Welcome to the Baird Crafting Jamboree!

Hello there everyone, and welcome to the Baird Crafting Jamboree!

If the first thing you thought of when you saw the title of this blog is, "Is that a reference to the Bear Country Jamboree that used to be featured at Disneyland?" The answer to that question would be, "Sort of. I never actually saw that show." If that's not the first thing you thought of, you can just ignore all that and think "Wow, that's a lame title for a blog." And you're right. It is. I'll probably change it once I get some input from my sister and my mom.

This post is just here to introduce you all to the women of the Baird Family and what this blog is all about. Let's get started!

I'm Kendra Baird. 22 years young. Left-handed. BYU student. Full-time nerd and internet enthusiast and part-time employee at a craft store. Extremely picky eater. Life enjoyer. Amateur crafter. Professional smart-aleck. Easily amused.  I'll be the main author of this blog, with guest posts from my mom and sister when I can wrangle them into it. :)

I like making crafts that are useful for me. I enjoy transforming old things into something new. My plan is to make the world a more beautiful place to be and if I can do that by making something worn out into something useful again, I'd be very happy.

This is my sister, Katie Baird. She's experienced 18 years of life so far, and many more to go. We're a lot alike so we don't always get along, but when we do, it's awesome. Also left handed. UVU/SLCC student. Life of the party. Sometimes most times she's funny. Perfectionist. Penny-pincher. Earring enthusiast. Amateur Crafter. She might post once in a while.

Katie LOVES making colorful containers. Seriously. She has a container for everything. She organizes when she gets bored. She's the best seamstress in the house. She also likes to create new things out of old things.

These are our parents, but to be more specific, this is our mom, Lori. She's currently re-celebrating her 27th birthday (congrats, mom!) and her 25th wedding anniversary with my dad is coming up this year. Rick's College alumni. The only Righty in the household. In our house, she's the professional crafter. She worked for Stampin' Up! for nearly ten years before finding a new job at SelectHealth. I might be able to get her to post once in a while.

Mom's got a passion for ModPodge and cute scrapbook paper. (Seriously. She once had a dream about all the things in the house she could ModPodge. It made her so excited.) Mom has been scrapbooking and crafting since before I was born, so from the time I was a wee child, we've been crafting. I'd say that most everything I've learned about crafting, I've learned from her.



So at this point, you may be wondering: What is this blog going to be about? Well, mostly, I'd love to share some of the projects the three of us have made over the years. If you'd like to make some of this stuff for yourselves, I'll also be including some instructions on the crafts where I've had the forethought to take step-by-step photos.

If this sounds like something you'd love to see, stick around! I'll have my first project posted by the end of the week. I hope you enjoy your stay here!