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Tutorial Tuesday-Copper Garden Decorations

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Tutorial Tuesday-Copper Garden Decorations

With some simple copper wire from the home improvement store you can have some lovely garden decor!

One of my favorite projects

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Need an easy way to coordinate a picture frame with your current home decor?

Tutorial Tuesday: Business Card Holder

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Tutorial Tuesday: Business Card Holder

So I just got back from the most amazing weekend I’ve had in a long while! I attended the Mom 2.0 Summit in Houston. I met some great new friends, and met a few people whose blogs I’ve been reading for a while. I had the pleasure of rooming with some amazing craft ladies: Christy [...]

Tutorial Tuesday-Floral Arranging

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Tutorial Tuesday-Floral Arranging

I realize I haven’t done a home decor tutorial in a while, so how about learning a little about floral arranging?  We’ll learn a little about arranging silk florals today. Here is a preview of the two projects we’ll make. Before we get started there’s a quick lesson. (Which can actually be applied to ANY [...]

Tuesday Tutorial: Valentines Day Wreath

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Tuesday Tutorial: Valentines Day Wreath

Ready to get those Valentine’s Day decorations up yet? I’m ready! So here’s the first idea for you! It’s a wrapped yarn heart-shaped wreath. Supplies you’ll need include: That’s: Tacky Glue 1 package 2″ diameter styrofoam balls 1 package 1 1/2″ diameter styrofoam balls Bendable wire Wire cutters Flat-head straight pins 2 skeins of coordinating [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Patchwork Pillow

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Tutorial Tuesday: Patchwork Pillow

Yep, lucky you! More tutorials today! (I still have a few more also!) I made this for my dad for Christmas. He loves family history, and he’s furnishing his home in Germany right now so I thought he might like this: My maiden name is Williamson so I found a Williamson family crest online, made [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Fat Quarter Accent Pillows

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Tutorial Tuesday: Fat Quarter Accent Pillows

Oh the weather outside is frightful….. It’s been a icy, cold day here in Texas. It was too icy to go into work so I used today to finish up all the Christmas gifts I’ve been working on. I even took a quick break from making gifts and whipped up some quick new pillows for [...]

Tutorial Tuesday – Tile Transfer Art

Monday, November 24, 2008

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Tutorial Tuesday – Tile Transfer Art

I wanted to post this earlier, but it took me a little longer than usual to write up this tutorial. Don’t let the long list of instructions keep you from doing it, it’s actually pretty easy and definitely worth it! Here’s some examples of what you can make with this tutorial: Set of 4″ tile [...]

Tutorial Tuesday X2! Cookie Cutters

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Tutorial Tuesday X2! Cookie Cutters

We had a church activity for some of the 11 year old boys this past weekend and I wanted to make a special treat to bring….so I decided to make little tie-shaped sugar cookies. (Let me go ahead and warn you, I am not and have never claimed to be a good icing decorator! Please [...]

Tutorial Tuesday – Handmade Memory Game

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Tutorial Tuesday – Handmade Memory Game

This is a really simple project also and GREAT for a handmade Christmas gift! You can very easily adapt it for different age levels as well. This one is a fairly simple match the pattern game. For a little more difficult version, try printing out upper and lowercase letters, or pictures and the matching words. [...]


1. Master the art of French macaroons
2. Sew a dress
3. Get my scuba diving license
4. Go somewhere warm to use my scuba diving license.
5. Find a perfect Go-To recipe for Pizza Dough
6. Sew a quilt
7. Make a piece of furniture
8. Learn Adobe InDesign
9. Master the recipe for Creme Brulee
10. Publish a sewing project in a magazine
11. Scrapbook/Blurb all our photos from Europe
12. Make some jelly using a pressure cooker
13. Print my own design on fabric & make something
14. Refashion a cardigan
15. Make salt water taffy
16. Find a Go-To recipe for delicious homemade bread
17. Make 5 projects from my sketchbook
18. Embroider something with my sewing machine
19. Self-Publish 10 new sewing patterns
20. Visit the Grand Canyon
21. Expand my french vocabulary
22. Make a stained glass window
23. Swim with dolphins
24. Find the perfect gelato recipe
25. Write one Thank You note a week
26. Learn How to Properly Handle a gun
27. Experience one new type of cheese every week
28. Finish checking off my list of states I've visited
29. Organize a service project
30. Go whitewater rafting