Valentine’s Craft-a-Day!

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Well, since I have many things to procrastinate and my house is a mess, I thought that it would be a good idea to craft more! Ha. So I am going to try to make a new little Valentine’s craft every day between now and February 14. I think that I can at least manage to make a card or bake some cookies, right? We’ll see how it goes. Anyone want to join me?

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So I made these hair clips today.  I just cut out a couple of hearts (hair-clips-template.pdf) and sewed them together with embroidery floss.   I have never really done any hand embroidery before, so I had to draw dots with a fabric marker to evenly space the stitches.  Do you see that those are supposed to be an x and o?  I didn’t think I could sew a nice circle, so I used a button instead.  Then I used a glue gun to attach them to the clip.  All in all, a pretty simple and quick project.  You can search Etsy for all kinds of hair clip ideas.  

Yo-Yo Ornaments

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What? The holidays are over? We have a dead Christmas tree and I just now completed my ornaments for the Holiday Ornament Swap.

Now granted; I never did receive my list of swapmates, but finally got the list from someone who graciously sent me an ornament. Thank you! So here are my ornaments all made and ready to ship. Better late than never? The first photo shows all nine ornaments stacked up and makes me wish I’d made little yo-yo accordion ornaments, but the next photo is what the ornaments look like on their own. This is the first time I have made fabric yo-yos and I love them! Here are some very nice instructions. So many possibilities and you can make them while watching Project Runway.

Merry Christmas!

I finally finished this table runner just before Christmas Eve. I am still just piecing together fabric and am satisfied with the pieced work without the additional step of quilting. I designed this runner to resemble a tree with triangles of descending size that meet in the center.

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Peppermint Bark

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I have been craving this!  Here‘s a good recipe from Martha Stewart.  Planning a birthday party for both girls tomorrow, but hope to make some after that.  Stay tuned for photos from the Alice in Wonderland Celebration.