Cowl

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

Ok, first, forgive the awful picture! It was late at night right before I wrapped up Christmas presents to head to the post office the next morning… hence the bathroom mirror picture.Now that you’re forewarned and informed that, no, I do not consider bathroom mirror pictures to be anything above lame… Finally I made something …

Basket Liner

· categorized in Sewing Tutorials,

For a while I had been wanting to give my 6 year old her own sewing basket. I thought she would love it and it would inspire her all the more. But I have to be honest that one motivation was to keep her from getting into my sewing stuff all the time. I got …

Merry Day After!

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

Well, for the last few weeks I’ve been way too busy doing, and most of it secret presents, to write anything. But what that really means is that I’ve got TONS of content now so look forward to lots of blogs! For my first here, I’ll let you in on a pattern I had a …

Gifting

· categorized in Crochet Patterns,

I love gifts. And I love giving them. It is a secret of mine (ok, well not anymore) that I LOVE giving handmade gifts to little girls and see their little eyes light up. Maybe it’s because I didn’t really enjoy the flowered and lacy and really cute things when I was a girl that …

Odds and Ends

· categorized in Kids,

This project is good in so many ways. You can brighten your winter with warm colorful accessories and address your yarn stash at the same time. I’ve heard most crocheters and knitters have a common problem in small balls of leftover yarn from various projects. It’s certainly true for me, mine tend to unroll and …

Christmas Candles

· categorized in Uncategorized,

So… this is an awesome time of year and I’ve been enjoying creating a lot of things for Christmas. I thought I’d share one of my projects from last year, so that I’m not giving anything away to recipients this year. It was fun and easy and a very versatile project. As a result of …

Dinosaurs and Flowers

· categorized in Kids,

Another blog for the kids. I love crafting with my kids, maybe even as much as they love it. So when it came to their birthdays this year we had lots of fun making party favors ourselves. They were free and unique and that more special to our little guests too! The kids were born …

Mini Me

· categorized in Kids,

My 6 year old has been asking a lot to sew and if you have wondered how to introduce sewing in a fun way maybe you’ll find these ideas useful. To let her get familiar with the basics I started with a plastic blunt needle and yarn. For the material I crocheted a rectangle for …

Top and Bottom

· categorized in Repurposing Tutorials, Sewing Tutorials,

I’m really a minimalist at heart. I love to get rid of all the excess things that clutter up life. We usually have a give-away box that doesn’t stay empty for long. But this aspect of my nature comes in conflict with my creative side, as I do happen to have a chest of yarn, …

Don’t Be a Rain Cloud!

· categorized in Kids,

*You may find that every post of mine so far is on a different topic. Well, that’s how it goes. As my application of creativity in my life is very diverse… You will see it echoed in my blogs. This one I would categorize as a mommy lesson.* These days it’s not odd for the …