full and cover any of the mound that’s showing. Hope that helps!

54. Sharlene Merkle said: (October 6th, 2009 at 12:38 am)
    

    We love the Three Crafty Ladies and are happy that others like it just as much. Where are you located?
    We are going to visit Sanibel Again (Finally after a two year absence. We love it but can’t afford to stay for good. I sure wish I could. I love to photograph everything and almost anything.
    I hope the The Three Crafty Ladies have some ideas for uses of my photos. Do you have any?
    I woul love to hear.
    Thanks for the site. I enjoyed your comments and the site itself.
    Sharlene

55. Chica said: (October 6th, 2009 at 11:30 am)
    

    Hi Sharlene. Thanks for the kind words, and I’m so excited (and jealous) that you get to go to Sanibel soon!

    I love photographs, too, and ended up with a lot from our last trip. My favorite way to display photos from a special event like that with a folding photo cube, and we have a full tutorial to show you how to do it. We also sell the photo cube kits in our store.

    Some other fun ideas we’ve posted about for displaying photos are custom photo notepads, chipboard accents, and photo mosaic scrapbook pages. We also really love making digital scrapbooks when we’re pressed for time

56. Jewels said: (November 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm)
    

    Got the kit to make my own pads. GREAT!!! THANKS

57. Beverley said: (November 6th, 2009 at 7:05 am)
    

    Love the site, makes me wish it had been arround 30 years ago when my kids were youngsters, Not sure if my 31 year old son would appreciate some of the crafts but maybe when the grandkids start to arrive…

58. Mary Melnyk said: (November 24th, 2009 at 12:28 pm)
    

    This is such a great sight, I am saving it and will be back alot.

59. Chica said: (November 24th, 2009 at 12:42 pm)
    

    That’s wonderful to hear, Mary! Why not consider subscribing via e-mail or RSS so you don’t miss a single new post? Thanks for saying hello, and we’re so glad you’re here.

60. Jody said: (November 28th, 2009 at 3:49 pm)
    

    Chica and Jo,
    I thought you might find this activity of interest:

    http://uklassinus.blogspot.com/2008/08/fabric-dollhouse-tutorial.html

    My son would only be interested in this if I could figure out how to make the house in the shape of the Titanic. But, it seems like a really cute gift idea.

    Jody

61. Jo said: (November 28th, 2009 at 4:25 pm)
    

    Jody, that is a really cute idea. Making it into a boat would be adorable.

62. Charlotte Graham said: (January 2nd, 2010 at 5:07 pm)
    

    Where can I buy padding compound to recycle paper into pads? Your instructions are wonderful and I want to try it — but I don’t know where to find padding compound. Is it for sale at any crafts outlets — Michael’s, JoAnn, etc? Thanks for your help.

63. Kaylin Lane said: (January 2nd, 2010 at 6:31 pm)
    

    I really want to thank you. We ordered 7 of your photo cube kits for Christmas this year. They were the absolute hit. Because we varied the pictures on each cube, those who were not fascinated by the cube itself (with all of its wonderful folding pattens) were enthralled by the different pictures on each cube. We are now ordering three more for those family members who felt left out. Well done, ladies, well done!

64. Jo said: (January 2nd, 2010 at 7:21 pm)
    

    Kaylin, we are so happy the photo cubes turned out so well for your family! We would love to see some pictures of your final cubes if you care to add them to our Flikr pool!

65. Jo said: (January 2nd, 2010 at 7:22 pm)
    

    Charlotte, we sell small bottles of it in our store.

66. yuksel said: (January 30th, 2010 at 11:01 pm)
    

    dear friends,
    wonderful ideas and wonderful hand made objects…
    you are welcome to my heart frıends.
    I love your websıte and I learned new thıngs from you.
    thanks gıvıng ıdeas and congratulations.I am from Turkey the capital cıty in Ankara.and I also makıng hand made bags..
    sıncerely…nıce to meet you and your websıte today…

67. Kim said: (February 14th, 2010 at 9:59 pm)
    

    Cool site! I just subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your awesome ideas! Thanks for sharing!!!

68. Lindsay said: (February 28th, 2010 at 12:46 am)
    

    I just came across your site and it is definitely one i’ll be coming back to often! i keep thinking, “how did i not know of this site before now?!?!?” it’s wonderful!

69. Jan said: (March 19th, 2010 at 8:38 am)
    

    Morning!

    Good for you, like that you are patent-ing your cupcake collars, you deserve it!

    I used your fall cupcake collars for a family party and the kids took them a step further, they ate the cupcake and then put the ring on their drink cups (fit perfect for the paper decorated cups) so they would know which cup was theirs.

    Thanks for all your great ideas and instructions!

    Jan

70. Julee said: (March 20th, 2010 at 6:54 pm)
    

    Hello! Thanks for the fab custom Kindle case tutorial. I made it last night for my dad’s birthday today! He loves his Kindle and is forever misplacing it. I think he will be able to find it now, thanks to you I posted mine on my blog and will also add it to your flickr group! You guys are great!

71. Kathleen Cassen Mickelson said: (March 24th, 2010 at 12:02 pm)
    

    Hello ladies – I’m a writer (poetry, at the moment) and sometimes I just need to do something creative that involves getting away from my computer. When I found your site, it felt like I discovered the mother lode! Thanks for sharing such fun and easy ways to create all kinds of things.

