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Felt Leaves Mobile Autumn Decoration
This week we turned our Needle Felted Leaves into a Felt Leaves Mobile. Follow our felt leaves mobile tutorial to make your own nature inspired mobile. Felt Leaves Mobile Materials: First you will need to…
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Simple Wooden Bead & Felt Christmas Garland
Over the last few years my holiday décor has strayed from the traditional Christmas green and red and has instead incorporated more and more rainbows. The rainbows make me happy, no matter what the season…
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The Problem with Pinterest
Like many people, I love Pinterest. It is a wonderful way to bookmark projects, recipes and clothing that you may actually make/buy some day. It also is a place to dream. People pin things…
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Michelle’s Future Quilt and Funky Chair
Michelle is going to redecorate her bedroom. Actually, it’s more like decorating for the first time. You know as parents, we often feel like we are on the bottom wrung when it comes to getting…
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The Reader’s Path
Several weeks ago I stumbled upon this picture somewhere… out there… on the net. After a bit of searching, I came up with the original. It is titled "The Reader's Path", which was digitally created…
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A Splash of Color That Sets My Head Reeling!
I am a sucker for color. Although my favorite or “comfort color” changes like a kaleidoscope, I always surround myself with color… no beiges or whites for me! Since last winter, I’ve embraced a brighter…
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Paperclay Gnomes, Of Course!
When I was working on the Paperclay Leaves last week, I was absent-mindedly rolling some of the cut-away clay in my hands. Before I knew it, the blob was shaped into a peg form. Well,…
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Paperclay Leaves – Part 2
Last week I shared Paperclay Leaves – Part 1. Today, we are going to finish the project by painting and sealing the leaves. After that, you’ll just have to decide where they should fall! I…
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Burlap Hay Bundles
Tim often looks at me with this incredulous look on his face and asks, “How DOES your mind work?” I like to think he asks when he’s awed by my creative energy… chances are he…
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Finished Funky Chair
Just 2 short weeks ago I shared my plans to turn a give-away chair into a “funky” master piece. I had a vision, but knew I tend to procrastinate on these types of projects. I…
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Progress on the Funky Chair :)
I knew if I put the chair up on Wee Folk Art it would motivate me to get things done! Went out the same day and got some sweet fabric… We started by taking the…
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Future Funky Chair
I do not collect antiques, but I love the occasional discarded “find”. Like the other day… Tim and I were driving down the road, and I yelled “Tim, Stop”. Okay, I didn’t YELL stop, but…
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Girl Raffia Doll
The adage “necessity is the mother of invention” is never as obvious as when a parent is trying to fashion a toy for a child when traditional toys are unavailable. A hankie becomes a “pew doll”, a…
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Harvest Hutch
The other day I mentioned I was going to put my new Knowmes on my autumn nature table. I had several people say they would love to see it. Actually, here’s the deal. My NATURE…
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Knowmes
I’ve had a very busy week and Michelle has been doing a great job of holding down the fort. I do have a couple of things to share this week. First, a couple of weeks…
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The Living House
As summer is drawing to a close, my thoughts turn inward… not philosophically, but rather to the inside of my house. I don’t do spring cleaning, I do fall cleaning, and much of the change inside…
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Spring Bouquet Kit Give Away from Wool Felt Central
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. The winners will be announced tomorrow morning. Please check back. My girls loves these flowers… they won’t leave them alone. Gammy always makes them a special felt flower for their dance recital every…
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Spring Bouquet Tutorial
If you would like to give someone special a bouquet of flowers this Spring that will last forever, considering making a bunch of these flowers in a array of beautiful colors. Whether you make a single…
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Writing on the Wall How-To
There have been times in my life when I had so much "stuff" on my walls that it was hard to notice anything in particular. It was my "clutter stage". Now, I’m just the opposite.…
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The Writing on the Wall
I remember the first vinyl album I ever bought. It was Donovan’s Greatest Hits. It included great songs like Colours, Catch the Wind and Jennifer Juniper. I played that album over and over until well…
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Leap of Faith!
If it seems like we haven’t been cranking out the crafts recently, you are right. We went right from the holidays, to illness to having my house ripped apart. (Not to mention I’ll be leaving…
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First Impressions
Several years ago Michelle encouraged me to start a blog. Actually, encouraged is a very nice way of saying she was hounding me to start writing. "Mom, I know you’ll love it. It will get you…
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Time for a Change
On the surface, Michelle and I are as different as night and day. (Think Gilmore Girls!) By the time Michelle was 5 years old, she always held onto motel keys for me, because I was…
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My Vacation Project – Fireplace Redo
NOTE: If you were looking for some guidelines for painting brick, scroll down to the bottom of the blog. Michelle added the technique she used! Amidst all the holiday cheer we took some time to finish…
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