Late Spring Cleaning

Late is right.  It’s just about Summer.  For the last few days I have been busily cleaning out my closet.  It involved literally washing every piece of clothing most of which had to be done by hand, sorting and resorting, then packing or tossing.  I had a huge pile of stuff to donate/giveaway and a larger pile of mending.  I now have it mostly done and I can actually see the closet floor. ...

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Fill‘er Up

The most important thing one needs for school (besides books, pens and a brain) is a bag to carry everything.  I wanted a bag that would work for all my needs and still be cute at the same time.  Being insanely cheap also wouldn’t hurt.  So I whipped this one up with some fabrics I got at this one little thrift on Main St. The fabric is printed to look like woven straw and was intended to be for outdoor...

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Cute Tee, ‘Nuff Said

Finished a couple of clothing recons.  First up is this t-shirt. It was a simple white t-shirt I got for 25 cents.  It fit me perfectly, but I like my tees to be more on the pretty side. Here’s the after shot.  Since this t-shirt already fit me well, I didn’t have to remove the sleeves to adjust it like I usually do.  I did cut the hems of the sleeves off at an angle before re-hemming them and...

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Clean and Covered

More with the school crafts today. Believe it or not I found this old binder in a small recycling bin on campus that was marked “paper only”.  Someone had dumped a huge amount of large sized binders in the bin.  They were each full of paper so I guess that’s why someone thought it would be okay to toss in them in binder and all.  What’s remarkable is that these were the same sort of binders I see selling...

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Pretty Pens: A Tutorial

This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! I’ve already made a zippered pouch, I just need a little something to put in it. Like pens.  These pens were ones I snagged from work, with permission of course.  They were for promotional use and we had way too many.  Who could pass up a freebie?  They just needed a personal touch so I tweaked...

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Zip It.

One of the most important tools for a student is a writing utensil, i.e. pen or pencil.  And an equally important item to have is something cute to use to carry said pen or pencil so it doesn’t get lost in one’s bag.  Enter the zippered pouch.  A lovely item that’s so easy to make with tons of good uses.  I whipped these up with some pretty fabric, lace and of course zippers.  Only took about...

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Notice Anything?

Did you notice anything different?  I finally changed the background and template for this blog.  First time in almost two years.  For those who didn’t see it before… …Here’s the before…   …And the after… That Blogger template designer thingy has several backgrounds to choose from, so it took me a few hours to decide on one.  I finally chose this one,  it shot out at me.  Now...

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Just Handkerchiefs

I wanted to post this yesterday but I had technical difficulties, again. Anyway, I love handkerchiefs.  I think they are so cute and useful, such a handy thing to have around.  Plus, they are so so easy to make.  However, it has been such a long time since the last time I bothered to make some for myself or anyone else.  So I thought I would whip up a few.  I have been needing to since I can’t...

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New Patterns Anyone?

I wanted to post this yesterday, but I had some major technical issues.  Basically Live Writer wouldn’t work, something about connection problems.  Anyway, the other day I stopped by Bookman’s for the first time in a while.  I had plenty of trade credit leftover and a specific reason for shopping. I wanted to get some more patterns and I was lucky to find some gems.  I found three packets of vintage...

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Quickie for Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s day, hope everyone is enjoying the day.  Today’s post is a quick one.  I know, I haven’t posted in days and when I finally do it’s super short.  Brilliant right?  Tomorrow's post will be better. Anyway, this is what I made for my mom for Mother’s day.  They’re slippers, I have to say that because sadly it isn’t obvious.  They didn’t come out as good as I wanted.  My...

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Up to 17, and a Slight Announcement

Sorry this is up kind of late, I had intended to have the new list up a few days ago and not in the middle of the night.  I have been a little preoccupied, again.  I decided to continue my education, again.  I have enrolled in classes at the local community and will start working my way to a degree in Veterinary Technology.  Yay!  So excited, can’t wait for my first day of class.  To help...

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