I have to admit that Ive been on a bit of an Etsy shopping spree lately. Usually my first reaction when I see something I love is, "I think I could make that," but there are so many thi...
A few weeks ago I made a daffodil pillow using a free motion embroidery technique. I decided to make an herb pillow using the same font and technique as the daffodil pillow. Im still perf...
Thrift stores, antique malls, and even Etsy shops are great places to find interesting vintage fabrics for sewing projects.I bought some vintage pillow cases from this Etsy shop and made one int...
I made some new pillows for my shop using black fabric paint. The all is well pillow was inspired by three word sayings like "Life is good" or "Live Laugh Love". I hand pa...
Fabric napkin rings are a great idea for using up scraps of fabric that you love.Heres how to make your own fabric napkin rings.1. Cut two rectangles of fabric measuring nine inches by three in...
My husband and I both love to watch documentaries. Last night I watched a documentary about Charles and Ray Eames for the second time. I loved it again!sourceIf you love documentaries and...
Its super snowy here today, but I am ready for spring. I made this daffodil pillow this weekend. Daffodils are by far my favorite flower. I love the yellow color. I did some f...
Good morning lovely blog readers! I am seeking your opinion.I decided to embark on my first blog advertisement. I will be advertising my shop on Elise Blaha Cripes blog for the month of F...
I love words. I love fonts. I love typefaces. I incorporate this love into a lot of my projects; embroidering words, stamping words, or painting words. Ali Edwards does a one little...
I dipped my toe into the genre of sculpture just barely and came out with what Im going to call a candle holder... Im considering this project a prototype that can use a little tweaking, but I ...
My shop has been up and running for about a month now. I have been overwhelmed by the experience. Overwhelmed by the work needed to run a little shop and overwhelmed by the fact that peop...
I made this star applique pillow this weekend. It was so easy and fun. Heres how to do your own star applique:1. Draw a star on a piece of paper (just like your grade school teacher...
It seemed simple enough, make a little polymer clay bowl. They looked too cute in this blog post. I rolled out my clay and cut a circle. Stamped the word "change" for a chan...
Its no secret that I love doing applique. Heres some inspiration for applique designs from the art world. These images are all from Laura Nugents website.This would be a simple desig...
Do you love wrapping presents? I made some clay gift tags just before the holidays. They were so easy and I love the results. I think these would look so special on a wedding gift. ...
Twenty eleven has been a very busy year. This year I resolved to focus on being more creative and revived this blog. Here are some of my favorite creative moments from the year.I think ou...
Remember these love balls? Click here for the tutorial.This weekend I made some variations:hug and kiss balls for Valentines Day.hope balls for a friend that could use a pick me up.I intended t...
I will be the first to admit that I have a lot of craft junk stuff. I try to buy supplies only for specific projects, but somehow other junk stuff jumps right off the clearance rack or the remn...
Ive been looking for striped fabric ever since I pined the beautiful striped bags in this post. I finally found what I was looking for at Ikea in red stripes and black stripes.Im a little embar...
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I have to admit that I can get a little obsessed with wrapping gifts. It is my favorite part of gift giving. A few years ago I threw out all my wrapping paper, preferring to only store one roll...
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This is my favorite craft room update to date because I love how it turned out! I wanted to have a counter height workstation for cutting fabric and working on little projects without bending o...
Im not totally comfortable with the idea of self promotion. I always thought that if I was forced to take a job in sales I would cry everyday. But part of pushing yourself to do new thing...
I am so excited to announce that I opened a shop! I wanted to do a year ago, but it always felt too overwhelming to get started. Im not sure what changed, but suddenly I just did it! &nbs...
Heres the final installment of my holiday pillow series. Check out the links below for more holiday pillows.holiday pillows no. 1holiday pillows no. 2This pillow is red corduroy. The snow...
As promised here are some more of my holiday pillows. Every year when I get these pillows out of storage they make me smile. For this pillow I stamped snowflakes on grey linen fabric and ...
A couple years ago when I started sewing one of my first projects was making an eclectic bunch of holiday pillows for my sofas. I didnt own much fabric so I visited a decorating store, dug thro...
Where did November go? I feel like I have been doing a lot of creative work, but it hasnt made it to the blog yet. No tutorials this month to review, which kinda sucks. Ive been wor...
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