Category Archives: crafts

Updated: Destination Wedding Welcome Bags

So my brother-in-law and future sister-in-law kindly asked for my assistance with some wedding stuff. I accepted.  And all was going great until my cricut decided to go nuts.  It definitely does not like fabric.  At first it cut the … Continue reading

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Drinks anyone? Coaster tutorial

I have been searching everywhere for this fabric as it matches my bro and f-s-i-l (future sister-in-law)’s curtains, or was it wallpaper…  Guess I must visit so I can find out. Aren’t they cute? I just found it last week … Continue reading

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Mapping our honeymoon

So I tend to keep everything.  I have letters and notes from elementary school that I can’t get rid of, boxes of pictures of people I haven’t spoken to in decades, and I tend to keep things from every date … Continue reading

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I got it for my mama

My mother is extremely particular.  She wanted a frame like mine, but not like mine at all.  Make sense?  Didn’t think so.  So she gave me a frame and some fabric and told me to get to it. First I … Continue reading

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Who Sews Buttons?

I made some more fabric covered buttons and turned them into necklaces. Had no other prop besides my hubbies’ beloved beer bottle.  It did the job.

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Tennis Love

We found these rackets at a flea market for less than 5 dollars for both.  We originally wanted to put mirrors in them or something fun like that.  My husband thought fabric would look cool.  Any excuse to use my … Continue reading

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Magnetic Board

Got a not so cute magnetic board at a thrift store and dolled it up a bit.  I have no idea where this will go, of if I will even hang it up.  Either way, it was fun, and I … Continue reading

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Coasters

My mom always said you can never be too rich or have too many adorable coasters, wait, no that wasn’t it…  

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Sewin Buttons

The past two evenings I have been working on a button coaster/trivet.  Not as easy as I thought it would be.  The thread keeps getting tangled in the buttons, and the buttons flip over mid stitch.  This is definitely a … Continue reading

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Marc’s birthday card

My first attempt at making a card.  Pretty lame I know, but cute enough.

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