Two special little girls in my life just celebrated their first birthday. I wanted to get them started on their creative journey by giving them their first art supplies and decided they needed art smocks. I cut off the lower … Continue reading
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I’ve shown you how I made a couple nightgowns from thrift store finds for My Princess in an earlier post. This time, I found a shirt from my own closet that I no longer wanted and thought it would be … Continue reading
“Create a pocket – fill it with treasures from your week,” was the challenge for the 31st week of the Documented Life Project. Jan: As I pondered what to do for this challenge, I was looking at the postcard I … Continue reading
Summer is hot! After looking a short time in the stores for some new summer tops and not finding anything I wanted to spend money on, I decided to make my own. I have a cool comfortable cotton shirt that … Continue reading
When you live in a small apartment you have to get creative. My daughter has learned to make the most of every available space in her apartment. Because of this, the furniture has to use space wisely and efficiently. The … Continue reading
Several weeks ago, I found a cute little dress for Miss Tickles at the thrift store for a whopping $.75. She looks adorable in it, and it is super easy to put on a two year old because it just … Continue reading
Each of my granddaughters prefer wearing dresses. Or skirts. Since they all need summer clothes, we are trying to figure out easy and quick ways to make dresses and skirts. The one I am showing you today was very simple. … Continue reading
My Princess loves wearing dresses and if they have a skirt that twirls, all the better. We bought a simple plain t-shirt and with fabric already on hand made this adorable dress in less than a couple of hours.We followed … Continue reading
A few weeks ago we showed you the postcards that we made for the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap. If you missed it, you can see the postcard Jan made here and Melinda’s here. Jan’s card went to New Zealand … Continue reading
Mom did the Great Stitched Postcard Swap in 2013, but at the time, I was pretty busy and wasn’t able to participate. I wanted to though because I am fascinated by stitching on paper. So, when the new postcard swap … Continue reading