Archive for the ‘Crafts’ Category
Thomas The Tank Engine Chocolate Lollipops for Miles’ Birthday Party
Miles’ birthday party is this Sunday and of course it’s going to be a Thomas the Tank Engine themed party (shocking, I know!). Even-though my skills in the kitchen are pretty lame I do usually make a cake for the kids on their birthdays, but the kids have an Aunt who has a friend that [...]
Tags: Miles & Abby, Thomas the Tank Engine Chocolate Lollipops
Felt Food Marshmallow Peeps Bunny Tutorial with Printable Pattern
With Easter right around the corner I thought it would be fun to make some Easter themed felt food to go in Abby’s Easter basket .. (That’s code for I’m super addicted to making felt food, and needed something new to make … LOL) Anyways, when I think about an Easter basket, the first thing that comes to [...]
Tags: Felt Food, Felt Food Patterns, Free Felt Food Tutorials
Embroidered Cardstock Apples for my Kitchen and a Tutorial.
I’ve got an apple theme going on in my kitchen and am always looking for interesting decor to suit my eclectic style. So when I came across the I Luv Veggies embroidery pattern over at Sublime Stitching, I knew I just HAD to find a project to do with it and this is what I [...]
Tags: Craft Tutorial, Crafts, Embroidered Cardstock, Embroidered Cardstock Tutorial, Embroidery
Cricut Machine: The Infomercials Made Me Do It
When I opened my paper this morning and saw that JoAnn Fabrics had the Cricut Personal Cutting Machine on sale for $99.00 this week I was VERY interested. You see, I’ve had my eye on a Cricut machine for a while now. I’ve seen the infomercial a BILLION times and thought it was pretty neat, but I just [...]
Tags: Crafts, Cricut, Cricut Machine
Felt Food Pattern and Tutorial for American Girl 18″ Doll sized Felt Pop-Tarts
Since I’m still in felt food making mode, Abby requested some American Girl Doll sized felt pop-tarts to go along with the doll sized felt cookies that I made for Paula her American Girl Doll. I thought since you guys seemed to enjoy the doll sized cookie tutorial that I would do a tutorial and pattern for [...]
Tags: Add new tag, American Girl Felt Food, Felt Food, Felt Food Patterns, Felt Food Tutorials, Free Felt Food Tutorials
Free Felt Food Pop-Tart Pattern and Tutorial
Abby asked me if I could make her some felt pop-tarts, and being the felt food addict that I am, I happily obliged. I went with a whip stitch for the frosting and a blanket stitch on the edges since I can’t quite sew in a straight line on my sewing machine (yet!). I had [...]
Don’t Throw Away Your Old Candle Wax, Recycle it!
I don’t know about the rest of you but I hate to let anything go to waste, especially if I can find a suitable alternate use for it. I love to burn scented candles and there is always some left over after burning them, so I’ve been on the hunt for alternative uses for the [...]
Tags: Recycle Candle Wax
Free Felt Food Pattern for American Girl 18″ Doll sized Felt Cookies
My newest obsession is making felt food. I’m not sure why it’s so addicting but it is! As you can see above, I made Abby some cookies and she requested that I make some for Paula her American Girl Doll. I was unable to find a free felt food pattern for American Girl sized cookies [...]
Tags: American Girl Felt Food, Felt Food Tutorial, Free Felt Food Pattern
How To Thread a Sewing Machine for the Craft Challenged Crowd
I’m not really sure what possessed me to purchase a sewing machine in the first place because I’m craft challenged, but for whatever reason I thought it was a good idea. Two days later and multiple How to Thread a Sewing machine articles, tutorials, and videos later I’m FINALLY able to do it (see my [...]
