Part of it fell in the lake. While I was taking photos of my awesome Ruler Framed Chalkboard Sign, the hot glue came unstuck, which caused the twine to slip out of place, which sent the sign crashing to the floor of the dock, busting the frame, and part of it fell in the lake….
Hiya, friends! So, I have to say, I was floored by the enthusiastic response to my new MOO business cards last week. You folk do wonders for a girl’s self esteem. Thank you! Also, it just affirms the fact that you don’t have to be a professional designer with fancy software to create biz cards…
Howdy, folks! It’s a brand new month, which means there’s a brand new Silhouette promotion comin’ your way via yours truly…plus, another Silhouette Portrait Giveaway! This month it’s all about the Designer Edition software. Rumor has it that this is one of their most popular promotions, and there’s good reason why. The Designer Edition software…
In case you missed it, here’s my fabric organization solution that I shared at Made with Hugs & Kisses a few weeks ago…plus 15 other ideas to suit your fancy. When Hannah generously invited me to be a part of her “Spring Clean Your Sewing Space” series, I leapt at the opportunity to join in…
If you’re just tuning in, click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. Today marks the fifth and final part of this blog series. For those of you who haven’t deserted me after all of the techie jargon, thank you, thank you, thank you. It has been over a…
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, it appears as if all of my subscribers safely made the journey from my old WordPress.com site to the new one…even my WordPress Reader followers! After having read so much about what to expect and…
If you’re just tuning in now, click here to start with Part I of My Blog Migration Story. So, in Part 1, we covered the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and why I’m choosing to migrate to WordPress.org. Today, I’m going to devote this entire post to answering one simple (or maybe not-so-simple) question: Q:…
Fact. My “About” page hadn’t been edited since I first started blogging in September 2012. Fact. My “About” page was written in the third person, like an author bio on the inside back cover of a book. All of my posts are written in the first person. The disparity was killing me. Fact. My “About”…
I love lists. Christmas lists, shopping lists, to do lists, wish lists, honey do lists, grocery lists, ideas lists…lists-lists-lists! There’s just something about seeing my thoughts organized in neat bullet points that makes the type A in me very, very happy. (I know this scares some of you. Ha, it scares me, too, sometimes! But…
In case you missed my guest post on Blissful & Domestic last week, here it is in full! Keep in mind, this is meant to inspire- -not to inflict guilt. There are many ways to love our environment. These are just 10 of the ways…. So, let’s talk Christmas cards. I don’t know about you,…
I like ruffles…A LOT. And my new obsession is burlap. So, when I saw Ashley Johnston’s tutorial for a ruffle Christmas tree skirt, I knew it was my next d.i.y. project. Here’s my completed skirt: I’m in love with how it turned out, however, let me shoot straight: this project is not for the faint…
It was like giving your Mom a baseball mitt for her birthday. For Mark’s b-day last week, one of his gifts was the opportunity for us to create a wood pallet sign together! Mark is passionate about wood-working, so I figured he could tackle the wood pallet part, and I could do the lettering –…
Since moving to Florida this summer, Mark and I have taken the initiative to create a bit more structure in our lives…from the food inside our cabinets, to our exercising, and now…to our meals! Menu planning is one thing we both agreed would not only make our lives easier, but so much healthier. We’ve never…
Drink rings shall no longer be regular visitors in our household, for I’ve finally made us some coasters. (And the crowd goes wild.) There are a million and one great tutorials on how to do this project, such as ones by Prudent Baby, The Cottage Home, and Two Girls Being Crafty. And believe me, I…
It has been over a month since I last tackled Raechel Myers’s Sewing 101 course…but it felt good to dust off the ole new machine and get back into the trenches today. I never knew what the term “tuck” meant in the sewing world…until now. And I’m proud to say that I have conquered three…
Although I don’t keep up with Glee anymore, I always loved the “mash-ups” of two different songs like “Halo” & “Walking On Sunshine.” So, in that vain, this is a craft mash-up – – two different DIY projects mashed up into one to create something divine: clothing labels with a personalized font in your own…
They say the best way to learn something…is to teach it. Right? So, I’m going to attempt to teach what I just learned in my beginner sewing class at my local Jo-Ann’s Fabric store last Monday: how to sew a denim skirt. There is no pattern involved, and it’s a very do-able project for novices…
Yesterday, my Brother sewing machine and I shared a lot of bonding time. I carefully unwrapped him from his box, gave him the ‘ole once over (about twelve times over), and even put him to work! I’m working my way through a free online Sewing 101 course by the amazing Raechel Myers from Finding my Feet,…
