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Halloween ranks right up there with Christmas as one of my favorite crafty holidays. Every year, we break out the scary pumpkins for the top of our house, dig out the CD of halloween sounds, buy some pumpkins and get to work on spooky crafts. Last year we made cheesecloth ghosts, jack-o-lanterns for the front […]
Dreaded sweater moths had been picnicking in my woolens on a sweater I never wore anyway. Armed with newfound knowledge that I could actually cut felt and it would not unravel, I’ve been turning accidental felts as well as purposed felts (in the case below) into refashioned garments. This one got a good felting and […]
There is a wonderful honeycomb smocking tutorial at Tumbling Blocks. I’ve had many unrealized dreams of smocking crib bumpers and purses and shirts with this pattern, but have yet to act on that dream. This tutorial may be all the motivation I need. Enjoy.
Target was a madhouse on Saturday. Wild monsters running up and down the aisles! The good (for us) news is that I think my anti-superhero campaign has gotten through to Will, and he might not be a super hero for halloween this year. We’re thinking dragon. and Sylvie, dragon slayer.
I’ve actually got a few sewing pictures to post, but I haven’t uploaded the photos, yet, so here are some bunny slippers:
We didn’t make it to the grande re-opening of the Academy of Sciences, but we did make it this weekend thanks to a rained out soccer game. The living roof is cool in an eco-geeky sort of way. The place is like Disney in that there are lines to do everything, and there is a […]
Hey, Dad, if you build/buy me one of these teeny-tiny cottages for your Hill Country property, we’ll come visit at least once a quarter. Image thanks to TinyTexasHouses.com.
I lean heavily to the left, but I have been researching Sarah Palin, Obama, McCain, and Biden because I don’t want to vote blindly. Women fought so hard to give me this right, I’m going to take it seriously. I feel that we should all be making educated decisions, so I wanted to pass along […]