Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Addicted to Amy Butler Downtwon Purse!



I forgot to show you the inside of the Amy Butler Downtown purse. Most people use coordinating fabrics from Amy Butler when making her purse patterns.

Of course, I am no exception. I used the full moon in Cherry red as the inside fabric on the flap of the downtown purse.
I also used a snap in place of the Velcro recommended by the Amy Butler Downtown Purse pattern.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Amy Butler Uptown Purse




Ok, made the Amy Butler Uptown purse with some vintage fabric. This is an easy Amy Butelr pattern and much quicker to assemble than the Downtown Amy Butler purse.




So, check out the photos of my Amy Butler Uptown Purse project made with vintage fabric!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Amy Butler Downtown Purse - Red Wallflower




Made this Amy Butler Downtown purse this past weekend with my mother! This is a great purse, wiht easy to follow instructions, but extremely time consuming!




Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Listing New Items


I am listing new items this week at Etsy. I thought I would give you a sneak peak.
The items range from wrislets, cards, wristlet kits, patterns, and of course pocketbooks!
I shot some videos of how to make the wristlets, so looks for links soon!

Friday, February 15, 2008

How to Hang Curtains in a Cement Ceiling

Learning how to hang curtains when you have a cement ceiling is so much easier than you probably expect it to be.

I currently live in a condo with cement ceilings and just hung curtains.

I have also lived in a loft with cement walls, brick walls and cement ceilings and was easily able to learn how to hang curtains in cement easily...finish reading...

Monday, February 11, 2008

Vintage Charm Bracelet Craft Project

You can use inexpensive damaged vintage jewelry to make the cutest retro charm bracelets.

I like to salvage damaged or broken vintage necklaces from the local flea market and GoodWill to make these sweet retro charm bracelets.

This is an inexpenxive way to get old beads and create something new with them...finish reading...

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Vintage Game Board Photo Albums

You can make the coolest vintage photo albums using vintage game boards from the local flea market.

I also find great vintage game boards at the yard sales in my area as wall. They all make great old looking photo albums.

Tip: You can also recycle the old game board sleet over from your children as they out grow them.

They look great displayed on the coffee table and I can bet you someone will pick them up and start looking at those photos...finish reading...

Monday, February 4, 2008

Retro Fabric Grocery Bag Pattern You Can Make Yourself


Retro fabric is perfect for making an eco friendly grocery bag! Use your favrote paper grocery bag to make your own fabric shopping tote in only an hour.


This reusable retro fabric grocery bag pattern is a simple one you can make and sew yourself.


This is a lined eco friendly fabric grocery bag, but very easy to make.Once you get the basic pattern for this vintage fabric grocery bag down, you can make it in any size...finish reading...

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