"Living a creative life is made all the more fulfilling and rewarding when we are creating for, with, or because of others. Much creative drive is certainly internally driven, but there is such benefit to creating beyond ourselves, beyond our family, and beyond our homes, for our community and the world around us. Connecting with and creating with others can be a powerful and inspiring act, as well as a wonderful gift for our children, teaching them how to connect and share their own passions ... View the Post
Archives for June 2011
$ 5 Friday– The “Love Boat” Dress…aka The Peasant Dress with Ruffle tutorial
....Pardon our dust today....our blog is a bit under construction.....hopefully we will be fully up and running soon! On to the dress: I have been thinking about a peasant dress with a ruffled collar for a long time now. And when I started googling a tutorial for one, I couldn't find one. So, in my crazy fashion, I made one up. And luckily this time it didn't have to go in "the-projects-of-doom-that-turned-out-horrifically" pile that is in my sewing cabinet (and is always pretty large). I ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursdays—and a Pillowcase Skirt Tutorial
Tis the season for yard sales...HOORAY!!! (Now I have one more resource to pull vintage goodness from.) So in the spirit of the garage sale season we will be bringing to our blog a little something that we are going to call "Thrifted Thursdays". Thifted Thursdays will start today and end in the fall (along with all the marvelous yard sales). So from now until then each and every Thursday will be filled with projects made from items purchased at yard sales or thrift stores! I'm so ... View the Post
Guest Post– A Vintage Pillowcase Dress Tutorial
Today's tutorial is how to make a vintage pillowcase dress. Liz posted about pillowcase dresses a couple of weeks ago and some of you asked how to make one. Click HERE to see how to make one out of a vintage pillowcase...... And if you don't have a vintage pillowcase on hand....click HERE to get the tutorial for making a fabric one. ... View the Post
The LAST Vintage Crafter’s Challenge.
A maxi dress. And a faux shirring tutorial.I have one more to add to the mix of our FABULOUS guest posters. Weren't they amazing? I am so inspired by all of them.So, I have a confession. I actually made two projects for The Vintage Challenge. I made the dolls quilts and then the next day started second-guessing myself. I always second-guess myself. The quilts were not cute enough, not creative enough, not perfect enough. You know, the whole nine yards. So, I started all over. And then ... View the Post
The Vintage Crafter’s Challenge. Jo from My Pangaloon.
Today's guest poster is Jo from My Pangaloon. We met Jo when she left the nicest comments to us and then asked us to do an interview for her blog, which is amazing by the way. She lives half-way around the world from us.....and her thrifting skills are AWESOME--she finds the most amazing things. Really. And for cheap. I am so jealous. I need a plane ticket to with with her. Go see her and all the wonderfuls things that she has on her blog!I first came across simple and simon co because I ... View the Post