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Baby Quilt progress

1 Jun

Here is the aqua, blue and green baby quilt I am working on.  I used a pattern that Oh Fransson sells at her etsy shop and I guiltily used a lot of the same fabrics that she used in her quilt. Why mess with perfection?!  I fell in love with the lime green and aquas and the Alexander Henry 2D Zoo ... View Post

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Baby, Crafting, DIY, Sewing
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Alexander Henry Fabric, Amy Butler Fabric, baby quilt, Michael Miller Fabric, Modern Quilt, oh fransson

Bird Mobiles and Baby Quilts, oh my!

18 Feb

My fabric arrived and I have been busy sewing my little fabric birds for my baby mobile!  I will post the finished product once I am done.  I have already been thinking about what I can make to coordinate with the bird mobile and I am considering making a baby quilt.  I have never quilted, but I ... View Post

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Baby, Crafting, DIY, Sewing
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baby quilt, baby quilt pattern, bird baby quilt, bird mobile, bird quilt, fransson, kitty baby quilt, oh, quilting, simple modern baby quilt, Spool bird mobile

Martha Stewart’s Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

14 Feb

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

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DIY, Recipes
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cookie cutters, decorating cookies, decorating with royal icing, iced cookies, Martha Stewart Sugar cookies, meringue powder, Royal icing, royal icing cookies, royal icing recipe, Sugar cookie recipe, sugar cookies, Sugar cookies with royal icing

The Skinny on Digital Photobooks

12 Feb

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

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Categories:
Bridal, DIY, products
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digital photo albums, Digital Photo Books, digital wedding album, DIY wedding album, engagement photo album, Mpix assembled album, mypublisher album, mypublisher photo book, professional wedding album, shutterfly album, shutterfly photobook

Tutorial: Needle Felted Wool Bird

11 Feb

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

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Categories:
Baby, Crafting, DIY
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"Fuzzy Felted Friends", bird mobile, felted animals, how to needle felt, how to wool felt, little felted animals, needle felting, needle felting instructions, needle felting projects, needle felting tutorial, Saori Yamazaki, wool felted bird, wool felting, wool felting instructions, wool felting projects

Sewing with Fabric Scraps

10 Feb

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

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Categories:
Crafting, DIY, Sewing
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fabric bird mobile, fabric covered thumbtacks, fabric ornaments, fabric remnants, fabric scrap necklace, pincushion pear, projects with fabric scraps, retro fabric, sewing with fabric scraps, vintage fabric scraps

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