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Tissue Cozy Round-Up

                                         photo courtesy of the adventures of blue girl xo

Hi! If you're like me, the beginning of Fall is full with crafty possibilities. Kids are back in school, yummy coffee drinks are out in force and you can actually stomach the idea of snuggling up with the sewing machine without your thighs sticking to the chair. I'm going to feature some great crafts for Fall here under the theme "Fall Friendly". Let's not refer to them as "gift-giving" ideas, because that adds all kinds of pressure and may incite a panic-attack. I like to circle the Holidays non-chalantly and then pounce when I'm good and ready. I don't need anyone telling me I'm already behind when I haven't even started yet. You, too? Happy we're on the same page.

School is synonomous with snotty noses and communicable disease. Learning seems to take a back seat when all I want to do is decontaminate them when they walk through the door. I love me some tissue cozies--they're portable, cute and make me feel like I'm doing something (without really knowing if they use them or not). With one in each backpack, desk and purse..I feel armed and ready. Here's some cutie ptootie tutorials out there (just click on the pictures and you'll be on your way!):

From The Adventures of Blue Girl xo, with a zipper!

A sweet felt-one, perfect for the hand-sewer or kid:

I love this sopisticated one:

These little red cuties would be perfect all year:

And you can never have enough sweet florals. Yum.

Happy Weekend, wherever you may be!

Reboot

I'm actually making some things I'd like to share. I know it's been forever, but I'm still here. Just dividing my time among too many things. But the call of the needle + thread is pretty powerful. To get it off with a bang, I ordered new biz cards from Vistaprint. I mean, who doesn't love a makeover?  I look forward to checking in here often. Thanks for hanging in there with me. See you soon.

-L

New Spring Wreath

Spring..which isn't quite here yet. But a gal can hope, even with freezing temps last night that sent us burrowing beneath our down comforters. I could have added so much more but tried to control myself. I used the tutorial at Take Heart and added a few other springy bits. Wrapping the wreath was the most time-consuming part because I repeatedly got the whole ball of yarn tangled into a nasty mess. Everything else was a breeze.

Shopping List:

skein of yarn {on sale} $2.50

floral berry spring {on sale} $.69

straw wreath base {on sale with coupon} $1.79

felt squares {4 @ 1.29} $5.16

already had glue gun + rick rack

TOTAL: $10.14

 

Geek dreams and lookie this!

Sometimes I dream of a girlie version of Tron where I get to leave my grubby, kid-clutter filled home and live...say, in Martha Stewart's website. Forced to spend my days in beautifully decorated spaces with crafty bits at my fingertips, tall brightly lit rooms, and artfully presented gourmet food.  No fingerprints or food crusties on everything. No Texas-sized boogers lying in wait on the bathroom floor (for real). I didn't recognize it as such accidentally picked it up with MY BARE HANDS.

I have never (until now) been a fan of these paper punches. Maybe because I tend to run screaming from things that remind me of my tacky scrapbooking days. But now that has changed. I want. all.

Please please please suck me into the Martha mainframe. And if there happen to be Light Cycles there, too, that would be awesome.

Photos and paper punch garland tutorial can be found here.

Yeah, I know.

Hey there. (awkward pause) It's been a while. (shuffles feet) I've missed you. (looks away)  Forgive me? Yes?

Thanks to those of you who keep coming here to look up some fun, quick projects. I have some great ones cooking in my noggin' for holiday gifts and cute decor. So, bear with me, I will be back. First up, mushroom pincushions and easy holiday bunting (or garland, whatever you will, let's not fight about it). But, if you need something NOW, check out these cute Thanksgiving printables from Beverly at Flamingo Toes:

      

How cute would they be in frames? All they need is arrows and I would follow them..anywhere. Because with our family, Thanksgiving eating is taken very very seriously. If you don't pop your button at the end, there must be something wrong with you.

xo

If I was allowed to buy more fabric...

I'd buy these.

 

Both of them are here.

Ciao!

Who can make a rainbow?

Apparently, me! Maybe now you'll have the "Candyman" song stuck in your head now, too. You have no idea how hard it was to get these bows to line up for me. Pesky little critters. Come see them (and me) at  Park Your Art this Saturday.

Yo-yos a go-go

I have been taking my yo-yo maker on the road with me. Clover makes the greatest tools! I get some pretty strange looks but have managed to pump out some serious yo-yo action.  My daughter calls them dumplings...they do look more like dim-sum that an actual yo-yo. I plan on beading the centers and sewing them together for brooches.

The winner of the scrap giveaway is Anne Marie! Send me your snail mail and I'll ship a bag o' fun your way! I'll have another humpday giveaway next Wednesday. There were only 11 comments this time, so the odds are in your favor! Maybe a cute dumpling brooch? Nom nom.

With strange weather that can't decide whether to storm or shine, we've had some amazing sunsets.Happy Saturday!