Challenges category

  • PPR Challenge #5 – Kat’s Design

    This week’s Project Runway challenge was to find a muse on the street and literally take the clothes off their back to create a new design. For the doll-sized challenge, there was an easy choice...
    Feb 09, 2012 4 Comments

  • Paper Cutting 101

    After I made my paper cut map of Amsterdam for this year’s first Iron Craft challenge, I had a feeling I was going to get addicted to paper cutting. Since then I’ve already made another o...
    Feb 07, 2012 4 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #2 Round-Up Part 2

    More hearts and flowers to keep you in the mood from the Iron Crafters (click any picture to see it bigger and read more) If you are not reading this post in a feed reader or at http://justcraft...
    Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

  • Project Project Runway Challenge #5 – Clothes Off Your Back

    Challenge – Clothes Off Your Back Find a muse to inspire a fashion forward look, you have to convince them to give you the clothes off their back to make a new look. Half of the look must come ...
    Feb 03, 2012 2 Comments

  • Project Project Runway Challenge #4 Runway

    This week was really quite challenging for the Project Project Runway designers. Not only did they have to create a tasteful dress inspired but a gelato flavor, they had to do it in 60 minutes! Not an...
    Feb 02, 2012 1 Comment

  • PPR Challenge #4 – House Of Cornish

    The challenge was to create an outfit inspired by a color (and flavor) of gelato. The designers were given an outrageously short window of time to complete their look. They even shopped from a limited...
    Feb 02, 2012 2 Comments

  • PPR Challenge #4 – Kat’s Design

    This week’s Project Project Runway challenge really had two layers. On the surface the challenge seems to be about making a tasteful dress inspired by the color and flavor of gelato. But really ...
    Feb 02, 2012 3 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #3 – Warm Up

    I don’t know about where you live, but here in Minneapolis February feels like the coldest month of the year, the time when we get the week or so of temps below zero. (Ok, this has been the mild...
    Feb 01, 2012 2 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #2 Round-Up

    This week the iron crafters are getting in the spirit with projects full of hearts and flowers. (click on any picture to see it bigger and read more) If you are not reading thi...
    Jan 31, 2012 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft Challenge #2 – Heart Soap (and a giveaway)

    This week for Iron Craft we are getting into the Valentine’s Day mood with the theme of Hearts and Flowers. Last week, I shared a pattern to make chenille heart washcloths, so for this challenge...
    Jan 31, 2012 47 Comments