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Much Love Monday

Much Love Monday: I ♥ collages I save all kinds of paper for my collages and the more creased and rugged they look, the better! I save my receipts, coffee-stained paper napkins, used candy packaging, paper bags, fortunes from fortune cookies, doilies, doodles, movie tickets, barcodes, magazine clippings, newspapers — you name it, I’ve …

Gilded Bee

I’ve long been a fan of The Gilded Bee. Everything in Sasha’s store is so pretty, so when she asked if I’d be interested in a trade, I immediately said yes. I sent her a packet of packaging goodies from Mr. Rabbit Sir and in turn, she sent me adorable bouquets of poppies, …

Making tags

Oh, the fun things one can make with cardstock, paper, scissors, kraft punches, and gel pens! Creating your own manila tags is loads of fun and the design possibilities are practically endless. I enjoyed making these tags yesterday: I already blogged about Tartx last year, but in light of the Alice in Wonderland movie, …

The Gnome Hut

02/14/2010 in handmade

The Gnome Hut - Valentine

I bought a Blythe show ribbon from Karli’s shop, The Gnome Hut. I got it for myself because I thought it would make an adorable brooch. I also bought a set of Vintage Blythe-sized Valentine’s cards. They’re going to make a great addition to my wall. They’re so cute they make my …

Glass Button Brooch DIY

I ventured into the city and visited Britex Fabrics for the very first time — I’ll have photos in Flickr eventually. After Britex, I stopped by The General Bead Store on Minna where I found some awesome button converters by the counter. There were actually two types: one to convert buttons into …

Small Packages

Inspired by Jessica Jones’ thumbtack tutorial, I decided to make a bunch. I’ve been dying to make these thumbtacks since I first visited her blog several months ago, but a million nifty excuses trumped any of my attempts. Well, Mother’s Day is just around the corner and is the perfect excuse to set aside homework [...]