This month, our challenge for Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team was to create a party idea using one of her dies. I promised Eileen when I joined the team that I would try to think of really quick and easy ideas, but the last two projects I did were kind of ...
I don't attempt sewing projects very often. The thought of taking out my sewing machine, even if my sewing machine is a cute orange color, gives me heart palpitations. There's the fear that I may have to change the spool, or thread the bobbin, and then pu ...
Our challenge this month for Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team was to create a project using her Sizzix dies in collaboration with Crescent products, in particular the new Crescent Photo Mat Art Board. Here's what I used — the XL Square Box die and the 11 x ...
I don't know why I can't resist a cute dog bed, since my dogs would really rather sleep in mine. But here's one I just made that is super cute, made from an old rubber tire. Did you know you can get old rubber tires for free? Just go to your local tir ...
I really can't leave blazers alone, can I? This time, I bought a plain off-white cotton blazer from Uniqlo that was around $40, so it wasn't such a risk if I messed it up. My inspiration for this blazer makeover was Piet Mondrian. I love the graphic simpl ...
I've been in a floral clothing kick this spring, so when I received my Sizzix dies this month for Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team challenge, I decided I'd "make it work" with my floral fashion craze. This black and white blazer was inspired by a suit I spo ...
I love the word "faux." It makes "fake" sound fancy, since it's French. We should turn all pejorative words French so they sound better. N'est-ce pas? Anyway, I wanted to make some faux mercury glass, so I checked out some tutorials online. All of the ...
For all those people who want a Christmas tree but don't have room to put one, here's a flat tree that hangs on the wall. And it's made from up-cycled wire hangers. Needless to say, Joan Crawford would not like this tree. Check out my tutorial on eHow.
Let's have a paint swirl ornament party! It's really fun filling these clear ornaments with paint and swirling them around to get beautiful marbleized patterns. For the step-by-step instructions, see my tutorial on eHow. And here's a one-minute video I ...
As someone who was never good at shop class in junior high, I am always proud of myself when I can tackle a project that requires a handsaw and drill. Those are the simple tools I needed to create these adorable reindeer figurines out of birch branches an ...
