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Woven Ribbon Pillows

Mom and I made TONS of things for Christmas. It was awesome. Of course, we were so busy I didn’t have time to post. And if you are going to sew or take pictures, well sometimes the sewing wins.

Or the weaving is going to win!
Mom wanted to make these pillows for a girlfriend [...]

First Crafts of the Year

I have been SO crafty over the past few months! I’ve made baby blocks for a friends new baby, crocheted a baby blanket, did the beadwork projects for my class, sewed pillows, made ribbon pillows with my Mom, helped Mom make a table topper for my niece as a wedding gift, helped make a table [...]

First Machine Quilted Quilt

A few days later and I am still on a high about finishing this.

The first thing I’ve ever machine quilted! This is a baby quilt kit from QuiltCetera and it took me one afternoon to put it all together. The hardest part for me was arranging the pattern, and that was just me deciding where [...]

A New Crafty Podcast

I was hoping I would have more of the baby blanket done by now, but I was too busy working on my new craft podcast!
I would love it if you head on over to the Crafter Cast website and take a listen. The first show is all about me – the crafts I enjoy, making [...]

Brain Thread

There are days when my brain goes off on wild tangents. Today was one of those days.
I was listening to the latest Mom’s Money podcast, this week’s show is about teaching kids about money. This is a great topic for me because I want to start giving my kids an allowance and just don’t know [...]

Butterfly pillow cases

Another post from my wonderful Mom! She cross stitched/embroidered pillow cases for Alice to go with her quilt. The edge was raw and we found matching ribbon in my ribbon stash. I’m not sure if you can tell on the picture but the ribbon background is brown and the flowers are pink and orange – [...]

Holiday Cards

I’m still doing the card swap with a few girlfriends and these are the cards I picked to make back in August. I ended up not shipping anything because I was doing the September cards and figured I would send them together.
These cards are called trifold – and wow they were SO hard for me [...]