S. Denise Hoyle | December 18, 2009
Cherie Burbach at Blisstree.com recently shared some terrific ideas on how to make your own inexpensive bed comforter. She even gives some tips on how to save money by recycling your old one while updating your decor at the same time. Typical upholstery fabric is 60″ wide, not wide enough to make an entire comforter [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 17, 2009
Megan Woods, a stay at home mom with three children from Brookline, Massachusetts, was looking for something to do after her children started school. Then last year her mom sent her a pair of handcrafted mittens for Christmas and Woods convinced her mom to start up a business together. Now Woods spends her time sifting [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 16, 2009
For those of you who have children / grandchildren with baby dolls, and who love to change them a dozen times a day, I found a great tutorial for making baby doll clothes out of old baby onsies. Doll clothes, if you can find them in the stores, are usually very expensive and normally not [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 15, 2009
The U-handbag blog is hosting an exciting Extreme Sewing Holiday Giveaway with some terrific prizes! All you have to do to enter is submit a picture of yourself doing some extreme sewing, which simply means grab your sewing machine and take it somewhere that you normally wouldn’t sew, like this hilarious lady who is sewing [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 14, 2009
If you have a business where you can issue a “coupon”, you’ll be on the road to additional sales! A few years ago we sent out “gift certificates” in the amount of $5.00 or $10.00 good on the customers’ next purchase from our catalog, or listing of books in the back cover of a book [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 13, 2009
When I made the hooded bath towels for my grandchildren, who would have thought how easy bathtime would become! They simply LOVE to wear their hooded bathtowels around the house after bath time until we can get them into their pajamas! Aren’t they just adorable!!! Check out the home page of Patterns2Go and see other [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 12, 2009
Whether you want to look Christmasy for your Christmas dinner, cook and bake in true Christmas aprons or give aprons as gifts, I’ve found a perfect Christmas gift / tutorial for you! Phyllis Dobbs has a tutorial ready for you to begin sewing that perfect Christmas apron. Check out this snazzy apron, then dig into [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 11, 2009
The Crafty Chica Challenge Deck the Halls contest is a great chance to win some crafty prizes, plus there is a special opportunity to be a guest blogger on Crafty Chica’s blog! To enter, simply create some crafty holiday decor and submit photos to the Crafty Chica Challenge Flickr Group along with a description [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 10, 2009
I have often admired those canvas photo prints where they take your photo or artwork and print it out on a stretched canvas. Well when I found this great deal I went ahead and finally ordered one for myself, and I couldn’t wait to share the information with you! All you have to do is [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 9, 2009
How many of you have toddlers or pre-school age children to try to buy / make a gift for? The number one suggestion I have would be the portable playhouse – this can be moved from room to room, taken on vacations with you and even taken to Grandma’s house when the kids will be visiting [...]
