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fused plastic grocery bag lunch bowl

By On March 5, 2011 · 1 Comment

So here’s the plastic bag project that feels like it’s been taking forever to finish. Some history on the idea: my husband has started taking salads to work. He throws everything into a plastic zipper bag* for easy transport, but said it’s not very easy to eat out of the bag.

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almost finished: baby blanket

By On March 1, 2011 · 4 Comments

I’m thinking this blanket would be finished already if I didn’t rip out and redo so many of the squares. My nephew was born last week. Thank goodness this is a nice, lightweight cotton yarn. I think it will make a perfect blanket for Spring.

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my creative space

By On February 23, 2011 · 8 Comments

In my creative space today I’m fusing plastic grocery bags. Am I the only crafty person on the planet who hasn’t tried this yet? So far, I’ve had mixed results. I think it might be worth the extra effort to spring for some parchment paper.

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nature hike tote bags

By On February 22, 2011 · 5 Comments

You knew I was going to turn those capri pants into tote bags, didn’t you? Not just any bags, however, but bags with a purpose: keeping nature out of my pockets and my purse.

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my creative space

By On February 16, 2011 · 2 Comments

In my creative space today, I’m cooking up some ideas for some old capri pants. Can’t say much more because the end result may be a surprise.

stash: Pants saved from a clean sweep of my closet.

More creative spaces over at Kirsty’s.

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favecrafts blog hop: felted sweater fortune cookies

By On February 15, 2011 · 2 Comments

The FaveCrafts Blog wants to know what you have finished on the 15th. Over here, we’ve officially finished Valentine’s Day. How do I know? My daughter asked if we could replace the heart bunting with spring flowers.

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double crochet with a twist

By On February 10, 2011 · 3 Comments

When I mentioned that I started doing my double crochets a different way, a few people wanted to know how I was yarning over. (Is yarning a word?)

Basically, I was yarning over front-to-back instead of back-to-front. It doesn’t seem that it should make that much of a difference, but going from back-to-front [...]

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“return to julie-k” crochet heart necklace

By On February 8, 2011 · 5 Comments

I love e-window shopping on the Tiffany website. I get all happy when they send me a new email. Their product photography is so perfect and their jewelry designs are so timeless. My favorites are the pieces in their sterling silver collection.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I’ve been getting [...]

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48 hours of craft

By On February 1, 2011 · 4 Comments

Tomorrow is our second snow day in Lincoln. All of our waking hours since Monday afternoon have been dedicated to crafts: drawing, coloring, cutting, pasting, stamping and sticker-ing. (Every creation has been adorned with at least one heart sticker. It is February, you know.) It’s been more intense than my 24 [...]

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wardrobe refashion: puppy nightshirt

By On January 17, 2011 · 4 Comments

This nightshirt used to be a pair of pajamas. Repeated washings have caused them to shrink, but instead of getting smaller all over, they got shorter and wider. I tried to convince my daughter they were ready for the donate pile, but the “doggie pajamas are her most favorite.” She asked me if I could [...]

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