Have you ever bought or made a matching jewelry set only to find that everything matched all TOO well, and you’d never wear all the pieces together at one time? Of course we want our look to be put together, and we…
Well, so it’s What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday and you want to see what’s on my desk? (Go here to learn more about WOYWW and travel the desks of the world, it’s fun!) Last week I showed you my sewing machine table,…
Today I have a video tutorial for you showing how to make necklaces to match the Knotty Bead Bracelets I shared few weeks back. These are so easy and fun, I can’t stop making them! Here’s the necklace we make in the video: And…
Father’s Day is coming up fast, so I thought I’d share this layout, my hubby’s first Father’s Day. I made a pocket to keep the cards he received and had a blast coloring in the frogs with watercolor pencils. Aren’t they adorable? …
The only changes in this workdesk for the past two weeks is that the pile of stuff has grown deeper. I’ve been busy machine quilting a queen size quilt and haven’t done anything other than that except go shopping. Hence, more stuff. In the…
Here’s a super-easy but immensely practical craft to help keep your paper goods from blowing about during your next cookout or picnic. I call them picnic weights. It will probably take you longer to collect the materials than it will to make…
Lots of fun details in today’s layout. It all started with the scalloped edge diaper pin paper by Creative Imaginations. The woman holding the baby (who is now 23 years old and a Marine) was my mother-in-law. We lost her in 2005….
Since my worktable looks remarkably the same as it did last week, I thought I’d share with you a different work surface. My husband finished building this sewing table for me last fall. A little over a year ago I started shopping…
You may not think of your computer scanner as a crafting tool, but there is so much you can do with it! Lately I’ve been using my scanner mostly to scan old photos that I plan to scrapbook. There are several good…
So this morning before church I did a bit of clean up in my sewing room. All the piles of fabrics to be sewn into garments went into a basket, the stacks of patterns rubber banded together so they’d stop slithering all…
