How to Make Roses from Maple Leaves

“” I thought this was such a novel idea, a tutorial on making roses from maple leaves. I’ve attached it here for you and for future use for me. I may give it a try this week while I’m on vacation.

Custom Made Bridal Party Necklace

 
I custom made 5 wedding party necklaces for an August Wedding.  The beads were black with clear swarovski crystals.  The beads were crimped to a beading wire and created a look of floating when worn.  The wedding attendants will look stunning in black gowns and each wearing a necklace.  I have 2 more to finish [...]

Yummy….

Yesterday my mother and I went to Niagara-on-the-Lake which is a quaint, beautiful town of shops and restaurants and tourists and parks and beautiful flowers everywhere. Its only about 15 minutes from Niagara Falls another lovely spot. We shopped and walked and had a hard time trying to decide where we would have our lunch…and [...]

Crafting New Ideas…

Do you ever start making one thing and end up with something else? Thats what happened to me tonight. I have had this little Notebook and I’ve wanted to make a nice fabric cover for it. I had “Plan A” it all planned in my head I thought and I measured and remeasured and added [...]

Dear Lord…

 

So far today, am I doing all right.
I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or self-indulgent. I have not whined, complained, cursed, or eaten any chocolate. I have charged nothing on my credit card.
But I will be getting out of bed in a minute, and I think [...]

Great ebay Purchases & Drumstick Cake

ebay Purchases

 
 I  LOVE EBAY!
You can get lost in there as you find all the next things you’d like to order and get a good deal as well. I found an interesting book “Making Vintage Bags” at Chapters/Indigo for $35.97 (+ 7% tax) Cdn funds yesterday. I was also interested in the book [...]

Jesse Cook - Exotic Spanish Music

Well, I dashed out today during my lunch break to Chapters/Indigo to look for a book on decoupage. This wonderful spanish type guitar music filled the store and I found myself singing and humming along though I hadn’t heard the music before…it was just that kind of music. I didn’t find the book I was [...]

Stairway to the Urban Hideaway

My “little” brother lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and I never see him enough and years pass between our visits. This year he was here twice, the first time in April when he landscaped my parent’s front and back flower gardens. Three times people stopped to ask for his business card which was a great [...]

Two thoughts “I” wanted to share..

  they aren’t my originals…
“Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind”.
“You can’t change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future”. 
 So true?

Woven Labels

I looked all over the web for a company that made woven labels because I wanted to have Cranberry Blossom on them to sew on my totes and bags. I came across Charm Woven Labels , placed my order and was so happy to receive them so quickly. Their prices are very competitive and the [...]