Virginia Hodgins, Handmade Expressions

04/20/2026

We are still here... just haven't been doing much! I'll post some more photos shortly.

12/26/2025

I'll post photos of the cards I made when I have moved them off my phone. Right now it is charging and I haven't thought of it earlier. Too busy getting ready for Christmas!

12/26/2025

Sarah has been busy finishing up this semester, and I have been busy finishing up some albums. I sold six at the last craft fair we participated in. One lady said to me that she liked "that one, I like that one too, and my daughter has just bought a new house and she would like that one. Oh, I'll take them all"!

After making Christmas cards and mailing them early this year I have been working on diamond painting. Yup, still doing that!

The newest excitement if you can call it that - more like a stress out and disappointing time is when I lost my wedding/engagement ring. I have no idea where it fell off. Our apartment is getting a VERY thorough cleaning. So far, no ring. The next place is the back seat of our car where I put my purse. There are a lot of shopping bags back there. It is supposed to warm up a bit so I'll go and search there next.

07/28/2025

I've been working on the huge Diamond Art painting that I showed in a photo further down. I started it in April and I'm not quite finished and so far I have logged over 186 hours! I'll post a photo when it is finished.

Also I have been working on a couple of albums, a baby one and a wedding one. They are not completed yet but when they are I'll be making a video of each one.

I did finish one that I made of our trip to the Fairmont Hot Springs last March. I invited my daughter-in-law Laura and her friend Melissa to make one for themselves as well. It took quite a while to manage to get them together because of work schedules. I will be making a video of mine and it will be complete with pictures which will be different for me.

04/30/2025

I haven't been posting here for quite awhile, but I am still crafting! I'll post a few things I've done lately. Here's the latest project - a diamond art painting. This is one reason why I have not been posting - it takes a long time to do them! This one is a painting for diamond art from Diamond Art Club - a friend gave it to me because she has two others to do and she found this one just to big!

08/24/2024

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07/16/2024

Here is a card that I made on Mystery Stamping tonight. I just thought I'd let you all know I am still alive!

06/11/2024

Here is another very short video....

This short video shows a DiamondArt.ca storage box. The lid is decorated using special-shaped diamonds. The box measures approximately 7 cm across and 21 cm...

06/11/2024

I have just created a "short" video...

This is a DiamondArt.ca bookmark, 2 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches, made with crystal drills (beads or "diamonds"). In real life it glitters!Email: [email protected]...

06/07/2024

Don't open anything weird from me, I didn't send it!

05/27/2024

Here is a new interactive album I finished recently. I followed a tutorial by Paul Ford on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/fhS9j3vB6vM

03/17/2024

Here is the Diamond Art Club project I just finished. It is called Saint, and is 55.8 x 70.7 cm! Youtube made it into a "short" video.

This Diamond Art Club project is called "Saint". I fell in love with it as soon as I saw the photo on the Diamond Art Club website. The image is 55.8 cm x 70...