Another Use for Jeans

I was browsing around the internet the other day, and I came across this tutorial that totally blew my mind.  Check it out here at HOME MAKER, it’s for making a basket with old jeans. She cut off all the seams from two pairs of jeans to make an adorable basket for Easter.  When I saw it I was like “wow!”, of all the things to make with jeans, I would have never thought of baskets. I so want to make one eventually. ...

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Sock Couture, The Swim Suit Edition

Several months ago, I found a project for making a one piece swimsuit for a doll using a sock in a book called Things to Make for Your Doll by Kathy Ross.  It didn’t specifically say so, but I think all the projects were intended for 18 inch dolls (i.e. American Girl) and not 11 1/2 inch, but I still thought it was a good idea.  I guess I’m really getting into making doll clothes from socks, at least since...

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It’s Covered

I really needed a new case for my netbook, the old wasn’t cutting it anymore.   So when I saw this tutorial on Crafty Gemini on making a custom quilted Laptop cover, I was set and ready. It came out pretty good, much nicer than my old one.  For the outside I used part of an old denim skirt. The inside is more of this print that I love.  I used bias trim in an odd shade of green because I...

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Charmed and Bowed Over

I had managed to collect a few charms, lockets and pendants from broken jewelry and didn’t know what to do with them.  One day I thought, “why not put a bunch together on one necklace?”, so I tried it. I wanted a heart theme, so I used two heart shaped lockets to start, an upside down heart charm with a paw print, and a pendant for a set of friendship necklaces.  My sister has the other friendship one...

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Pick a Card

I think it was a few months ago, I found this tutorial for making a bracelet from old credit cards.  Of course, since it was so cool,  I saved it for later. Here’s later.  I used an old semester bus pass instead of a credit card, I have way more of them lying around than I do credit cards.  It was really easy, except for the little holes.  The instructions suggest using a drill, but...

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Dino Birthday

Today is my nephew’s birthday, he’s three today and very happy about it.   For a present, I made him this pillow.  The dinosaur came from one of his old and stained t-shirts.  I cut it out and attached to another t-shirt, which I cut to size.  I used scraps of orange fabric for the edge and cut it with pinking shears to sort of resemble ridges on a dinosaur’s back, at least that was the idea.  It...

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Think Green

Today is Earth Day, you didn’t forget it right?  In honor of it, I found some cool blogs and a site that will help you make the most of the day and hopefully the rest of the year.  Easy Eco to Go – An appropriately named blog, She offers real experiences on simple ways to be green, and did I mention the frequent give-a-ways on environmentally friendly products. Hip Moms Go Green – This blog includes plenty of ideas for your kids as well as for everything else in your life, plus plenty of recipes...

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The Sixth, and Counting

No introductions needed. Project List #6 Pillow card bracelet charm necklace netbook sleeve doll swimsuit bum bag sleep mask picture frames dress A couple of them have definite deadlines, one of which is looming this week.  I should finish the entire list by about May 10th, ambitious mu...

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Katamari Knits

A while back, I was searching around for something to do and found something truly special for knitters who are also Katamari fans.  Check here if you don’t have a clue what Katamari is or whatever.  I found instructions on the ShojoBeat website in the diy section for Katamari Queen earmuffs.  They are a little unusual for my taste, but I bet they’d be fun to make and would make a truly awesome gift for someone, even if it is a little warm for them this time of year.  You can easily download...

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Barbie Transformation

Some time ago, I blogged about an old doll I found at Goodwill that I wanted to fix up as soon as I finished my recent project list (See Goodwill Barbie). Well here she is before… ...And after. She doesn’t look half bad now.  I scrubbed her down and washed and conditioned her hair.  I decided to chop off her hair since it was so ratty and stringy before, I also gave her some bangs to highlight...

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Bag to Bag

This week has been insane, especially Thursday, we were so busy at work.  Of course, it’s natural for a tax office to be especially busy on Tax day.  I filed a ton of returns, how many?  Let’s just say we managed to make our goal despite how the odds looked a few days beforehand.  So I was beat and took the whole day off yesterday.  Hence no posting, but I had plenty of time to finish the last...

