I bought some vintage, turquoise glass, clip on earrings, at an antique show we went to last weekend and they just screamed flower centers to me. Emmie likes to wear flowers in her hair, but they cost a lot at the store so I figured I could make my own custom ones for a lot…
I have finished my final project for my summer craft class! My thumbs are still nearly useless, but I was at least able to do everything I needed through the pain. I spent from 8:45 in the morning until 10:45 at night on Monday getting it all dyed up; I had Paul and the kids…
I finished my silk painting sample and had it graded this week; it was a lot of fun to do, but the final product was not beautiful by any stretch of the imagination. The 2 corners without resist were pretty ugly, and I managed to spill red on the border since I was being bad…
Last weekend we went out estate sale and flea marketing; I got a couple of awesome things, but I am holding off on sharing a few of them because they are waiting for makeovers! I decided to share my favorite find of the day though, a vintage milk glass necklace with a silver and amber…
I finished Becca’s baby blanket this morning – not too shabby for a 2 day project! This is the whole thing laid out – I love the ric rac inset in the border, I have seen this technique used before, but this was my first try at it! The back is a simple yellow flannel…
My older sister is pregnant with her second little boy, (which we are all very excited about!) I made her a quilt for her first son, so I decided that I should do the same with her second little peanut. I bought the fabric a couple of months ago but didn’t have time between school…
This week in my craft class we are working on silk painting samples; the end sample won’t be a pretty scarf or anything, just a technique development piece. I divided my sample into 4 different sections and then drew a picture to put on to the silk (I decided on a sort of gothic style…
I am currently in the middle of an accelerated craft class this summer, we are fitting 16 weeks worth of work into a little less then 5 weeks and the pace is killer! So far we have worked on embroidery samples, (I don’t have a picture of my sample because I forgot to take on…
