August 25, 2011 – 8:00 am
My sweet sister-in-law’s birthday was this past Sunday so I put together a little hodge podge of things that I thought she would like. I wanted to give her a little something handmade as well, so I went to my pinterest board to find some inspiration. I found two great fabric jewelry tutorials that I [...]
One of my resolutions for this year was to sew some more clothing for myself so when I saw this tutorial for a simple maxi dress, I decided to give it a go. It’s super simple (four seams total + finishing one edge) and would give me some more experience in sewing with jersey fabric. [...]
January 16, 2010 – 10:16 pm
In light of the last post, I whipped up a few things to add to Craft Hope’s etsy shop to raise money for Haiti. I got permission from Rebeka (aka artsycraftbabe) to use her free Phoebe Bag pattern to list in the esty shop, so if you’ve always liked that bag but don’t sew, now’s [...]
January 16, 2010 – 1:17 pm
I know I have felt a little paralyzed to help with this whole situation that is going on in Haiti. My heart just aches for those people. My mind spins at the tragedy. More than anything, I want to give to make an impact over there but our finances are a little strained at the [...]
August 27, 2009 – 9:56 am
So, you might be familiar with the concept of each wedding anniversary having a fabric, metal and precious stone assigned to it. One of my best friend’s husband asked me to design some jewelry, working the items for their 7 year anniversary into the design. For year 7 the fabric is wool, the metal is [...]
December 11, 2008 – 2:53 pm
I’m afraid this post may not be as exciting as the last one. At least, I’m not as excited about it as my last one. Sadly, my second day of crafting was not quite as productive as I would have hoped. Mainly because of the failed attempt at another pattern I created on my own. [...]
Enter ‘my50′ in the promotion box at checkout . . . pretty good time to stock up on some pearl or other fancy jems to make last minute gifts with!
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