I just finished a little lunch bag after a few trials and errors. It uses one of my favorite fabrics, a white print with folksy hearts, stars, and daisies in muted blues, reds, and mint green. It has two metal snaps on the side and one snap to keep it closed, a ribbon handle on [...]
You may already be a pack rat like me, but if you’re not, you should still hold on to your holiday cards that friends and relatives have sent to you for a couple more days so you can make these cute ornaments.
These are quite easy once you get the hang of them, and they take [...]
Here, I’ve tried to take just a few pictures of the decorations that have been around my family’s house for years and years. My mom decks the halls, the bathrooms, the laundry room, and everywhere there is room for decorations. But here are some of the traditional living room ornaments.
Up first are some elves on [...]
For one of my relatives, I’m making a spa basket with some inexpensive yet fairly high quality bath and beauty products. One item in the basket is bath salts that smell like cherry and are all natural, even from the Dead Sea in Israel! But the packaging is ugly. So ugly, I won’t even post [...]
It lightly but literally snowed in DC yesterday, our first of the season, so it’s fitting that I got cracking on a little snowflake project of my own.
I am currently working on my Christmas cards because I have decided THIS is the year I don’t buy any cards and still get them out the door [...]
I’ve been cleaning and reorganizing my craft room/work area (before and after pictures to come!) and have found a lot of little felt tchotchkes from either half finished projects or just things without a home. I figured I would put them all in one place for your viewing pleasure and inspiration :D
These two are from [...]
I love making decorations with sequins, pins, and foam balls. However, after making so many in the past few years, I got a little bored with the shape. So, I’ve decided to try to make a new shape ornament this year, using strings of 1 inch balls (which are pretty tiny!!)
There are lots of tutorials [...]