I will never be the hostess with the mostest, and I’m OK with that. You won’t see any beautifully arranged parties the likes of which my friends Kirstin and Stef can throw. But I love to have people over. And I love fun and budget minded. So for Tater and Bean’s joint birthday party this Read the Rest…
Just in time to take to SNAP with me – I’ve finished my Starsky Sweater! While I do love it, there are a few things I changed from the original pattern (Starsky by Jordanna Paige via Knitty). First of all, the original is designed with 8 inches of ease. I knew that would swallow me, so Read the Rest…
Hi all – today I’m excited to announce something else I’ve had in the works for a while – PDF pattern services and classes for aspiring PDF pattern designers! When I started trying to make my first PDF pattern, the resources were wide and scarce. I compiled some of them here, but since then I’ve learned Read the Rest…
A while back, Jessica’s mom rescued this sweater from the side of the road, and Jessica took pity on the poor sweater, so she decided to round up some blogger friends and send it on a trip to see the world. The sweater arrived at my house on Valentine’s Day from Stefanie, ready to see Read the Rest…
Well, we’re all tuned out and the winners have been drawn. Who won? Look at the bottom of the post. But first, in case you didn’t win (or even if you did)… The awesome folks at Pick Your Plum have generously offered a $75 Plum Box full of crafting, fashion, baking, and home decor swag to help Read the Rest…
Last week my friend Andrea of The Train To Crazy posted this and I knew I had to get involved. Did you know slavery is alive in well in this world and that OVER 500,000 Children between the ages of 5 and 15 are forced into sexual slavery every year? And I know many of Read the Rest…
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know I recently transferred from Blogger to WordPress. I have had questions about why and how I did it, so today I’m going to address those. First the why; there are actually a few reasons. I am all for using free tools until you outgrow Read the Rest…
Welcome to the next post in my Project: Redecorate series. Today we’re going to take a look at how to reupholster a recliner. So, this is NOT a step by step on how to reupholster a recliner. I had that in mind when we started, and then I realized about 5 pictures in that it Read the Rest…
I know some parts of the US are snowed under, and even here we’re a little bit cooler than we have been in a while, but it seems that spring has sprung here. So if you’re still waiting for the groundhogs’ prediction to come true, here’s some hope for you: Hope you’re having a Read the Rest…
Today’s tech tip is a quicky requested by Frances Suzanne – who wanted to know how to choose what text appears automatically when someone pins an image from your site. It’s pretty easy to do – it’s called adding an alt tag. I’m going to show you how to create photos with alt tags in Read the Rest…
