In the twenty-five week’s leading up to December 1st we’ll be doing the Advent Calendar Project. The project started with sewing a pocket advent calendar and now we’ll making an orna...
Jun 01, 2012
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I have so many cards running around in my purse – I am always looking for a new way to corral them. And then I saw a coffee sleeve! It actually holds one card better than the 467 that I have. S...
May 29, 2012
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Memorial Day is right around the corner and for a lot of people that is the start of beach season. We all love going to the beach, but aren’t thrilled about bringing half of it home with us on ...
May 23, 2012
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I wanted to make a gift for a friend. I took a stab at cross stitch. And it stabbed me back. You can read all about it in this post. But I had taken this idea SO far already, that I thought I should ...
May 21, 2012
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I saw a knit cactus that someone was using as a pin cushion, and I was charmed. I decided I “needed” to knit a cactus. (You know, “need”, like I “need” new shoes or...
May 10, 2012
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Our challenge was to make something in or around a box.
I had the idea to make a diorama. But the important part was that my 3 year old was to be an integral part of the project. This is a box that we...
May 08, 2012
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I am a big fan of Marimekko and their colorful Scandinavian designs. In the last year or so they partnered with Converse (another of my favorite things) to create a line of patterned sneakers. I’...
May 03, 2012
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Here is an old tried and true recipe that I want to share with you. You know those sweet towels with hoods that you see around for $$$? We can make them!
These are the sleeper winner gift of all time...
Apr 30, 2012
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If you follow fashion trends you’ve probably seen that nautical style is in, stripes, nautical detailing and classic colors. That was my inspiration for this month’s Bag of the Month.
I r...
Apr 26, 2012
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I made a pin to go with the diagonal scarf, and I wanted to share my recipe.
I wanted a kilt pin to string the beads on. But I did not want them to hang off the pin itself. I needed a coiless kilt pi...
Apr 23, 2012
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