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Halloween Crafts: From Plain to Pretty Lace Fantasy Costume Dress
It took way too long, but I finally finished the first project on my craft list. A Halloween costume. Does anyone remember this dress ?...
Friday, September 26, 2025
Looking Back at Old Posts: My Crafting Space
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Sewing for Dolls: Simple T-shirt and Shorts Outfit for a Bjd
Yes, more doll clothes. The perfect tiny project for sewing on the go, as long as you don't mind random parents and grandparents asking you questions about who you are making them for, many assume I'm sewing for a kid.
Anyway, I made a simple but cute outfit for one of my ball jointed dolls (or bjds).
The shirt closes in the back with Velcro to make changing easier. Some ball jointed doll owners like to take their heads off to change their clothes, that's not for me.
Now all that's needed is a few little accessories. I was thinking maybe a tiny hat and maybe a little backpack. But, that's a project for another day.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Scrap Rosette Brooch Tutorial
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Today, I am sharing a tutorial for a quick and easy use for fabric scraps, making brooches.
So, dig up your cutest scrap fabrics and let's get started.
Scrap Rosette Brooches
- Colorful fabric scraps, about 5-6 inches long preferably.
- Pinking Shears
- Felt scraps, or felt sheets if you don't have any scraps.
- Pretty buttons that match your fabric scraps.
- Pinbacks
- Scraps of lace and ribbon.
- Thread
- Basic Sewing Supplies


Give it a try:
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Lucky Cat Beaded Charm Tutorial
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After far too long of an absence, here's a fun and easy craft tutorial.
Lucky Cat Beaded Charms
I got the idea for these charms sometime after finding these cute cat bead at JoAnn's, but that was before they closed up. Sigh...
Don't worry, I found similarly cute kitty beads here at Amazon. So, on to the tutorial.
- Cat beads or large novelty beads of your choice.
- Smaller round beads like these.
- Small bells. These ones from Michael's should work, also these from Dollar Tree.
- Eye pins, like these ones.
- Some phone charm straps. I got mine at Daiso, but these ones should worked too.
- A pair of pliers like these.
That's it for now. I am planning to post another simple craft tutorial later. Hopefully, it won't be quite as late as this one.
Look forward to it!
Give it a try:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
So, It's Been Awhile: A Quick Update
As the title says, it's been awhile since I've last posted. But in my last post (many years ago) I said I would pop up to give updates. So here I am with a long overdue visit.
Some things I have been working on is a couple of stores on Zazzle, a fun little print on demand company.
I created a new shop to go with my maze blog (Simply Mazes), so everyone can purchase cute tshirts and notebooks and such with my mazes on them. This one is my favorite, a maze laptop case.Just for fun, I made a second zazzle shop called Sort Of Vintage with, as the name says vintage inspired designs. This is my favorite piece, the All You Need is T-shirt.
Something else I made is particularly awesome, a book. A long time ago, I posted this cute short "princess" story here. It was fun to write and at the time I thought it would be fun to have it turned into a full book, someday.
Well, it took over a decade, but I finally adapted and published it. It's a Kindle ebook called To Be A Princess: A Story About Pretty Dresses and Being Yourself. Plus, a paperback version will soon be available.
The ebook is currently priced at $2.99, but this weekend (June 16th -18th 2023) it will be free for a limited time. Grab it while you can. Or hold out for the paperback, it will have a bonus.
In addition to all this creative stuff, I have picked up a few new hobbies.
One I have been a little too into is houseplants. I currently have over 30 plants taking up almost all available space by my bedroom window. They are so pretty though, so it’s worth it.
I also have been trying to learn Japanese. The keyword there is "trying", some people pick up new languages easily. I am not one of them.
I have found two things that have made it easier to learn, the Duolingo app and sub-titled anime.
I normally watch anime with the original Japanese language anyway just because I think it sounds better than most dubs, but I didn't realize how much vocabulary I picked doing this.
And Duolingo is such a fun app, and it covers so much. And if I drift away from it for awhile and come back, it helps me review and catch up.
Well, that's enough for now. I will post later with some craft projects.
Look forward to it.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Saturday Shuffle Blog Hop #223
Here’s the deal:
- Keep all links family friendly.
- It helps to follow me or leave a nice happy comment, but only if you want.
- Link whatever you want and as much as you want.
- Older links are welcome, so are giveaways and blog hops, etc.
- Please grab my button and stick it somewhere, at the very least it will make it easier for you to come back. ---->
- My favorite links will be pinned to the Official Saturday Shuffle Pinterest Board.
I have set up a blog hop directory to showcase blog hops that I personally recommend. Feel free to check them out.
Now get to it and have fun! :)
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