Posted in Home Projects, Knitting, Uncategorized, tagged Knitting, Organizing on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Being the 3rd or 4th generation knitter… I have a lot of patterns! Some still have faint notes made by my Grandmother who died when I was young. She never knew I took up the knitting needles myself! Many of these patterns were thrown in an trunk or tucked in several places around the house. Years ago, Mom [...]
Posted in Crafts, Home Projects, tagged craft storage ideas, Oganization, unfinished furniture on February 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Often my inspiration comes from circulars or flyers advertising sales in certain stores. I will always browse the Mill Store’s advertisement. Where else can you buy unfinished furniture at a great low price and then put some elbow greese into it and come away with a unique gift or functional object? I needed a place [...]
Posted in Crafts, Gifts, tagged Crafts, Wine on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Ever have a wine bottle whose label was just awesome or unique? Sometimes I would have one sitting around for a while simply because of its decorative value.
Other times the bottle represented an exceptional gathering of family and/or friends. Everytime you look at it you smile at the memories.
Well, now I have decoration with a [...]
Posted in Books, Knitting, tagged Books, Crafts, Knitting, sweaters on February 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
To say knitting has been a family tradition is not enough. Knitting is a family passion. My grandmother taught my mom to knit and she inturn taught me to knit. This artform… for it truly is one… is relaxing, meditative, creative, and usable. What can be better than that? Needless to say, I have been [...]
Posted in Crafts, Gifts, Holidays, Valentine's Day, tagged Crafts, Gifts, Paper on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are trying to be creative for this upcoming Valentine’s Day, try this…
A friend introduced me to this great paper craft company - Paper Source. Begun in 1983 from one woman’s obsession with paper, Paper Source is the premiere seller of fine, handmade papers from around the world. Their selection is sold in a [...]
