So far this month, I've been posting lots of crafts and recipes to celebrate Valentine's Day. Today though, I wanted to celebrate the anti-Valentine's … [Read more...]
Making a Fabric Locket
I've been rolling the idea of a hand-crafted locket around in my head for about a month now. I've tried making lockets out of all kinds of paper, … [Read more...]
Fetled Baby Elephant
It's official. This week shall hereby be known as the Five Days of Felted Friends. I can't seem to stop felting this week. Remember when I illustrated … [Read more...]
Newly Needle-Felted Owl Pal
It's entirely possible that this week will be filled with soft and felted creatures. Each day I set out to do a number of different and new things, … [Read more...]
More Felting! My Heart’s Melting: A Felted Goldfish in a Jar Aquarium
After last week's first attempt at felting, I knew I had far more to give to this craft. In my bluebird project, something was off. It felt awkward. … [Read more...]
Needle-Felting Project: Bluebirds
Needle-felted animals are typically adorable. They can't seem to help it. I have seen so many SERIOUSLY cute needle-felted critters online, that I … [Read more...]
Crafting: A Coffee Tin Christmas Tree
Despite turning my home into a workshop of knitting, sewing and baking to create homemade Christmas gifts this year, I really haven't done much to … [Read more...]
Craft: Ghost Garland
Growing up, Halloween ALWAYS meant homemade. My mom would ask me and my little sister what we wanted to be, and then she would craft up costumes a … [Read more...]
Craft: Sewing a Buckwheat Hull Squirrel Pillow
Whiles surfing through flickr yesterday I came across a photo gallery dedicated to squirrels in a flattened resting position. Something about their … [Read more...]
Craft: Cashmere Birds From an Old Scarf
I was going through my fabric inventory yesterday when I came across a pretty blue cashmere scarf in my scrap drawer. The 2006 JCrew scarf had fought … [Read more...]