72. Chica said: (March 24th, 2010 at 12:15 pm)
    

    Kathleen, thanks so much for the nice comments. We hope you continue to enjoy our projects and are pleased that we can be a creative diversion for you

73. Me said: (April 26th, 2010 at 11:00 am)
    

    Do you all have any Barbie doll or even a little girl’s nine inch baby doll clothes patterns for sewing?

74. Chica said: (April 27th, 2010 at 8:00 am)
    

    Sorry, Me, but we don’t have any doll clothes patterns.

75. Margrethe said: (May 3rd, 2010 at 3:54 am)
    

    Hi!!
    I kind of stumbled over your site and it`s the most fantastic site I ever seen!! I have already spent hours here and loving it:)

    Keep up the good work and have a wonderfull day!

76. Chica said: (May 3rd, 2010 at 7:22 am)
    

    Hi Margrethe! We’re so glad you found us and are enjoying our site. Why not subscribe via RSS or e-mail so you don’t miss a single new thing?

    Thanks so much for saying hi!

77. Christine said: (May 3rd, 2010 at 1:56 pm)
    

    We’re linking to your crayon invitation page! It’s a masterful idea. Thanks.

    Would love to connect with party moms on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CutePartyIdeas

78. Robert Roock said: (May 8th, 2010 at 1:42 pm)
    

    Just wanted to say thanks for saving me a bundle of cash. I used the idea posted on your site regarding making your own portable DVD player holder for my car. Great stuff, worked like a charm. Thanks and thanks to Jason for coming up with such a simple yet affective mounting system.

79. Chica said: (May 8th, 2010 at 3:39 pm)
    

    That’s awesome, Robert. Thanks for letting us know the technique worked so well for you!

80. Carrie said: (May 12th, 2010 at 12:14 am)
    

    What a fantastic website! You’ve given me ideas and inspiration enough to last a lifetime! Thank you for sharing

81. Jo said: (May 12th, 2010 at 1:04 am)
    

    Thanks, Carrie! Glad you found us! Please let us know if you have any questions about any of our projects!

82. Fran said: (May 14th, 2010 at 8:26 pm)
    

    What a wonderful site, full of information!

83. Sheila said: (June 12th, 2010 at 9:16 pm)
    

    Just found your website today and I love it! I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve been sifting through projects and links. You two may be the perfect people to solve my dilemma. I am in a teacher at a Christian summer camp for children ages 6 to 11. It’s great to see the way the different ages interact but it presents quite the challenge when I am trying to come up with crafts that the little ones will be able to do but the older ones will not be bored with. I’d greatly appreciative of any ideas you could pass my way! Thanks : )

84. Chica said: (June 14th, 2010 at 4:26 pm)
    

    Hi Sheila! Thanks so much for your kind words and we hope you continue to enjoy our site. Why not subscribe via e-mail or RSS so you don’t miss any new posts?

    That’s an interesting challenge you present when trying to find something that will appeal to kids from age 6 to 11. I wonder if you could come up with a craft that they could do in stages? Like the older kids could build something and the younger ones could paint it? I looked through our projects for ideas and some that might fit your case. Maybe you’d like to try either the bean bag toss game (the younger kids could paint the older ones could sew the bags) or the pick-up sticks? Our idea for colorful swirled cupcakes also works really well for kids of all ages (and adults, too!).

    Hope you find some good ideas, and have a great summer at camp

85. Sandy said: (June 19th, 2010 at 7:42 am)
    

    Absolutely love your site! I found it this morning through a link for making a NOOK cover. I will definitely be back often…after I organize my craft room…and a lot of other things, too! As a crafter who has just taken an early retirement, it’s time to get back to the crafting that has been on hold for too long. I’ll be stopping by often.

86. Ashley said: (July 29th, 2010 at 12:39 pm)
    

    Hi guys- First I would like to say that I love this site. Recently I purchased 4 photo cube kits and made them for all the dads in my life for father’s day. They all loved them. Thank you for my special gift, that was very thoughtful.

    I am planning my daughters 3rd birthday and decided on doing an arts theme. I love the crayon invite idea which I will be using. I was snooping online and came across an activity that I would like to try- Painting Bread- VERY neat idea and very simple. Prep Time: 15 mins. Total Time: 15 mins. Ingredients:Bread,Food Coloring, Milk, Small cups, brand new paint brushes (one for each cup) Preparation: Pick the colors you want to use and gather that many small cups. Put about 1/4 cup of milk in each cup. Using the food coloring, add a different color to each cup. Use the paint brush and paint a picture on a piece of bread. Make sure the bread doesn’t get too wet. When your picture is done, toast the bread. Tada Toasty fun snack!

87. Chica said: (July 30th, 2010 at 8:45 am)
    

    Ashley, we’re so happy to hear that your folding photo cubes came out great! They are one of our favorite projects.

    The bread painting sounds like lots of fun! We’ll have to try that out some time. If you do it with your kids, please let us know how it comes out.

    Thanks for being a fan

88. Deanna said: (August 15th, 2010 at 3:18 pm)
    

    Found you by accident! Loved the ideas for recycling old jeans. I will share with many green friends!

89. Chica said: (August 16th, 2010 at 7:46 am)
    

    Deanna, we’re glad you found us! We have lots of green project ideas you might like. Enjoy!

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