I found this great vintage Ethan Allen china cabinet hutch at Goodwill for $79.99. What a great price! I loved the shape of it, but it definitely needed a little bit of updating. I had done some research to find a china cabinet for our new house, but all of the ones I liked were…
How to Make a Cake Pops Display Stand Tutorial
My friend Sara came over today and we had so much fun adventuring into the world of Cake Pop making. I’d never really made them before, but I think they turned out well. After many laughs and UFO shaped pops, we ran out of room on my store bought display tray and needed to find…
Valentino-inspired Floral Leather Handbag Tutorial
I really liked this Valentino Leather Floral Primavere Tote Bag, but at $3,995 I definitely could not afford its hefty price tag. So, I decided to make my own version for about $125. And don’t worry, you don’t have to sew the bag itself, just make the leather flowers! The flowers are similar to those found…
Wet Molded Leather Flower Tutorial
I love these flowers. They are so unique and look great on almost anything. I used a beautiful thin Glazed Pigskin leather from Tandy Leather and a glue water mixture to make this great project. Click “Continue Reading” to see how to make these beautiful leather flowers.
My CTMH My Acrylix Stamp Database
Please pardon the long absence! Life has been crazy for the past couple of months. But, hopefully I will be back on target and updating my blog much more often. I wanted to share a great program with you from the makers of Filemaker Pro. This is “Bento 4” – a great, easy, user-friendly database…
How to Store Close To My Heart Stamp Pads Revisited + FREE DOWNLOAD!
I think this is one of the best ways to organize all of my Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads. This storage solution now includes a free printable PDF chart that you can customize with your own collection of Close To My Heart Ink Colors. I simply used a stamp to sample all…
Easy Card Assembly Line Tutorial
Sometimes I need to make a ton of cards very quickly at one time. This is a very simple design that lends itself to beautiful simplicity and efficiency. The two patterned papers are from Echo Park and the marigold embossed strip is Core’dinations. All you need to make 12 cards are three coordinating sheets of…
3D Paper Flowers Video Tutorial
Here I look at three different ways of making 3D paper blossoms: McGill Punches, EK Success Slim Border Punches, and the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. I really like using the different sizes of embossing styluses to mold the petals of the paper flowers. Take a look!
No-Sew Jersey Circle Necklace
This unique necklace (which can also be made into a scarf) is quick, easy, and really cheap. All it takes is a rotary cutter (or scissors), a ruler, and an old t-shirt. Click “Continue Reading” to see full TUTORIAL.
Leather Knot Headband
This headband was inspired by the “Hitched Leather Headband” from Anthropologie. It took a little fidgeting, but I finally got the knot to look just right. The coolest thing, though, about this headband is that the leather actually used to be from a couch! No kidding. I stopped by one of the local leather upholstery…
