Tag Archives: handmade

Adventures in Pompom Land

Adventures in PomPom Land: 25 Cute Projects made from Handmade Pompoms by Myko Diann Bocek I’m pretty much in love with every project in this book. They are cute, whimsical, colorful, miniature and made with handmade pompoms. No fuzzy store-bought pompoms here! From the back of the book: Welcome to Pompom Land, where handmade pompoms [...]

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Fabulous Friday: 11 Graduation Gifts to Make

  It’s that time of year again. Graduation! While all of my kids are now out of High School they do have friends who are still graduating and we do know people graduating from college. It will still be a couple of years before any of our three college students graduate but you know I’m [...]

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100 Colorful Granny Squares to Crochet

100 Colorful Granny Squares to Crochet by Leonie Morgan October 2009 – That  was when I finished my last granny square afghan (I wrote about it here: Finally Finished – A Granny Square Afghan) . It’s been a long time since I made one and I’ve been thinking about starting another. I spent a good [...]

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The Modern-Day Pioneer

The Modern-Day Pioneer: Simple Living in the 21st Century by Charlotte Denholtz   From the back of the book: In today’s day and age, it’s easy to get swept up in the whirlwind of convenience and forget what it’s like to truly appreciate the simple things in life. The Modern-Day Pioneer celebrates these forgotten joys [...]

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Carnival of Felt Making

  I’ve been wanting to spend some time learning and creating more with felt for a little while now. I’ve been doing some experimenting with painting fabric, stitching, beads, etc and I want to combine some of what I’ve learned with felt. But you know how it is… The last thing I need is one [...]

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Life Changes and Big News

  I’ve been writing off and on for over a year now about some big life changes my husband and I are going through. It’s been pretty nerve wracking to tell truth. I haven’t been able to talk to very many people at all about it. I still can’t say too much about it but [...]

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Inspiration Sunday – An Image for Spring Crafts

Happy April Everyone! There are no April Fool’s Day jokes here. Just a little gift… from me to you. I have this great, very old children’s book with photos of farm animals, I think it belonged to my father when he was a child – possibly even HIS father, I’m not sure. I thought I’d [...]

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Upcycle a Viactiv Container for Gift Giving

Upcycle a Viactiv Container for Gift Giving

  My Crafty Best Friend Forever (CBFF) Jenny of Craft Test Dummies had a birthday last week and I made her a few gifts. Because, hey, if you’re going to give handmade gifts why not give them to a crafty friend who will really appreciate them. Right? Anyway, I wanted to wrap the gifts and [...]

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Zipper Brooch – Indygo Junction

  Oh, look what I found!! Zipper Accents from Indygo Junction… a whole package of 1 yard zipper halves.  I keep seeing all of the super cute zipper brooches and I’ve been wanting to make one but I didn’t know how it was done.     So I also picked up the “My Garden Zips” [...]

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Donut and Chain Necklace – Howlite and Gray Glass Pearl

  The Howlite and gray glass pearl beads in this piece give it a  great high-end, sophisticated look that is actually easy to put together. Really! I’m not sure why this necklace was hard to photograph but it was. I ended up with a file of mostly useless photos. I managed to find a couple [...]

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