A crafty lifestyle blog
Woo! Star Trek was amazing!!! And… I’m going to leave it at that, because if I start saying more I’m going to start giving away spoilers. I will say, though, that Benedict Cumberbatch is welcome to come read anything to me, at any time. Damn. Can’t wait for the next season of Sherlock to come
Here are a couple cat toys I made last June. I made a companion cube out of felt and embroidery thread. The nice thing about the companion cube is that it’s large enough that it doesn’t get lost under the couch, like so many of the cat toys. It still gets lost, but it also
Hi, everyone! I am participating in Giveaway Daythis week! After checking out my giveaways, go to Sew Mama Sew to see the many other giveaways. This giveaway is for a Creeper Plushie! I made it entirely by hand and filled it with really soft pillow stuffing, so it is really wonderfully soft and squishy and
Here’s some of the things I picked up from Ionia cleaned up! Thread Rack DeForest actually cleaned the cabinet for me as a surprise when I was at work (he was cleaning his rocking chair and decided to be a dear and clean it for me!). I polished it up with some wood wax and
Here are a couple presents I made for Mom in the last six months. Minnesota Pillow (Christmas 2011) Mom gave me a dishtowel that has this cool Minnesota theme embroidered on it, and asked me to make it into a pillow for her. I considered making it into a pillowcase, but I would’ve had to
My favorite sweatshirt is my Tufts sweatshirt, and I have been wearing it steadily for almost 6 years now. While I do adore it, I have wished for some time that it was a zip-up sweatshirt, as I have temperature control issues and much prefer clothing that layers better than pullover sweatshirts. Two days ago,
Since I mentioned baby Ava (now 7 months old! She’s the daughter of DeForest’s sister) in the last post, I figured I’d throw up pictures of the baby blanket I made for her! The front I made out of two soft old flannel shirts I got off of Freecycle (they had holes in them, but
I mentioned in the Rag Rugs Post that I had used the other parts of the jeans for other projects. I ended up using the bag of the waistline to make mug holders, the back pockets to make hot/cold packs, and the leg seam pieces to make trivets. The reason I had the seams left