Crafts category

  • 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

  • Advent Calendar Project

    In the twenty-five week’s leading up to December 1st we’ll be doing the Advent Calendar Project. The project started with sewing a pocket advent calendar and now we’ll making an orna...
    Jun 01, 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

  • IC #9 – Underwater Pizza Box

    Our challenge was to make something in or around a box. I had the idea to make a diorama. But the important part was that my 3 year old was to be an integral part of the project. This is a box that we...
    May 08, 2012 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft Challenge #9 – Shoebox Ribbon Organizer

    For Iron Craft challenge #9,  we were asked to think inside the box, creating something from a box or creating our own box. I struggled with this one much more than I thought I would. I had a few ide...
    May 08, 2012 9 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    Just random things that caught my eye this week… Oh, I love this clever way of using Perler Beads to create a bowl from Chameleon Girls. It looks like art glass in the pictures. I was in NYC l...
    May 05, 2012 No Comments

  • Project – Marimekko Inspired Sneakers

    I am a big fan of Marimekko and their colorful Scandinavian designs. In the last year or so they partnered with Converse (another of my favorite things) to create a line of patterned sneakers. I’...
    May 03, 2012 42 Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    A B C D E F G H I….. Stenciled linen pillow from Wit & Whistle. Moss letter from Teresa’s Plants. Monogrammed Christmas ornaments from Laurmelas House. Cork letters from Honey Bee ...
    Apr 28, 2012 No Comments

  • Weekend Eye Candy

    I remember making pom-poms as a kid on a homemade cardboard ring. Seems like they are everywhere in the crafting world these days. Pom-pom flowers from Country Living. I think the whole staging here ...
    Apr 21, 2012 No Comments

  • 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