April 19th, 2011 by Karen in Announcements | No Comments »
I’ve been lax with my blog posts lately, and one reason is the passing of my cat, Misty. She was my constant companion, around the house and during work. It’s been difficult to adjust to her being gone. But I’d like to do something positive with my grief, namely to use it as a way [...]
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July 26th, 2010 by Karen in Crafty Thoughts on Life, Other/Not Craft Related, Reviews and Recommendations | 1 Comment »
I recently went on a “spending spree” in my neighborhood thrift stores. Our little corner of DC is lucky enough to have three right along the same street within 4 blocks or four-tenths of a mile of each other (I will list them at the end of the post)
So here is my haul:
And here is [...]
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June 22nd, 2010 by Karen in Fabric Crafts, Tutorials | No Comments »
Continuing with the row house doll carrier started here.
Once the walls were all connected, I sewed the “floor” on, so now the shape was like a bucket. Here’s a picture of the whole thing inside-out and upside-down (which is pretty much how you sew it).
Even though I started out with the felt matching the calico [...]
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June 20th, 2010 by Karen in Fabric Crafts, Tutorials | No Comments »
Background: I live in DC and I have a love/hate relationship with the city. When I love it, I really love it, but when I hate it, oh boy…you get the idea. Currently, I madly adore it. I’ve been taking lots of meandering walks around my neighborhood while I run errands, taking pictures to document [...]
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May 26th, 2010 by Karen in Announcements | No Comments »
Today, my Etsy store and craftiness at large was spotlighted on The Hill Is Home, a local blog dedicated to telling Capitol Hill how it is. Click on the picture below to go to the article.
Take a gander and read about the other Hill crafters, too!
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