life lived creatively
Hey y’all! It’s time for the next segment in my “DIY Gift” series. This week I’m showing y’all how to make a handmade earring trio. These are really easy to make & I made them all in about 30 minutes. Plus, you can give them as a set or separately, which would be 3 gifts! […] Read more…
It’s time for the next ornament in the Merry Christmas Sew-Along 2018! I’m so excited to show y’all my new design – snowy owl! As a reminder, I’m partnering again with my friend Monique of Farm House Quilts to bring y’all 6 ornament patterns we designed over 6 months – all for FREE! We decided […] Read more…
I thought I’d share some handmade gift ideas this week, starting with scarves & cowls. I’ll do something different about once a week until the week before Christmas. It may not always be on a Wednesday, so you’ll just have to keep a lookout for them! : D Scarves & Cowls The first year I […] Read more…
It’s time for the next ornament in the Merry Christmas Sew-Along 2018! I’m so excited to show y’all my new design – snowflake frills! As a reminder, I’m partnering again with my friend Monique of Farm House Quilts to bring y’all 6 ornament patterns we designed over the next 6 months – all for FREE! […] Read more…
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…
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…