Thanks so much to everyone who linked up last week for Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays. There were lots of new guests at the party – welcome! The features from Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays #4 are: Amy at Serving Pink Lemonade created these super cute and handy on the go coloring cases out of an unexpected {…Continue Reading}
This is my entry for week four for the Project Run & Play sew along – Love is in the Air theme. I focused my design around sisterly love and made my daughters Arden and Hadley matching twirly skirts. Since they both love their new dollies, Rose and Clementine also got matching skirts. The skirts are {…Continue Reading}
Do you follow Project Inspire (formerly The Girl Creative)? I’ve been following her amazing blog for a long time, so imagine my excitement when Diana accepted my application to become a contributor for 2013. I’ll be sharing a Thrifty to Nifty project one Thursday a month. Yesterday, I shared a French Press Cozy I made {…Continue Reading}
Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays. If you’re joining from Project Inspire – I’m so pleased to have you! This week I transformed a sweater I wasn’t wearing anymore into a cute cardigan with elbow patches for my younger daughter Hadley. Everything I used I already had on hand and she is wearing it tons. {…Continue Reading}
If you’re thinking the timing of this post is a bit odd, then you’re right. Growing up, we always did a crafty project after Thanksgiving dinner and I mentioned to my Mom that we didn’t get around to doing that at home this year. So she gathered up all the fixings for this cute project {…Continue Reading}
Thank to everyone who linked up last week for Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays! I wasn’t able to recruit entries for this week since I’m traveling, so I’m very pleased to see so many great entries! The features from Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays #3 are: Brittney at Smart Girl Style shared these economical reading lamps which {…Continue Reading}
When I decided to sew along for Project Run & Play, I had a few points I set for myself to try to follow: I wanted to complete a project for each week, I wanted to try to use materials I had on hand as much as possible, and I wanted to only make things {…Continue Reading}
If you’ve been reading, you may have noticed that I make many projects utilizing wool felt. Quite often, the felt I’m using is from my bloggy buddy Ellen, who sent me an amazing stash of felt during our Package Pals exchange last January. I have gotten so much mileage out of that bundle of felt {…Continue Reading}
Welcome to the third week of Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays! This week I managed to create two different thrifty projects. The Love Reverse Applique Pillow upcycled a stained sweater into holiday decor and I used an old pair of my pants and some stash fabric to create The Skipper Dress for entry in week 2 {…Continue Reading}
First, let me start off that this is not a sponsored post. Arden received a three month subscription to Kiwi Crate as a Christmas present from Grandma & Grandpa Idaho (Dave’s Parents). I thought I would share our experience so far with the crate of goodies we received in December. All images are from my {…Continue Reading}
