Category Archives: Crafting

Combining Stitching and Scrapbooking?

Last night, I received the weekly newsletter from Nordic Needle and one of the topics was around creating a portfolio of stitching work. I have often considered creating a scrapbook of my stitching accomplishments, but I have yet to actually … Continue reading

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Bookmarks and More Framing

Are you sick of pictures of recent framing work yet? No? Good, because there’s more in this post. After this, though, there are only a couple of pieces left to frame. First, though, I have more bookmarks to show that … Continue reading

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The Crafting Day That Wasn’t Meant To Be

I should not have gotten out of bed this morning. Seriously. I tried to do some crafting today. I started with two framing projects. Premade frames – check. Fusible interfacing – check. Stitched pieces – check. Okay, iron the pieces. … Continue reading

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Paper Corner Bookmarks

More paper crafting photos ahead. I’m not feeling very wordy at the moment. Take advantage while you can. 😉 I have lost my mojo for stamping paper bookmarks, so I went looking on Splitcoaststampers for inspiration. I found inspiration alright, … Continue reading

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Fob Finish

Last night and the night before, I worked on finishing one of the fobs from The Sweetheart Tree. I have had this one in my WTF (Waiting To Finish?) pile for quite a while – August 2009, to be exact. … Continue reading

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Beaded – Mill Hill – Treasured Scissor Fob – Rosaline Rose

As promised, here is an actual scan of the scissors fob that I whipped up Monday night from a Mill Hill kit. It was really quick and easy to do. I might even consider buying another one to do, as … Continue reading

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ZoomAlbum Crazy

Okay, so I know I mentioned this before, but my friend Mary gave me two packages of ZoomAlbum materials while I was away a couple of weeks ago. I hadn’t had time to even download the software, much less take … Continue reading

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I’m Dumb When I’m Tired

I mean, really, why else didn’t I think to check the punchneedle packaging for threading instructions? Duh! 😆 So, I did a bit of punchneedling today. First, I checked the make sure I had needle threading instructions, then I placed … Continue reading

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Threading a Punchneedle

I’ve been trying to catch up on my blog reading today, in the midst of doing work from home. It’s supposed to be a vacation day for me, as the company I work for gave us today and tomorrow off … Continue reading

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Giraffe Pillow and 3D Cards

I have pictures to share today. Woohoo! 🙂 First up are the 3D Kirigami cards that I was talking about, though I’m not sure how much they really fit into the realm of Kirigami except that you cut paper and … Continue reading

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