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Painting a pair of Shoes
On my list of things to try in my Crafty Lifetime, painting shoes is one item that I can now check off! I have altered a pair of fake leather shoes and painted them using acrylic paint (first white, then … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Thrift & Recycle
Tagged altered clothes, before and after, diy fashion, oddball craft, REpurpose stuff
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Humorous Postcard: The Crazy Hat Party
I love a good pun, but making a Humorous Postcard is not as easy as I thought when I first started out. I thought I could google up some humor and be done with it… But the funny thing about … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Mail bliss, Paper Crafting
Tagged DIY, diy fashion, oddball craft, postcard idea, stop motion, video by me
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DIY Fabric Scarf for Spring
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein Sewing a fabric scarf is such a simple project that I hadn’t thought of making one myself… They’re so cheap and availible in every cloth store so why would one bother, right? … Continue reading
A Knitted kind of Crazy
I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones. John Cage I think spring is on the way. We’ve got daylight a lot longer now, the sun is out more and the Crocus … Continue reading
DIY Skirt with a lot of Embroidery
Happy World Embroidery Day today! Whether you are celebrating with stitching on an old embroidery project or starting a brand new today in honor of this special day, I hope that you take the time to embroider something. Today on … Continue reading
Posted in Fabric & Sewing
Tagged altered clothes, clothes, diy fashion, embroidery, free form embroidery, jeans, kantha, world embroidery day
16 Comments
Glue Book with Ideas for DIY Fashion
I love the idea of altering and making clothes, jewelry and accessories myself. I talked a bit about DIY Fashion inspiration a while back, and one idea already executed is dyeing clothes to alter them. Love that! This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Notebooks
Tagged clothes, diy fashion, fill a notebook, glue book, glue it tuesday, personalized, style file
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My first Apron
Oh, it’s delightful to have ambitions… And there never seems to be any end to them – that’s the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It … Continue reading
Posted in Fabric & Sewing
Tagged apron, crazy quilting, diy fashion, gift giving, happiness, patchwork, self portrait
24 Comments
Recycled Wool Sleaves
I made myself “wool sleaves” this winter by cutting apart several felted wool sweater arms and sewing them together. I love to recycle wool! I sewed this on mom’s fancy sewing machine and decided to leave the selvedge on the … Continue reading
DIY Fashion Inspiration
I have a growing pinterest board called DIY Fashion. I love do it yourself clothes ideas! There is something for everyone, and so many ideas to try out. You can try anything, from embroidering your jeans to crocheting your own … Continue reading
Yet another knitted sweater
Thanks everyone so so much for your happy wishes on my fourth blogoversery! I don’t know if I want to post anything else on this blog right now because I’m so enjoying reading your comments there! But we’re still going … Continue reading