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It has been an excitingly busy holiday. I felt like a true business person, I sold several custom pillows and a few pillow pattern – I was quite thrilled. Despite the hectic holiday season, I was still able to abide by one of my resolutions for 2010 – that is – give handmade gifts for [...]
The Reggae Argyle Collection My friend is moving into her new condo the beginning of next month. Like most rental homes, the walls are painted ‘rental beige’ and the landlord is insisting on keeping the ‘neutral’ color. Note to landlord – beige is not a color, its a shade – at least in my opinion. [...]
Fold the raw edge of the ribbon down and roll the ribbon three to four times to form the center. Stitch through the base of the ribbon with a matching thread. Fold the ribbon at an angle, stitching down as you roll the center into the fold. Continue to fold, roll and stitch. Note:- When [...]
Maybe I should have entitles this post how I restored a broken clay pot. Or I could have called it clay pot mod – (as in modification). Anyway, here is what happened. I came across some clay pots in a nursery in my neighborhood. They looked a bit different that the ones I normally see [...]
Or should I say new Edition? In early August one of my nieces’ will be welcoming a new baby boy to the family. It has been a busy couple of months, so I have fallen behind on making the usual handmade welcome package. But all is not lost, last weekend I came across a few [...]
I lost my dad a few years ago, but each Father’s day I honor his memory by making him a gift. My brother served as the model for the arm. You may download this image by right clicking on it and saving it to your computer. I searched the web for a copyright free tattoo, [...]
A few of my friends has jumped on the DIY/handmade/indi. bandwagon. I have been teaching them a few of my tricks. Last week’s lesson was how to do silk ribbon embroidery. I created the project above to include a variety of silk ribbon stitches. Frankly, I crammed in as much stitch variation as I could:) [...]
I have been stalking the squirrels in my backyard – I wanted to take a picture – I needed a reference for a pillow I was dreaming up. Finally, one stopped long enough for me to snap a photo, but the image freaked me out! OK, I know it was the flash on my camera, [...]
Yesterday my son got up early, got on his bike, rode 1.75 miles to my favorite nursery and picked out this beauty. I placed it in a vase that my best friend had made for me in Haiti. indeed, it was a beautiful day. I have been collecting succulents for the past year or so. [...]
Every year I try to create something special for the moms in my life. This years I made wine glass and bottle charms. These Wine glass charms are made by bending 14 gauge in to a ‘S’ shape with loop at ends. I attached different color crystal beads to differentiate each charm. Here I attached [...]
