Samarra Khaja's Blog

I decided to ring in the 2020 holiday season by making what seems like the most fitting ornament to embody this mess of a year… 

Presenting The SK Commemorative 2020 Covid Ornament!

Sufficiently grumpy and full of all the 2020 feels, if I dont say so myself…

I was planning on just posting a quick pic of it completed, but as some folks have requested a bit more information on how I made it, Ill tell you basically how I did, so you can create your own!

I found a 2 diameter styrofoam...

If you know me, you know I have a long tradition of making my kids’ (and mine when there’s time) Halloween costumes. This year, this COVID Year That Is 2020, was no exception. The only difference was there was actually time to make myself a costume AND there were pretty much no places whatsoever to show any of them off in person. Ah, you sneaky trickster, Coronavirus! 

So for the sake of posterity, here are the costumes we fashioned up. My kids were characters from Nickelodeon’s Splatoon2 video g...

The United States Postal Service is actually more American than apple pie. It was founded in 1639 and did you know, Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General in 1775. It’s kept people in this country connected – door by door, mailbox by mailbox – for centuries. As their motto goes, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” There’s so much more to the USPS; you can find some neat facts here and ...

I’ve made some more protest posters, available to you for free personal use. 

The “We Demand” design is directly inspired by a poster used in the 1963 March on Washington…a solid 57 YEARS ago. 

Ms. Wells-Barnett’s quote is 127 YEARS old –pause on that for a moment– from her “Lynch Law in All Its Phases,” published February 13, 1893. Read it.

If you do download any of these posters for display and/or peacefully marching with in upcoming BLM protests, I ask that you please also donate directly to Bla...

Too soon? Likely not soon enough, if the truth be told. I got a request to design some social distancing swag and Im here to tell you theyre up and available (for how long, due to virus shutdowns, I dont know) on my Society6 shop page. Im afraid I cant control all aspects of the printing, so just know I tried my best to select colors that would do well on their shirt options. If you order any, definitely shoot me an email with some pics of you rockin your social distancing like its nobodys...

Whoa, okay so it really must be the end of times because Ive dusted off the ol blog! Turns out Coronavirus/Covid-19 calls for more free downloadable poster creations, this time in the form of friendly PSAs (please stay awesome). My hope is to add a nice little batch here (so keep checking back for more) for you to download and print at home, because SELF-ISOLATING TIMES, PEOPLE! If you were the only one in a Costco (hahahaha, when has that ever happened?), you could theoretically get these...

Today I’ll be instructing a roomful of kids on how to make their own recycled golfball eyeball pendants. I love creating crafts that don’t involve the purchase of single-use craft store materials (glitter, resins, plastics, excess packaging that will all end up in the trash) but rather focus on the reuse of other familiar materials/objects that have already lived one life and I get to give them at least one more before they hit that trash heap. 

For this project, we have a bunch of toilet and...

If you’ve been over to Spoonfower recently, you’ll have been introduced to my L’Artiste Paint Palette Halloween Costume:

And now here in this post, you can find the sewing instructions for the accompanying L’Artiste Gesso Paint Can trick-or-treat bag! Because we can’t forget the candy collecting!

Here’s how to assemble your very own:

1.   This is the sewing kit you’ll need; get it in the minky substrate, to ensure you get all the pieces. Cut out all pieces along black lines (paint can rectangle...

I created this action figure box-style photo op display for attendees to have fun with at the Singer booth during the Emerald City ComicCon in Seattle last week. I busted out some custom hand-drawn and drafted lettering too! It was a really fun project to conceptualize and design and from what I hear, it was very well received by everyone.

Both Walter and The Dude totally abide…

There’s not much to say that hasn’t already been said regarding all these horrific mass murders in this country and the changes desperately needed regarding gun reform. 

Enough. 

I’ve created 4 new posters for you to print and march with. Walk out of school with them, march with them to see your local leaders, and let the government hear your voices. 

Enough.

Here’s what I’ve made for you:

1. Guns Don’t Vote, But I Do.

2. Doesn’t Look Well Regulated To Me.

3. We Call BS!

4. Enough

Same rules app...