My Aunt invited all the women in my family to gather in Chicago. The trip was a smashing success that even Ferris Bueller would have been proud of. One clever piece of her invitation was this graphi...
Sep 24, 2015
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Every Friday for the twenty-four weeks leading up to December 1st, we will be making a handmade Christmas ornament. Follow along and make them all or pick and chose your favorites.
While I was making ...
Aug 21, 2015
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A friend of mine suggested a field trip to the Makery in Los Altos, CA,
It is the marriage of a high-end craft shop and a high-end fabric store with project areas thrown in to boot. There are finish...
Sep 22, 2014
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A week or so ago, I was walking by Paper Source and was blown away by this wreath in the window.
I kept thinking about it and decided to make my own version in colors to compliment my house in a slig...
May 14, 2014
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Here is a cool web site!
Patchwork pattern maker
It is a place where you can graph a pattern. It is specifically for quilting, but I think you could do any kind of mosaic with it. I tried a few pict...
May 09, 2014
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Awhile back I bought myself a bell jar (or cloche) to use for displaying things around the house. It was a steal at Michael’s. Thing was I never using it because I wasn’t happy with how it...
Apr 16, 2014
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(For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country)
This week we are headed to Spain, more spe...
Oct 11, 2013
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(For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country)
Let’s head to Finland for this week&...
Sep 20, 2013
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(For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country.)
For this week’s ornament we are goi...
Jul 05, 2013
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(For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country.)
This week we are visiting China. Now most...
Jun 21, 2013
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