Tag: crafting

in the kitchen, Seasons, sewing

All wrapped up

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Remember this project? Want to see what it became? These bags are officially tradition now. I made about a dozen (some of last year’s bags were returned for refills) of the tutorial size of Jeni‘s Drawstring Bags, which is the perfect size for several bundles of homemade candy. This year, the fabric bags contained the required caramels and English toffee (from Grandpa’s recipes), as well as salted caramels (which might become a staple), peanut brittle and chocolate dipped marshmallows. I was hoping to also include opera cremes, but that didn’t work out so well. And I ran out of time …

sewing

Everything in its Bag

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Remember these? They are the Charming Travelers that stayed here when the rest of them moved on to GrammieQ. Want to know what I did with them? Or, at least most of them? A project bag! See the tan floral-ish square in the lower right? That’s the charm that influenced all my choices. I used the blue colorway of this fabric to back a quilt a couple years ago. So the arrival of this other color meant I was going to do something that brought both colorways together. The blue version of the fabric is the lining inside the bag …

Caitlyn, Seasons

Now with 3 pounds of candy

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This year’s costume started out as one of our projects from Craftsy’s Costume Box class. The colors were partly determined by a small box of beads, partly by what colors of tulle were available the day we went shopping. After seeing what we had, Caitlyn and I agreed that this was a Fire Fairy costume. I don’t think we were thinking of Halloween at all when we got started, but then that was months ago. Caitlyn, of course, wants everything that’s in the Costume Box. So far, we’ve got this skirt and crown pair and her sword. There are more …

Bloggy Business, sewing

Milestones and Giveaways

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This is my 500th post. It’s not very exciting when I think that I’ve been blogging since 2000, earlier if you count our Germany Journal, but milestones deserve to be celebrated, yes? Also, I recently won a giveaway! Wasn’t I just saying that I never win anything? And now, twice in 3 months! So: Diane at From Blank Pages launched this clever thing a while back. Charming Travelers! It’s a charm pack (56 5×5 fabric squares) that she gave away on her site. The rules state that if you win the Travelers, you get to pick out whatever squares you …

Caitlyn, homeschooling, Seasons

Summer Retrospective: Sword-Play

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Corrugated cardboard. Glue gun. Spray paint. Bling. Caitlyn and I have been (slowly) working our way through Craftsy‘s Costume Box class. I always seem to think we’ll have more time over the summer than we actually do. Fortunately, Craftsy’s classes don’t come with specific time limitations so we can watch the class lessons whenever we have time. At the rate we’re going, we’ll maybe get one more project done before Halloween. Starting with the sword was Caitlyn’s choice. Of course, she also wants wings, crowns, cloaks, wands, a fairy skirt, armor and boot covers. I expect she’ll try to wear …

Caitlyn, in the kitchen, Seasons

Easter Treats

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Last week, I found Betz White’s photo tutorial for some super-cute, adorably tiny Easter baskets made from 3 oz. Dixie cups. Naturally, I decided that I needed to make these for Easter. And put homemade candy in them. Never mind that I came up with this plan about a week before Easter. Clearly, it’s a very sensible plan. We painted our cups (instead of using markers like Betz) and I glittered some of them. Someday I’d like to upgrade the paint in our craft supplies from the washable Crayola stuff to something that doesn’t feel like chalk when it’s dry. …