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This project is a true collaboration with my daughter. Today is her last day of preschool and we are going to miss her teacher, dearly. Her teacher loves coffee so we thought a coffee cup sleeve would be a good idea. I was just going to make a generic one with some cute fabric and then I had a grand idea! I had my daughter draw on some felt and then I embroidered her drawing. Genius, right? Supplies: Felt Embroidery floss Needle Elastic hairband Button Washable marker 1. ... more » -
I'm teaching a class at a local elementary school for a few weeks. It is part of their after school enrichment program and my class this time is embroidery. We have a great time and the girls are so fun and are picking up the concepts rather quickly. We're working on a Mother's Day project now. The girls traced their hands on a piece of felt and we are backstitching around the outline. If we have time this week, I'll teach them french knots but I think most of the time will be spent f... more » -
Do you live in a place that celebrates May Day? In our neck of the woods, we make May baskets. They are small and usually filled with flowers or treats and left at someone's doorstep. The kids love ringing the doorbell and running away. Here are some of the projects we've made in the past few years. This was one of my favorite May Day projects. We made a cone out of scrapbook paper and filled it with pixie sticks. We made the pixie sticks look like flowers by adding some punched sca... more » -
I've been planning this project for a year. No lie. It's been on my Google Calendar since April 2009. Eggshell Mosaics. I've been wanting to make one forever and have been saving the idea and the post for this Easter. It seems that these past couple of weeks have been disastrous for my crafting. Does this ever happen to any of you? It's like everything I've been touching lately just turns out hideously. I didn't even bother taking pictures of this project. But, I want to tell you how to... more » -
I was sent a little gift from the people at Musselmans. You know, the applesauce. Most of the pitches I receive from PR companies don't quite apply to this here craft blog. But this one did! Bonus: my kids love applesauce! So, here you go...a post about crafting with applesauce. The box was packed so nicely! I received two jars of applesauce, one jar of cinnamon, a bunny cookie cutter, a couple of recipes and instructions.* We decided to make the bunny place holder. You know t... more » -
[caption id="attachment_3061" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="image via MarthaStewart.com"][/caption] I just spent 20 minutes cleaning off my table and getting it ready to dye Easter eggs. I bought some basic dye kits and was going to make them special by adding vinyl stickers to the eggs for some really cool designs. But, I've been out of town for a week and now I can't find where the dye kits are. I know where I left them. I also know I have two kids that kept moving them. ... more » -
I used my Cricut and my Gypsy to make this iron on applique for my daughter's St. Patrick's Day t-shirt. Using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge that came with my machine, I manipulated the letters using my Gypsy to make them all one image. If you don't have a Gypsy (or software that will allow you to do this with your Cricut), you could just cut out the individual letters and iron them on one at a time. Cutting fabric with the Cricut is easy. I cut a 12" X 12" piece of fabric and li... more » -
[caption id="attachment_3022" align="aligncenter" width="258" caption="image copyright redbeandesign"][/caption] I say it often. Green is my signature color. I love it. I wear it a lot. My coat is green. My umbrella is green. Most of my clothes are green. So, why haven't I done more St. Patrick's Day related posts? It just snuck up on me this year. I'm going to make some shirts for my kids tonight and surprise them tomorrow morning with them. But, in the meantime, I though... more » -
Here is a little coupon book that I made for my husband three years ago for Valentine's Day. I used a few different Stampin' Up sets to make it. I'm pretty sure they are all retired now but I'm posting this now more for the idea and less for you wanting to make an exact replica. The inside used the Create a Coupon stamp set. Each coupon has a perforation on the inside edge for easy removal. I did that using the perforation tool from the Stampin' Up cutter kit. I layered the ... more » -
I haven't done a Stuff I Like post in a while so I thought I'd throw one out there today. I've got valentines on the brain because I'm trying to decide what to make with my kids for their classmates. This etsy mini didn't help too much, but I couldn't help but share some of the pretty items I found while browsing. Enjoy. Is one of your products featured? Grab an I've Been Featured button! This etsy mini has been replaced with a screen shot. ... more »
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