Doll Head Bands with a Tutorial

This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! It may have took forever, but I finally finished a project on my craft list.  Just a little something I whipped up for my dolls. Doll sized head bands! I made several little bitty head bands for my ball jointed dolls (check the doll blog to see their reaction).  It’s been something I’ve been dying to try...

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Store Bought Accessories for Crafty Costumes

This post may contain affiliate links.  Check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! Well it’s about a week until Halloween and most of those who make their costumes have them pretty much finished by now.  (Actually I’ve barely started, argh!)  But there may still be one or two things needed for your costume.  These may include some purchased costume accessories, stuff that, depending...

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Up to Thirty-Eight

I have had enough time to breath, time for another craft list.  And though this is the October list, it is really light on Halloween stuff.  That’s not to say that I won’t make anything festive this year, I am definitively making my costume. So here it is: Craft Project List #38 Pink dress Accessories Socks Headbands T-shirts Tank Top And I plan to have it all finished by the end of the month.  Of course,...

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Blue Plaid Revisited, a Dress Makeover

At last, the end of my craft project list has come, with another dress redo. Almost six years ago, I found a blue plaid “pioneer” looking dress at Goodwill and turned into this pretty dress (see Numbers Game and Perfect Heels).  Fast forward years later, I started to think that it’s an okay dress but could be better.  I thought that it would look cuter as a jumper, maybe worn with a pretty blouse. So I started...

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Sunflowers Revisited, a Dress Makeover

And now the project from my craft list that gave me the most trouble.  And it’s another dress. I made this dress years ago (see Sunflowers and Candy).  Pretty right?  I love the sunflower print fabric,  it has a cute country feel to it I think.  I have actually changed it a little on the front since I made it, but I thought it could use even more of a change.  I wanted to make the skirt...

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Velvet and Lace, Making a Black Dress Cuter

The previous couple of projects for my craft list were skirts, but this one is a simple dress. I found this velvet dress (like much of my wardrobe) at a thrift store and had to have it.  I have several black velvet dresses and pretty much wear them year round. This particular one didn’t fit me as well as I would have liked, a frequent problem for me.  I could have easily just taken it in a little and left...

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