The new crepe dress pattern from Colette Patterns is quite lovely and looks pretty easy to sew! It would be a nice opportunity to use some pretty railroaded fabric. Darn it! And I almost bought some pretty green ivy border … Read More ...
My Blue Sofa – A site to buy and sell furniture and decor
This looks interesting. My Blue Sofa is a site that lets you buy and sell furniture and decor. It’s free and you can search by city or by decor style or by room or whatever. Very cool!… Read More ...
Unconventional milliner – Glory B Hats
I saw a bunch of these gorgeous fancy hats at a shop the other day and when I picked it up to investigate it I realized it was made from brown paper. Neat!
The hats are made by Jennie Hart … Read More ...
How to bind an inside out book
Liz Henry wrote up a good tutorial on how to bind an inside out book.
What to do with all those hard back books in the basement or that you found out on the sidewalk?! This is a great … Read More ...
Cardboard boxes are good to have around
People jokingly say that all kids need to play with are some rocks and some cardbaor boxes. It’s SO TRUE! Moving pleasingly shaped rocks from one place to another can occupy Jack for like 30-40 minutes and a crap load … Read More ...
Decorating Stuff: Insanely fancy egg decorating
Pysanky, the Ukranian art of insanly fancy Easter eggs! Look how cool these things are! Check out this web site for instructions on how to make these decorated eggs.
Basically it is wax resist and using a fancy tool … Read More ...
Podcast Wednesday! Stitching and Junk
Mr. X Stitch, Beefrank and Made by Moxie giggle it up in this fun podcast about art and capitalism and anxiety and magic!
I also blog at Thank You For Not Being Perky and on BlogHer.… Read More ...
Decorating Stuff: Arabic surfboards
The surfboards decorated with Arabic inspired designs are very beautiful. The artist is Phillip George and these surfboards were created in response to his trips to the Middle East and commenting on the Arabic racism in Australia. It’s an interesting … Read More ...
So Cute Catagory: Sew a tiny duffel bag
Totally cute tiny doll project – sew a tiny duffel bag! This tutorial and free pattern for sewing a doll duffel bag from Obsessively Stitching has good detailed instructions. I need like 20 of these.… Read More ...
Homemade bloody mary mix and how to can it
A good Bloody Mary is something to be treasured and being able to make your won healthy and delicious mix is a great asset. Also, imagine whipping out said delicious homemade … Read More ...
Sharpie Pirate Wench Ukulele
Nice. This ukulele has been decorated with a sharpie to look like a mural from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. I love sharpie art!
Her blog: rawgirllive.wordpress.com/
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Fabric in a can
How cool would it be to be able to spray on your own t-shirt? Well, you can! With Fabrican! Heh, /infomercial
Fabrican is an aerosol can that sprays out fabric. I can think of … Read More ...
The Cheap Art Manifesto
I like a good passionate manifesto because I’m often rather middle of the road in my thinking about most things so it’s good to read someone else’s passionate take on things. Okay, that’s totally not true, about me being middle … Read More ...
God Save the Queen
I finally got around to making some tea towels (dish towels) using printed fabric from Spoonflower. It was easy and fun! You can find the steps on how to do so … Read More ...
Internet overload
I’m having internet overload. Too much is happening in the computer and outside it! I’ve had a very busy summer and now we’ve bought a house. A fixer, like that will make my life simple! And I’ve started school AND … Read More ...