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Felt embroidered circles #24 – Raised Edge Embroidery

This is my newest felt circle project and it is so amazingly beautiful. I’ve been experimenting with stitches again and this has a Double Knot stitch and a Rosette Chain stitch. The Rosette Chain...

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Embroidered Circles #25 – White on white circles

  The big challenge with this color scheme is that it is white on white on white on white! Needless to say I didn’t pick the colors – someone else did for me. I always get a challenge when someone...

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Flying High – sew a felt helicopter

Recently I got inspired by a small wooden helicopter that I’ve had on my desk for some time. Frustratingly every time I move anything on the table the helicopter falls over. But it has a cute shape so...

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Portable Table displays with PVC

I exhibited at the Craft and Hobby Association a few weeks ago. One problem I always have there is how to display my stuff. I’m exhibiting with designers so it has to look – well – designed and it...

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Make it yourself – felt bunting

Bunting made from felt and bakers twine is easy and fun to make. I recently wrote a post showing how to make it over at the Craftsnthings blog and you can find it here. I used it to decorate a...

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How to draw a tree – step by step

Step by step tutorial on how to draw a tree I like using trees in my art but I struggle over them. That is until I found a way to draw fractal trees. I have a post on them on this blog which uses a...

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How to draw houses – step by step

Learn how to draw one house or a row of them, step by step I love drawing houses but it took a fair bit of research and sketching until I found my style and then, I sometimes need to shake it up so I...

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Free VW Bug Pattern download

Download a free VW bug crafting template I’ve been drawing and crafting  a bit lately with VW bugs and along the way I created a great template to use for your bug inspired projects. It has been...

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How to Draw a Wind blown tree step by step

Learn to draw a leaning windblown tree – here’s how! In a previous post I showed you how to draw a tree using a fractal method. In this post I’ll show you step by step how to draw a tree that leans....

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Free downloadable vintage Easter wonderfulness

Ok, it’s only two days away but I couldn’t pass by this wonderful Easter download. These are from fun.kyti.me and they are free and totally awesome. I plan to use the large rabbit – just so magical....

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How to draw – a row house drawing exercise

Learn to draw row houses with this cute house drawing exercise Here is a fun exercise for learning and practicing to draw houses and row houses. In this first example, above, is a series of beach...

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DIY Finials with polymer clay and gingko clay molded shapes

One cool thing about today’s crafts is that there are so many things to work with and so many great and inexpensive home decorative elements that you can embellish. Here are some finials we made using...

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More finials – using decoupage and dimensional Ranger paints

In a recent post I looked at making finials covered with polymer clay and molded gingko leaves. Today it is all about decoupage – covering with paper and glue. For these finials I used papers and glue...

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Make a rainy day wall hanging in felt

See how to make a quick and easy rain cloud wall hanging from wool felt I love clouds and this wall hanging celebrates the beauty of clouds – especially the fluffy rounded variety. Even though this is...

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Recycled clothing tag project

Welcome to the Recycled Clothing/Price Tag Project I have a friend who collects clothing and interesting price tags for me and I collect the ones I get so I have a large bundle of them. Occasionally...

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The Recycled Clothing Tag Project continues – vellum stickers

Raid your sticker collection to make recycled tags for a baby shower or gift for a newborn For this recycled clothing tag I grabbed a couple of Calvin Klein tags – they are white and very small and...

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Recycled Clothing Tag Project – color me stickers

Recycled clothing tag project – adding fun with color me stickers These tags just put themselves together. The pair were striped in three colors with just a little bit of text on them. This was simple...

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The Recycled Tag Project – Collage Crowns

Collage a recycled clothing tag Today’s I have a set of cuted recycled clothing tags – these are collaged with some printed elements from ArtChix studio. These crowns came on a letter size sheet of...

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The Recycled Tag Project – Chalkboard Paint and Chalk

Dust off your chalk and duster and make these reusable recyclable mini chalkboard tags Today’s post in the series on recycling clothing tags looks at making chalkboard tags – simple and fun and...

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The Recycled Tag Project – Felt cloud stickers and rub-ons

Rub-ons and felt stickers meet in this cute recycled tag project Today’s recycled tag project combines dimensional felt stickers with a recycled clothing price tag, washi tape and rub-ons. It is...

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