crafts

  • Iron Craft Challenge #13 – Stars and Stripes Rope Wreath

    My Iron Craft project for the Red, White and Blue Challenge could also be called “turning lemons into lemonade,” since it was not the project I planned at all. Originally, my plan was to c...
    Jul 03, 2012 16 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 2

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) Since so m...
    Jun 29, 2012 21 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #11 – Glitter Letter Bunting

    For this Iron Craft Challenge we were asked to make something incorporating letters or words. My project was inspired by glitter letters I saw for sale in the Pottery Barn catalog a year or so ago. Th...
    Jun 05, 2012 2 Comments

  • Project – Coffee Sleeve Gift Card Holder

    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 No Comments

  • iPhone Cover

    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 1 Comment

  • Project – By-Your-Side Ironing Board

    One day not too long ago, I was over at Jenny‘s sewing up some Project Project Runway designs when I noticed her ad hoc ironing board. She would set up a wooden tv table next to her chair, cover...
    Apr 16, 2012 29 Comments

  • Project – Mixed Media Bracelet

    I’ve been very attracted to all the mixed media bracelets I’ve been seeing lately. There is something I like about the hard metal mixed with soft yarns, threads and strings. It feels like ...
    Apr 12, 2012 1 Comment

  • Project – Faux Milk Glass Eggs

    A month or so ago, I found these large wooden “goose” eggs on clearance and couldn’t resist picking them up for an Easter project. I’d been really attracted to the faux milk gl...
    Apr 03, 2012 3 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    This one is full of green so I don’t get pinched! Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s a clever braided fabric bracelet tutorial from How Joyful. I’ve seen egg-shaped planters at ...
    Mar 17, 2012 No Comments

  • Project – City Lights Lampshade

    I have this small nightstand-sized lamp that I’ve had for more years than I can remember. It’s not an expensive lamp, just something from Target. The lamp is still in good shape, but the s...
    Mar 07, 2012 48 Comments