Archive for March 2011
Craft Month 2011 – Day 13 – Record Bowls
13 days and strong! It’s Sunday, so I’m going to do another Simple Sunday craft. We will be making bowls out of old records. This might seem like a complicated thing to do, but this is possibly the easiest project I’ve ever done. To make sure that I did this right, and didn’t kill anyone with…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 12 – Lightbulb Terrerium
Today’s craft project is a terrarium. How is this a craft you ask? It’s a craft because I have created the terrarium base myself, out of an old lightbulb. For full instructions on the process, particularly taking apart the lightbulb, see this tutorial from the hipster home. I used my beading tools to do all…
Read MoreMod Podge Rocks
Today on Feature Friday, we are visiting with Amy Anderson over at Mod Podge Rocks. I must say that I really appreciate Amy for posting all of the great craft project ideas that she does. Her project of the week is always expecially awesome. Project of the Week #109 was the inspiration for my first…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 11 – Lace Flowers
I really like fabric flowers. Actually… that might be the understatement of the year. I LOVE fabric flowers…. So, today’s national craft month project is another style of fabric flowers. Or… two really. The biggest thing about today’s project is that I wanted to experiment with lace. I actually ended up with two very different,…
Read MoreRock the Red Pump
Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) and I’m proudly (and fiercely) Rocking the Red Pump with over 1,200 of my fellow bloggers from around the country (and the world). NWGHAAD is recognized on March 10th of every year with the goal is of bringing women together to encourage dialogue and educate…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 10 – Hot Iron Travel Pouch
Today’s national craft month project can be done aas a sewing project, or a hot glue project. I did mine as a hot glue project, because I couldn’t get the layers of fabric through my sewing machine. This travel pouch was made for my travel size flat iron. It’s an amazingly simple project. For this…
Read MoreWee Bit: March 9th
{one} what color is your kitchen? off white, the color of the rest of my house. (We rent) {two} do you have a good luck charm? my husband. {three} do you prefer to write with a pen or pencil? Sharpies! I can never keep a pencil. {four} can you use chopsticks? I love to use them……
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 9 – Simple Elastic Waist Skirt
Today’s craft project is a my first sewing project for national craft month. I don’t normally do sewing projects, because I always seem to have issues with my sewing machine. It’s usually the tension, but this was such a cool project, that I had to try it. This skirt was actually really simple. I took…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 8 – Hair Wrap
Today’s project is a hair wrap. It as actually really simple to make… or it would have been if I hadn’t insisted on folding and ironing all of my fabric too avoid edges. I cut some fabric into 2 inch strips and folded it the way bias tape is folded – with the edges to…
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