crafts

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Just incase you are all wondering, here’s a few things you can make me for Christmas 😉 This button bowl by Iñigo Cañedo, seen on designboom, was made by carefully gluing buttons around a mo...
    Nov 26, 2011 2 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #47 – Christmas Ornament Coasters

    This week for Iron Craft we were challenged to make something that could be used on our dining room or kitchen table. Inspired by some of the interesting felt coasters I’ve seen around the inter...
    Nov 23, 2011 2 Comments

  • Project – Lego Soap

    Jenny over at A Mom and 2 Things and I both live in homes where legos are loved by kids and husbands alike, so we thought it would be fun to make Lego shaped soap using our Lego ice cube trays. We wer...
    Nov 14, 2011 52 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #45 – Minimalist Turkey Candle

    This week’s theme for Iron Craft is fall, which here in the States makes a lot of us think of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for most of us means turkey. I’ve had this idea for a minimalist tu...
    Nov 09, 2011 10 Comments

  • Tree Skirts Admired

    If taking on a full blown quilt (or quilt size project) seems like too much before the holidays, then maybe a tree skirt is more manageable. Here are some that I was admiring. This from Ashley at Fil...
    Nov 08, 2011 2 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    It’s not too early to start thinking about the Thanksgiving table. Wine Country Life has a great tutorial on making custom labels for wine bottles for Thanksgiving. These would be great if you...
    Nov 05, 2011 1 Comment

  • Project – Last Minute Bacon and Egg Costume

    Halloween Time: First, she said she wanted to be “A Princess”, “a purple princess”. Then an Astronaut. Then a chocolate. Then a butterfly. Not a purple butterfly (because I hav...
    Oct 29, 2011 2 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Looking at the world in Black and White… How amazing are the textured vases which are made by mod podging lace on to plain vases from Urban Comfort. Can you imagine how the white lace would loo...
    Oct 29, 2011 2 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    I’m in the midst of of major home remodel right now and to top it off the sewer line is backing up into my basement. All I want to look at right now is pretty things for the house and dream of a...
    Oct 22, 2011 1 Comment

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    I seem to be getting into a little bit of a Christmas state of mind even though it’s only October… How wonderful is this measuring tape bracelet. As hard as I tried I couldn’t figure...
    Oct 15, 2011 1 Comment