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  • Handmade Holiday Gifts for the Young and Young at Heart

    Today we continue our Handmade Gift Guide. Lots of fun things here from Lego shaped soap to princess dresses made from towels. 1. Lego DJ T-Shirt 2. Lego Soap 3. Princess Towel Dress I 4. Princess T...
    Nov 06, 2013 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft ’13 Challenge #23 – Snow Day

    I’m hoping to wake up to a world covered in white snow this week. (Yes, I’m one of those people.) I’m dreaming of everything covered in sparkling whiteness. So, your challenge for th...
    Nov 06, 2013 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft ’13 Challenge 22 Round Up

    For this challenge we were inspired by Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, and made projects using light. (click on any picture to see it bigger and read more) If you are not reading this post i...
    Nov 05, 2013 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’13 Challenge 22 – Lit Frosted Ball Wreath

    For this Iron Craft challenge we were to make something using light or pertaining to light. I had an idea for a modern wreath for my mantel. The original idea was to cover a metal wreath form with cle...
    Nov 05, 2013 42 Comments

  • Handmade Holiday Gifts for Her

    Christmas is less than two months away! But there is still time to make a thoughtful handmade gift. Over the next week we’ll be giving you lots of ideas from our archives for gift you can make f...
    Nov 04, 2013 2 Comments

  • Life in the Loop

    It was rainy for a good part of the week which keeps me inside since the walking boot isn’t weatherproof, so a few “from the balcony” shots this week… Morning Train – I&...
    Nov 04, 2013 1 Comment

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 21

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country) This Halloween week appropriate ornament i...
    Nov 01, 2013 3 Comments

  • Project: Winter Skies Mittens

    After I made my grey ombré handwarmers, I wanted to make some mittens with that same sort of changing grey feeling, but not exactly the same. The stripes give a sort of a modified ombré effect movi...
    Oct 31, 2013 2 Comments

  • Halloween Mantel 2013

    Even though we still don’t have most of the furniture in our new loft, (It’s being delivered next week yea!) I still decorated the mantel for Halloween. I made a few new things, the snake ...
    Oct 30, 2013 1 Comment

  • Pioneer House

    At the new house, there are a number of random buildings, sheds AND A CHICKEN COOP out in the back of the property. One of the main reasons we purchased the house was the HUGE lot it sits on. Now it i...
    Oct 29, 2013 6 Comments