Getting Crafty — Escaping reality - one craft at a time

Hairbows are Addictive

April 6, 2009

I seriously never thought I would be the type of mom to dress my girl in frilly dresses, make her purses, and put bows in her hair. (Of course I also never expected my daughter to have such little hair at a year old.) Guess that just proves that motherhood really does make you a [...]

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Tutorial: Toddler Purse

April 5, 2009

My mom and I have been searching all over for some little toddler sized purses for my daughter and my niece with no luck. I did find some on the dollar aisle at Target, but I’m sure they would be torn to shreds in no time. My mom wanted to give them to [...]

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Toddler Purses

March 30, 2009

This is what I did with a big chunk of my weekend:

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Don’t Miss This Amazing Giveaway!

March 19, 2009

Launching this April is a new website all about quilting! From the team at YouCanMakeThis.com comes YouCanQuiltThis.com, full of quilting projects, tutorials, and patterns brought together by a team of experts and lead designers in the industry. And what’s even better is they are giving away a Marie Osmond 200 Quilter’s Companion sewing [...]

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Lacking Inspiration?

March 13, 2009

Everybody has their off days and when you are a creative type you are bound to have days when you just can’t find inspiration. What do you do when you just don’t feel inspired? I’m over at Blissfully Domestic today talking about 10 Tips To Finding Creative Inspiration when you’ve lost yours. Go check it [...]

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The Purple Roselette

March 10, 2009

Last weekend I finished off the second Roselette Top. I love the bright colors in this one, along with the purple accents. It is slightly bigger than the green one as I used one size larger crochet hook. I’m hoping that Evie will be able to wear this one a little longer than the other [...]

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Apparently I’m In A Green Mood

February 19, 2009

Two more Chunky Knit Beanies, in the adult size this time. One is for me, the other for my mother-in-law. I’m working on one more for my sister and then I think I’ll have most of this lovely lemongrass chunky wool used up. I really am loving this pattern as well. It is just so [...]

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The Green Roselette

February 18, 2009

When I was in college I worked with developmentally disabled adults in a group home. It was there that I first really got interested in crafts. One of the ladies I worked with loved to crochet and after watching her for a while I decided I wanted to learn. I taught myself [...]

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It Only Took A Year

February 3, 2009

I’m not sure what has gotten into me over the last couple of weeks, but I have been in such a knitting mood. I suppose I pushed myself into it by vowing to finish my mom’s scarf that I promised her for her birthday last year. Her birthday is in 3 days and I just [...]

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A Little Hot Hedd

January 19, 2009

This weekend I decided I needed a quick project, something that I could start and finish in a couple of hours. I have several unfinished projects hanging over me but I couldn’t motivate myself to work on any of them. I needed something new and fresh that I could get excited about. A hat is [...]