Awesome Faux Food in its Many Forms...

Over at Diffractionfiber's Shop (a Chicagoan, yay!) you can find the neatest thing; foods you can throw on your couch - like eggs, bacon & toast, PBnJ sandwich, pie, peas, etc - all in pillow form, of course. They are just too cute. I love faux foods as it is. I teach ceramics and one of my favorite things to do is have a class where we create food. I like burgers myself:We...

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Cream(er) of the Crop

I've been thriftin lately and have found a boatload of super cute creamers - no sugar bowls, just the creamer. Whats cool is a creamer does not need to perform only as a vessel for cream, thus making your coffee or tea the best it can be. They can serve as pencil , paint brush, supply holders, planters, decoration, collecting, and the list goes on and on. Here are a few Ive...

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I want: Indoor Shoes

I would love some indoor shoes; they're better than hot sweaty slippers and the other shoes I wear, which I wear outside and step in God knows what to track inside the house. Etsy's Featured Artist is ElephantAndChickpea, and she makes these awesome indoor shoes. I think I may see if i can make myself a pair..Ive made ones for my kids, we'll see if I can make them for my large...

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(The Good Kind of ) Noisy Baby Toys!

Over at Craftstylish there is a great tutorial on how to make them crinkly noisy toys that all babies mysteriously love. It really is mysterious. I will Make one for my 9 month old sweetheart, Lucie. She will love love love it! Thank you Craftstylish! You got me out of my creative rut....

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Spring Cleaning

How can I even desire to make anything when my craft shelf is in such shambles. I decided to do a LOT of Spring Cleaning - which is more organizing than anything else. I organized this shelf, the walk in pantry, walk in closet, linen closet, kids closet...and there is more to do. I had boxes of clothes, toys, and random stuff for the Goodwill. But no complaints here, getting...

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Before & After: Throw Pillows

I was lying on the couch the other day and it was not comfortable. I thought to myself " we need some pillows on this couch!" Especially since my head was lying against a solid wood armrest. We had some nice down ones - the red covers had to go though. They we're the epitome of boring to me so i decided to dress them up.I found four 20 x 20 gray napkins at the nifty thrifty...

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Before & After: Making the boring UNboring

AS hard of a time I give IKEA, I do love the place and what I as a crafter like the most is how plain and simple their items can be - its makes an easy instant canvas for creativity.Take these glass air-tight food storage jars. I got them for the many flours I use; bread, wheat, all-purpose. The only thing was how do I distinguish them from each other? Well, I had some left...

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