random autumn images

Random images

dyeing wool

knitting (always)

washi tape houses

visiting the farm

apples

discovering flint corn

gourds

on a hike in the woods with bark hair pretending to read notes like in the Magic Garden's chuckle patch

watercolor votives

Scarlet and I painted glass votives with watercolors yesterday. I remembered this project from Once Wed I saw years ago and it was a very simple and pretty thing to make with my daughter.

I love how she instructed me to not rush and not copy (she saw me sneaking a peek at the original image). The project is very simple, you just paint inside the glass. At times we swirled the brush and sometimes we did straight lines. You can put them upside down or right side up to drip. Layers can also be applied.

A link to the project can be found here.

pretty fabric envelopes

This week I tried a craft project from this months Martha Stewart Magazine. My Mom has always purchased this magazine for me as a gift each year and I have been getting it since the 1990's. Quite a long time!

When I saw this month's fabric envelopes made with Liberty of London I knew I'd try them. I'm a sucker for Liberty of London as you may know and I like to try new things with my scraps. I made 7 of the envelopes and although they are a bit time consuming there is nothing too difficult about them.

I've had little time this week to work on anything so far and this was a nice project I could see through. I love the result!

The materials besides fabric are découpage finish in matte, a brush and wax paper. Also, clothespins or skirt hangers are necessary to hang fabric when it's drying.

summer fun

Dyeing wool with myroblean

Some of the crafts I have been doing this summer include tie dyeing, friendship bracelets, jewelry making, embroidery, lots of knitting (sweaters for me) and I am now starting to dye yarn with natural dyes. Perhaps I will get around to showing some of these. Then there is the garden- I can never tend it as much as I want but still it always gives and lately with lots of tomatoes, cosmos, nasturtium, cucumber, chard, kale, arugula, apples, herbs, beans and the last of the blackberries.

excited about making some jewelry with these pretty beads

Other then a french press sleeve there has not been much sewing the past few weeks. I hope to get the machine in good shape soon and I am also working on a major overhaul of the craft room which is in dire need of some organization. I need a more efficient space where everything really is in it's place and a lot of editing needs to happen in there.

August which usually is not my favorite month wound up being pretty good with family adventures and not too hot days. School starts Monday and we are all ready and excited.

summer fruit

School has officially ended and summer is here!
I hung up some honeycomb balls turned into fruit with the addition of crepe paper leaves and a glue gun in our sun/play room to celebrate.
Idea from The House that Lars Built

azalea crowns

I made azalea crowns today and then we had a wedding in the garden by the apple tree.

easter

A very Happy Easter we had.
I painted some papier-mache eggs and decorated them with die cut scrap pictures.
Eggs were hard boiled and blown out and dyed.
Egg hunts.
Baskets full of goodies, books, handmade bunnies & bubbles.
S learned to blow her own bubbles and had the best time blowing them in my Mom's garden.
A walk on the beach on a gorgeous sunny day.
A delicious dinner and so much dessert and that's not counting the beans and the chocolate bunnies.

birthday jewelry

A fairy ring wreath I made for Scarlet to wear. I'm not sure she will wear it but, if not now someday.


A few of the bracelets and necklaces that Matty and I made for her birthday. We didn't have an "a" so we substituted with an upside down "v"
We know for sure she will like the kitty cat necklace.




The first necklace I made for her which I also sell in my Etsy shop.






-I'm having a little sale on felted bowls and clutches through tomorrow. 20% off- code- felt. Refund through paypal after payment.