Unicorn Shaker Card
Today I have a Unicorn Shaker Card for The Crafter’s Cafe Challenge design team. The theme was “favorites” and I was able to incorporate several of my favorites. Bright Colors Simple Design Shakers (which I love, even though I realized I do surprisingly few of them) It also incorporates fun folds, which I also love […]
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Pocket Card with a Winter Wonderland Theme
I just LOVE the way this winter wonderland pocket card came out! This was a design team project for The Crafter’s Cafe so the image was provided to me free. It’s the Winter Wonderland Bestie from My Besties, and is available HERE. I knew that I wanted to do something different with the digital image […]
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Summer Days Mini Book & Album
When I saw these sneakers as a Digi stamp from All Dressed Up I KNEW I HAD to have them. Anyone who knows me personally will know I pretty much live in sneakers like this. Well, really I pretty much live barefoot, but IF I have any shoes on, they’re shoes like this. I was […]
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Planner Dashboard- Quick Craft
I got this cute image from the My Besties Shop, as a design team image (provided to me free to play with) and honestly, I couldn’t decide what to make with it. You can see the design team challenge blog HERE, including entering to win prizes with your own crafts, and seeing what others have […]
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A Flipbook Flip Through
I recently decided to spend a lazy Sunday working on some paper crafts. I have only recently been getting back into it and acquiring all the papers and bit and bobs required, so I really felt like “Could I pull of something nice? With what I have??” Of course to be playing around is the […]
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Gelatos cards- Easy to Make Simple Cards
When I recently got some new gelatos I knew I would be using them for all kinds of things. I saw a pack of simple “Thanks” cards in the value section at Michaels and one craft practically designed itself. I knew I would use the gelatos to take the simple plain cards and spice them […]
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Leisure Arts- Knit Sampler Afghans – Book Review
I’ve worked with Leisure Arts before, especially on the Knook review, and have teamed up with them again! I was so excited that they were willing to send me this book, Knit Sampler Afghans, which combines 60 pattern blocks to make awesome sampler afghans. UPDATE- 12/04/2018- It appears this book is now out of print. […]
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How to Crochet Series- How to Triple Crochet! (Treble too!)
It’s time for part three of the how to crochet series, how to do the triple or treble crochet! The stitch is the same, some sources call it the treble, and some call it the triple. In modern US terminology anyway. In other countries the terms are different, and I have encountered antique patterns that […]
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Troll Cake Hat- and Recipe for Troll Cake
I’ve mentioned that I’m a troll cook, but I also tend to be a troll crafter. The Troll Attitude tends to be “it is what it is.” A recipe makes the amount it is meant to make. A cut shape comes out the measurement it comes out, and in this case, a hat comes out as […]
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Heather’s Hygge Tea Cozy
Recently my friend Heather, who reads this site and is learning to crochet, completed this tea cozy! She used the basic design of the Hygge Hat, and the ribbed stitch from the CAL (which she participated in and finished) and she completed this great tea cozy! She said she did two panels, 35 stitches each, […]
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Salt and Starch Clay Ornaments- Fun Clay Ornaments for Kids
A 1965 issue of Ladies Home Journal featured this fun salt and starch clay in their special Christmas issue. I was determined to make it, because why not really, and we now have some finished ornaments to show you and share the recipe! The recipe is pretty easy but does take one special ingredient. Don’t […]
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Make a Fun Chocolate Cottage for the Holidays!
I’m going to go on the record and say that I pretty much eat my weight in gingerbread every December. It’s true. I have a family recipe that makes about 500 cookies (seriously, it uses almost 5 pounds of flour) and my family eats it day in and day out, constantly. Three cookies will constitute […]
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Leisure Arts- Knook Review
I’ve mentioned several times that I’ve been trying the Knook from Leisure Arts. I was provided a The Knook Value Pack and Cozy Knits with the Knook book, for free at my request. I’ve been working with it for awhile. I think I got my items at the end of September or the beginning of […]
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Tunisian Crochet Popcorn Stitch! CAL Block I- Final Block
You guys, this is our last block!!! This last video is super late and I apologize. I mentioned that I was going away, and I think I even mentioned that I was having trouble while I was away getting it uploaded and shared with you. That continued to be a problem, and my trip out of […]
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