Reviews category

  • Hummingbird Stain Glass Window Kit

    (In an effort to craft with my 5 year old daughter, and turn off the TV, we do a lot of projects. We are running a series of posts about the kits that we did in our house. I’ll tell you all abou...
    Mar 19, 2014 No Comments

  • Recycled Paper Beads Kit

    From time to time I buy crafts kits to do with my 5 year old daughter. I’m sure many of you parents and grandparents do the same thing. Since it is hard to know which kits are good, and which ar...
    Mar 05, 2014 4 Comments

  • Book Review: Modern Minimal, 20 Bold and Graphic Quilts

    I don’t buy new craft books very often any more. Ever since Pinterest has come along and taken hold, I get my fix of “new and inspiring” from there. If I am looking for a knitting pa...
    Feb 20, 2014 1 Comment

  • Mino Washi Paper Snowflakes

    My sweet husband was out shopping the other day and stumbled across some Christmas decorations he couldn’t help but bring home to me. I’d never seen them before and they were so pretty I h...
    Dec 16, 2013 3 Comments

  • Holiday Entertaining and Gift Giving with Martha Stewart Home Office

    I’m always looking for new and different items to use in crafting and decorating, so I was intrigued when asked if I wanted to try some of the Martha Stewart Home Office products from Avery*** i...
    Nov 18, 2013 2 Comments

  • Project Runway AllStars

    Time for thoughts about PR All Stars. First, are you watching? Is that a silly question? Do you move right from PR to All Stars and not miss a beat? Kathy and I are watching, but I got behind. (With ...
    Nov 07, 2013 6 Comments

  • Folk Art: Quilts for Sale

    We have talked about pricing our work here before. I found a whole set of quilts featured on One King’s Lane and they inspired me. I always enjoy seeing people selling their work on a commercial...
    Sep 17, 2013 No Comments

  • Take a shopping trip

    I love Anthropologie, their clothes are cute and clever and so far from generic. Some of their pieces represent more fashion risk than I can take. But I appreciate that “they went there” o...
    Jul 22, 2013 No Comments

  • Yarn Inspiration

    Look what I found on Etsy. That makes me swoon. This is Erica Heftmann’s site, Color Shift Yarn Couldn’t you just go right off a high dive for THAT?!? Or THAT! Triple flip off the 3 mete...
    Jun 13, 2013 1 Comment

  • “I’m Melting!”

    I have been so inspired by whats been done with Perler Beads. Like, this Tardis (from Dr. Who). Man is that spectacular. (You can find the pattern here. Thanks Kyoti) I finally picked up the most bas...
    May 23, 2013 6 Comments

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