Sewing, Crafting, & General Creative Fun
For some reason, today Taylor is supposed to wear red, white and blue to school. I guess they’re having a patriotic event of some kind, but I don’t know. Last night, we looked in her closet and realized she didn’t have anything to wear in that color combination. I’d been wanting to make a special… [Continue Reading]
I just couldn’t stop with the shrinky dink jewelry making yesterday. First, I made a necklace for myself, which you can see here. My original goal had been to make something for Taylor’s kindergarten class, though, before I got sidetracked making something for myself. So I turned my attention back to something kid-friendly that I… [Continue Reading]
This fun little Valentine’s necklace started its life at a local restaurant, carrying french fries home inside. Those #6 plastic containers make perfect DIY shrinky dink materials! To make your own heart charm necklace, pick up the largest container you can find like the one above. The plastic should have a “6″ inside the recycle… [Continue Reading]
Click here to download high resolution, printable version. Tonight, I started messing around on my laptop with ideas for Valentine’s Day cards to send with the kids to school. I like this one, so I thought I’d share it with you guys. My first thought was how cute sewing hearts onto card stock would be. Then,… [Continue Reading]
I have a really fun gift to give to any of you who read this blog. A poster! My husband, Matthew, who blogs his illustrations over at a great site you should check out, surprised me on Friday with a poster for my sewing area. If you’ve followed my posts lately – or just looked… [Continue Reading]
Yesterday, my house was infested with mice! 24 of them, in various shades of green. They were felt of course. The idea isn’t mine to claim – someone on Martha Stewart’s team gets credit for that. They provide a template for you to cut out – go here for their tutorial. I was looking for… [Continue Reading]
My favorite holiday drink is peppermint hot chocolate. Or, add espresso and make it a peppermint mocha! Hopefully my daughter’s teachers like it too, because she took a couple of these little jars to them for presents today. I found a pack of 12 pint size Ball jars on clearance at Target a while back.… [Continue Reading]
We began this weekend with an evening drive around town looking at Christmas lights. If you haven’t listened to the Christmas station on Pandora yet, I highly recommend you give it a try when you do your light looking. It plays Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and basically any classic Christmas song I could think of.… [Continue Reading]
1024×768 | 1280×1024 | 1440×900 | 1680×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1920×1200 | 2560×1440 | iphone This is the last in a series of desktop and iPhone backgrounds that my husband has created for the holidays. I think that this one is my favorite! If you want to download it for your computer or iPhone (probably… [Continue Reading]
When I’m a little stressed, there are two wonderful cures for it. One is coffee. The other is making up a pattern and sewing something. Neither of those sound like they should work for stress relief, I guess, but they do. Last night, I was feeling a bit stressed. I’d seen a girl in line… [Continue Reading]
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Hi there. I'm Sarah. My life these days is a happy result of the recession. I found myself unemployed Christmas 2010, and we decided that I should stay that way. So now I spend my days with my kids, playing and making things. It's really the best! Read More…
