Ten down….2849 more to go! I am finally at the ‘snipping stage’ on my denim and flannel rag quilt. I hope to have this snipped and washed tonight so that I can have it completed tomorrow. About the craft fair I mentioned in my previous post, I never made it there this weekend…i just wasn’t ready so I’ll(…)
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I know I’ve not been around for a while. To give you a quick update here are some things I’ve been working on. Getting ready for a craft fair this coming saturday. Scarves, scarves, and more scarves! I’m so far behind it’s not even funny. With a halloween party, to Hurricane Sandy, to being sick…just a(…)
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My mother always finds the best deals it seems at yard sales when I’m not there! Of course she gets first dibs going to the sales on Fridays or even Thursdays when most people can’t go These bundles of fabric were all in a box. It included some quilts already made but were unfinished. I think(…)
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Finally at the sewing stage on my rag quilt! Thought i’d show some progress tonight. I really am glad I strayed from my original idea for the pattern. I like seeing the flannel on the front and back. I had to make one change to the pattern during the quilt planning stage to make sure(…)
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I was browsing one of my favorite websites to buy things from called ConsumerCrafts.com because they were having a free shipping weekend near labor day, and I came across these Protect and Store Storage containers and thought i’d try them out to organize my awfully stuffed drawers in my hutch. They have 12 x 12 sizes(…)
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Stage two of my denim and flannel rag quilt…IS the planning stage! I have to say though this part stunted me from progress a bit. I knew I wanted something more interesting than just a checker board or stripes pattern…so I realized the only way to do that is by laying it all out and(…)
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Family Share Day! I think i’ll start a new type of post… when my family is crafty or creative I get to tell the world about it! My niece made these apple shaped cupcakes for her kids’ classmates and I just thought they were so cute. She used pretzels for the stems, a leaf tip(…)
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Started a new project over the weekend. This is a denim and flannel rag quilt to use for my kids bedspread. I love looking at just cut piles of fabric! It’s progress. I initially thought I might just put all the flannel on the back and have checkerboard denim on the front, but my idea is(…)
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It felt bittersweet but I decided that it was time to look into a new sewing machine and treated myself to a birthday present this year of a Singer Quantum Stylist 9960! I’ve had my Brother machine since 1990. I never had to get it repaired so it has been a great machine to me…but the(…)
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I have ALOT of thinner yarn (lower guage) stored away right now. Since I prefer to make scarves out of thicker ‘wool ease’ type yarn to make nice plush scarves out of…then a duh moment hit me after I got these 3 skeins of thin yarn at Walmart the other week. I could try to(…)
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I’ve been lazing at taking pictures of all the great things i’ve been finding since about mid July! So here is a run down of some of the great deals I’ve found since then. Wal-Mart: Great deal on yarn. $1.50 a piece. Reg. $3.47 I LOVE how soft this yarn is, and I love the(…)
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I don’t recall ever knowing about Jet Max offering this different style of handles until I happened to have walked down that aisle at Michaels and saw that they were on clearance for a dollar a pack. Needless to say I bought all they had not knowing how many I would need. So here are(…)
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You wake up early on a saturday morning, before all the kids so you can have just a few minutes to yourself in your craft room. You try to go get some supplies out of your Jet Max Cubes as quietly as you can and all of a sudden…SQUEAK!! For me the sound is like nails(…)
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I had this ‘original’ idea one day to make a lightbox out of foam core board and out of curiosity, I thought i’d do a quick search to see if anyone ‘else’ per chance had it as well…turns out someone did and made a great tutorial on how to make a lightbox out of foamcore board. So(…)
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I found a way that I love (so far 2 years or so now) to organize my embellishments. I found these plastic screw top containers sold in the jewelry making section of Michaels for 40% off a few years ago and thought they would work great. Before, leaving things in their packages were just a(…)
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Found some great things yard saleing last weekend: Mosaic pieces: 50 cents, jingle bells, pack of quilt charms, and embroidery floss all for 25 cents each, Ziploc bag of balls of yarn for a dollar. I have more yarn that I can even store but I liked the colors in this bag, and 3 skeins of candlewick yarn(…)
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Found these great clear boxes for what I thought was a great price on PaperWishes.com. They have great things for sale in their ‘Moms Warehouse Sale’ listings. Looks like at least right now, these are still 5 for a dollar. I decided to use them for some birthday gifts I put together recently. Well, I(…)
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Once again I needed to reorganize my acrylic stamp collection because it was totally getting out of control so I’ll be realistic now and say that this is ‘this years’ solution.* (* – subject to change) 4 x 6 photo insert sleeves with plastic tab inserts for categories. Simple but effective. Make Your Own Inserts One tip(…)
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Did you ever have that ‘something’ that you needed to keep because you knew you ‘might’ need it at some point but could never find the ‘right’ place to store it that you would remember? This was how I felt about those many drawer dividers that come with the large jet max cube single large drawer models.(…)
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Finally! I got my craft room painted and all back in at least enough to take some photos. Yet to do is paint my chairs in a consistant color. I’m still debating that one. Here is a link to the way my craft room looked before I painted. I went to Lowes, and found the(…)
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I think it’s okay to keep trying ideas to organize your craft supplies until you find the one that works. This is what my ribbon storage looks like now…I am able to get way more ribbon in here than before. This is what it looked like before with a mixture of the bobbin idea and some of(…)
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