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Strange Crafty Vocabulary

The other day I used the word “glittered” as a verb, as in by decorating something with glitter I glittered it.  Is it a real word?  I’m not sure since I have never heard it before, it just sort of popped into my head while typing.  But I like it, it’s a useful word too since I have been using glitter more and more for my projects lately.   And there’s nothing wrong with making up your own...

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Camping Fun for All

It may have taken a while, but I finally finished the next episode of Kailey and Boris.  Considering the last one was a Christmas episode, it really has been a long time (See Christmas Operation: Complete and Then Some).  In this one they go camping, or try to at least.  Some of you may recognized the sleeping bags from a previous project list (See Home Sweet Home and Maybe a Campout).  I...

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Flowers on Tomatoes

This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!  First off, a funny thing happen to me as I got ready for church this morning.  I usually have to go pretty early since I’m in the choir and because I walk there and it can take some time, meaning I’m usually a little late. Anyway, I misread my watch and thought I was about 20 minutes late this time, rushed...

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Memories in Fabric

I adore fabric and cute prints, I guess you kind of have to love fabric if you sew since you deal with large amounts of it.  Sometimes I spend more time looking and feeling my fabric than using it.  And sometimes I even delay actually using a fabric I love because once I finish it I may never see it again.  This is somewhat a reality when I buy fabric from Thrift stores to use for gifts for others. ...

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Foiled

Several years back, I learned how to make chains using bubble gum wrappers, though I can’t remember where exactly.  I’ve always thought it would be interesting to do the same thing with aluminum foil. I tried it to make this simple bracelet.  It’s super easy, just a little time consuming.  Had to carefully cut each foil piece and fold it and link it one at a time.  Took a good chunk of my evening. ...

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Goodwill Barbie

I’ve been checking out the articles on this website, a lot about fixing old dolls and making clothes for them.  That’s where I got the idea for the sock clothes I made before (See Sock Couture).  I may have been influenced quite a bit by it all.  The other day, I went to a different Goodwill location in search of something I never did find.  I came across this: She was sitting on a shelf looking...

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History Lesson: Mood Rings

This is my mood ring.  I received it as a gift about eight years ago and surprisingly it still sort of works.  I had it stashed in a drawer for a while and started to wear it again recently.  Staring at it made me wonder about moods rings so I did a little research.  Very little in fact. According to an article from About.com: Chemistry, the mood ring was invented by Joshua Reynolds and were popular...

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Sock Couture

One day, I found this simple tutorial on making a cute doll top or sweater dress using an old sock. I thought it was really cool and wanted to try it out. So a couple weeks later, here it is.  This doll by the way is a My 2003 Graduation Barbie doll, if it isn’t obvious she was a graduation present.  She now has a lovely dress made with the cuff of an white sock.  The hem of the sock was folded...

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A Bright and Early Easter

I’ve been having an interesting Easter so far.  Since I’m in choir at church, I had to be there super early to warm up for such a special service.  I set two alarms on my phone, one to wake me up and one to let me know when to leave.  The second one woke me up, so let’s just say I was a little bit rushed this morning.  At least I was only a few a minutes late and Church went well. On another note,...

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Number 5 and Going Strong

Got the new project list ready.  Hopefully I can manage this one around school and work and all.  Especially work, we’re going to get pretty busy since April 15th is just around the corner.  I work as a tax preparer by the way, so yeah of course I’ll be busy this time of year.  So presenting the newest list: Craft List #5 baskets doll clothes foil bracelets swatch book embellished...

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Good Deals from Goodwill

I stopped by Goodwill on the way home from work today on a quest for something I need.  I didn’t find it. I did find a few craft items that were real scores.  First were these two patterns that were 1/2 off.  They came to about 65 cents total, and they so cute, especially the little girl’s.  I do have a few nieces who would look darling in little dresses and scarves.  Maybe I could make matching...

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Kitty Ruffles

There’s a contest over at Ruffles and Stuff for projects that have a ruffled theme.  You can make them with any material, but you have to email photos before tomorrow.  I decided to make a cute little collar ruffle for Midnight.  It has two layered ruffles and little white bows for accent, and it’s made to slide on to her regular collar. Here’s picture of how cute it looks on her.  Of course...

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