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 made a two toned scarf before but the accent color was a bit more sporatic. I wanted to see if I could figure out a pattern to make the colors more even and consistant through out the scarf. With a couple starts and restarts, I came up with this design that I’m pretty proud of. The(…)
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There were 4 birthdays at one party this past weekend and time got ahead of me so I needed to give money as gifts since there wasn’t time to go out and find a present. I don’t mind giving money, but I wanted to give it a special way so my first thought was finding(…)
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The theme for my son’s 5th birthday party this year was Tom and Jerry. I am so happy that he likes and appreciates the cartoons that I grew up with so I was happy to oblige in the concept. Tom and Jerry Cake Topper I’ll start with the cake topper. I found this on Amazon(…)
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How could anyone not be inspired to try their own hand at extreme couponing after seeing those great deals that people get on those shows. So I have decided to try it myself for awhile and post my progress here. I’m sure companies are catching on that deals overlap so we better take advantage of(…)
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I know…I know. April hasn’t been any more active than March was for me. Things going on, just no time to sit down and craft. It’s normal to hit a dry spell of sorts from time to time. I notice in thinking about this as I’m writing now that alot of it has to do(…)
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Had this idea the other day while at work and was able to try it out last night. Making paper flowers. This first kind used a type of paper I found released by DCWV. Almost like a soft tissue paper. This kind is made with lighter weight scrapbooking paper. I took a 12 x 12(…)
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Finally finished this quilt last night and couldn’t post until now since i’m giving it as a gift to my sister tonight ! Ragged side: Seamed side: Here is how the project progressed: Near the end of november, I got all my homespun and muslin. I placed 2 pieces of muslin in the middle(…)
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I was convinced about a week ago that the jetmax cubes were just out of my budget so I was not going to get them. Then a couple days later what do I get in my inbox…but michaels new weekly ad that all storage is going to be 50 % off! Okay well needless to(…)
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I absolutely loved this Mod birthday stamp I got made by Inkadinkado but never used it until now for this birthday card I made for my nephew. Here is the process of how I made it: I used the Inkadinkado Mod Birthday Wood stamp for the sentiment and then made(…)
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I was skeptical because we are all taught that when things are too good to be true, they usually are but in the case of Scrapbuck.com I was pleasantly surprised. Here are some brief details about my order with alot of photos to show you close ups of the quality of the products. Packaging Just(…)
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My kid is, for lack of a better word, obsessed with road signs so I thought it would be the perfect theme for his birthday party this year. I had the idea to make some road sign invitations and sleeves to hold them. At the end of this post, I’ve placed the printable high resolution JPGs(…)
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My niece had her 2nd daughter this month and we are going to see her for the first time at our memorial day cookout. I thought i’d make her a card for the occasion to put her gift inside. I think I had a much easier time with this card since before hand I had(…)
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