Sneak peek while I wait for a haircut!
My ocean skirt. I'm almost done with the coral. Then just little bits and beads and I'm all done!
Read MoreElderberries!
More pics to come, but here's the pot, as I boil the berries down to make juise to make jelly!
Read MoreMy cookie press!
We got it as a wedding gift 4 years ago, and I never got to use it, but it got unearthed yesterday, so d and I made cookies tonight!Not only are they pretty, and delicious, but D did a really good job helping me make them. (the best part was his asking me to just skip the sheet and the oven and to press the cookie dough right into his ...
Read MoreAT LAST!
I dunno if anyone is holding their breath out there in blogworld, but here’s the tute I made on how to make a skirt from a pair of men’s trousers… This skirt is inspired by this page in Blueprints of Fashion. There aren’t any directions in the book (because it’s just photos of the pattern envelopes), but the idea is just to take a pair of mens suit pants, turn them upside down, and make a skirt out of the fabric. One could do a suit coat too, as shown, but a) I’m a stay at home mom with no need for suit coats, and b) suit coats require patterns, not...
Read MoreBookmaking!
I made this mini-book! D wants to put pics all through the inside,but Gram suggested that I put a ribbon on it and hang it on my xmas tree! this is the kit I used, by http://booksbyhand.com, bought at http://theurbancraftcenter.comand I just made some cornstarch glue so that I can make more books (and bigger books!)(recipe for cornstarch glue:1 part cornstarch to 6 parts BOILING hot water. Mix and cool in the fridge.BOILING hot is incredibly important, otherwise you get goo, not...
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