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Handmade Holidays in 2011

This year was a Christmas filled with handmade gifts, which happens to be my favorite kind of gift. I made a lot of gifts to give this year as well as received plenty of fantastic handmade gifts. Before the year … Continue reading

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Some cute bunny slippers

Hippity-hop, hippity-hop . . . some bunny slippers hopped into my blog! Last year I made 8 pairs of bunny slipper magnets for a custom order (a very welcome and fun order!). This year I did a custom order for … Continue reading

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Sailboat Saga – Children Sculptures (work in progress)

The last update on my sailboat sculpture was about making the propeller to make the sailboat “fly”. This time I am going to share with you, my “work-in-progress” photos of the sculptures for the children who will be voyaging on … Continue reading

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Cute handmade bird ornaments

Here are my new “jellybean” bird ornaments! They do remind me of brightly colored jellybeans, but actually these handmade bird ornaments are inspired by some comic strip characters that I made years and years ago while in middle school. The … Continue reading

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Sailboat “Work in Progress” Saga – The Propeller

Here it is, the first chapter in the “work-in-progress” sailboat saga! I found a “propeller” for my sailboat that I was going to paint with spray paint and then I was going to attach it to the boat “as is.” … Continue reading

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Fairy Plaques

This week my friend Hannah and I attended a class at the Scrapbook Cottage. In the class we created three charming fairy plaques using images from a sheet of Woodland Fantasy paper from Graphic 45. Each of us in the … Continue reading

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Birthday Cake Magnets

This year I made some birthday cake magnets to send as a gift to my sister, Ann, and to my friend, Danielle. I wanted to package the cakes in a mini version of a cake box with a see-through “window” … Continue reading

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A Valentine’s Make n’ Take

On Saturday my friend Hannah and I went to a Valentine’s make n’ take at the Scrapbook Cottage. They always have cute and fun projects to make. We made a card with an adorable bicycle rubber stamp image from Hero … Continue reading

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Some more hand-stitched hearts

I have enjoyed stitching felt hearts. There is something so warm and inviting about working with felt, maybe it’s the bright colors and softness of felt that makes it so appealing. And stitching them together is such a relaxing and … Continue reading

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Victorian Valentine’s Ornaments

There are some great ideas at the Art Glitter blog from their guest designers. When I was a guest designer last year, I found some creative glitter projects from previous designers. One project that really piqued my interest was an … Continue reading

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