life lived creatively
At the beginning of the year I released a crochet pattern for a pixel & lace heart that was just a free-form kind of pattern. I was thinking about doing a tutorial video for that pattern, but then I thought of another way to use the pattern. Thus the pixel and lace heart scarf was […] Read more…
Time to see what I’ve been up to in between blog posts in August 2018! It’s been a month of sales & stash building for sure! I have covered most of these in podcasts this month & I will link to that below. There will be a monthly roundup podcast this Saturday to accompany this, […] Read more…
A couple weekends ago, I went thrift shopping & scored all kinds of goodies! One thing I found was an old sewing machine drawer full of wooden spindles. Even though I really only wanted the drawer, the price for all of it was too good to pass up! That meant I had a drawer full […] Read more…
Time for the next Craft Room De-stash Challenge! This month it’s time for the next addition scrappy trees, the summer tree! Every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C’mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! You are allowed $10 max for necessities, but must […] Read more…
Since I’ve joined a few new yarn clubs, I’ve accumulated a little collection of small cardboard boxes. These boxes are the fold over & tuck in kind, which are perfect to upcycle for a gift box. Way back in 2016 I did a similar post about re-purposing a tea box for a care package. This […] Read more…
Today I’m talking about altering pants! I made both pairs of pants in this post, but you can apply these alterations to store bought pants as well. Why am I having to alter pants I made for myself? Well, we’ll get into that down below, but it’s mostly because of pattern planning problems. Either way, […] Read more…
This post started out with a much different title when I began this project! My project did involve stencils, but this wasn’t supposed to be about using stencils. It was supposed to be about the project itself! All I can say is y’all get to learn what can happen when you throw the rules […] Read more…