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Martha Stewart’s Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

Happy Valentine's Day! My husband is always asking for sugar cookies with icing on them. They are his very favorite cookie, but every Christmas goes by and he never gets them. My mom always made tons of different types of delicious cookies when I was growing up, but never iced ones.  The only ... View Post

The Skinny on Digital Photobooks

If you are like me, most of your photographs are on your computer and you never actually make prints from them. I try to organize my pictures into albums on my iPhoto, but looking at them on the computer is never quite the same as seeing them artistically laid out in a real album that you can hold ... View Post

Tutorial: Needle Felted Wool Bird

Bird wall hanging from "Fuzzy Felted Friends" by Saori Yamazaki I finally had time to play with my needle felting tools and try it out!  I wanted to start small, since I am new at needle felting and this project seemed perfect.  The pieces are small and simple and it doesn't require a wire ... View Post

Sewing with Fabric Scraps

After blogging about the vintage fabric scraps I purchased yesterday, I found a few clever projects that other crafters have made completely from fabric scraps. You can use new scraps, but I love vintage scraps, because the prints are so yummy and I feel like each piece tells a story. Below are ... View Post

Fun with Vintage Fabric Scraps

I am so excited! In my endeavor to collect add to my fabric collection I just won these on Ebay for $7.00!     My winnings are 3"-4.5" wide vintage fabric scraps that I believe are from the 60's and earlier.  I love textures and patterns and I am excited to go through them and see if there ... View Post

Vintage Sewing Pattern Art

Being a bit of a romantic and a sucker for period costumes, I ADORE vintage sewing patterns.  I worked at a theatre that had boxes and boxes of old patterns and I loved going through them and thinking about all the wonderful outfits created from them.   I found a few artists who have taken vintage ... View Post