Crafts category

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Really, black will always be the new black… Turn those wooden blocks your kids no longer play with into a clever key holder like this one from Etsy shop Blue Bird Heaven. This felt flower by H...
    Apr 14, 2012 No Comments

  • Project – Pick Me Up Basket

    I put together a package of goodies to bolster a friend up. The basket is cheerful and bright. Mine is specifically because my friend lost her job (grrr). But  it could easily translate to be used f...
    Apr 13, 2012 3 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

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Looks like we skipped the April showers and went right to the May flowers here. What about you? I love this print by Eloise Renouf (actually I love all her prints). It would make a beautiful inspirat...
    Apr 07, 2012 No Comments

  • Egg-cellent Easter Table Top Projects

    I found these wooden robins’ eggs on clearance for $.50 for three earlier this year, so I couldn’t refuse picking up a few to play with. I decided to turn them into simple decorations for...
    Apr 04, 2012 No Comments

  • 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

  • Further adventures of Window Markers

    We found Crayola window markers. And just to be thorough in our quest, we got those to add to our collection too. When we went to go play with them, I thought they would be just about the same as the...
    Mar 19, 2012 No 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

  • Iron Craft Challenge #5 – Flower Pot Pincushions

    So a little confession here, often when I am posing an Iron Craft challenge I already have an inkling of what project I might do to meet it. This time with the dollar store challenge, I went in withou...
    Mar 13, 2012 7 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Let’s Play! Super Mario Brothers Coin Block Lamp from Instructables. It lights up and makes noise! For the geeky baby a Luigi blanket and matching coin block pillow from Rapunzel’s Tower...
    Mar 10, 2012 No Comments