This project is in no way new or innovative....but made a great afternoon of fun (and lots of yarn confetti on the floor!).The kids and I made a pom pom garland from leftover cotton yarn to add to our family room window and give a little color for Spring. They wound the yarn (50 times around the cardboard that bias tape comes on--the short side), I tied the middles, and then they gave them all haircuts--which made for some very innovative-looking poms.But it was just the spot of color we ... View the Post
Craft Stick Puppets—Perfect for Something On a Stick Day
Did you know that tomorrow is "Something On A Stick Day"? Well, it is. And I'm not making it up either....Like all those other times that I mentioned here. So in honor of this special day we made these little people for a post dinner performance: We actually made a couple of sets. These guys are for Simon. But we made some for Gracie as well. (As you can probably guess she picked some princesses but then she also wanted a Little Red Riding Hood set.) Painting these puppets was a ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday—The Endora Top..a Tutorial
A few weeks ago I bought a garbage sack sized "grab bag" of vintage fabric at a thrift store. It was pretty awesome---full of all sorts of 1960 something goodness like the fabric I made this shirt out of. Now, I'm not really sure what kind of fabric this is...all I know is that it's old, blousy, and I LOVE IT. (And it reminded me of something that Endora, Samantha's mom, would have worn on "Bewitched"...) Anyways, this afternoon I was looking at it and decided to make Grace a little ... View the Post
A Bubble Skirt Tutorial
Or maybe the title of this post should be "how the Vintagely Modern Skirt became a Bubble Skirt." For this skirt I took The Vintagely Modern Skirt tutorial and made it a bubble skirt (or you can use any fuller skirt pattern, for that matter). Here's what you need: *your skirt material (I used about 1 1/4 yards of Kona cotton in "Butter Yellow" for a girls size 6) *your skirt lining material (I used just about a half yard) *matching thread *button (or elastic if you want an ... View the Post
Peter Pan Collar Tutorial
I have been dreaming about this project for a while and then, when I saw THIS I knew it was time to do something about it and make some removable peter pan collars for all sorts of outfits. First things first, I LOVE peter pan collars. Like some serious love. I think I have put them on about half of the girl's dresses I have ever made, and the other half---well, I certainly debated it. So, now we have some removable collars that can go on those dresses too! Wahoo! (Am I crazy? Ok, you ... View the Post
Valentine Envelope Tutorial
I have had that song in my head the last week or so while embroidering this at night. The first Valentine's Day that Stephen and I were married, I had just graduated from college in December and had just started my first teaching job while Stephen was still in school. And like many other young couples, we were poor. So poor that we decided that we weren't doing Valentine gifts. But on Valentine's Day, he handed me a CD that he had burned with "Mail Myself to You" on it (the version he got ... View the Post
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