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Bad-Girl Scout Jacket
The idea for a Bad-Girl Scout Jacket came after I started searching the internet for additional patches to finish my Good-Girl Scout Jacket. I stumbled onto LukeDrozd on Etsy and fell in love with the “Alternative Scouting for Boys & Girls Merit Badges” that I found there. The skills they represented, like cult leader, soothsayer, informant, bribery, and espionage, were more than I could resist.
Decorating the Halloween Trees
My husband was right when he said, “I think you should stop. It looks like you’re running a Halloween factory!”
Scary Pumpkins
This post is a Big Lots Halloween hack that shows you how to paint scary pumpkins. It is an easy project that everyone can do with success. Just watch the following video for step-by-step instructions.
Scary Spiders for Halloween
This post is a scary Halloween spider hack from Dollar Tree and Dollar General, and it is so easy to make!
Good-Girl Scout Jacket
The recent dip in Summer temperatures has me yearning to wear jackets and boots and has prompted me to begin planning my winter wardrobe. This good-Girl Scout jacket is definitely at the top of my must-wear list this Fall.
Glitter Sugar Skulls
I finished the Glitter Sugar Skull - Dollar Tree Hack post so late last night that the lighting in my studio wasn’t adequate to take these photos. I wanted to provide these detailed photos for those of you who want a little inspiration. There are endless ideas on the internet too, and many of them are free to print. Just Google Sugar Skulls and click on Images. A menu will appear below Images. Click on “printable.” You can print out designs and practice squeezing the glitter glue onto them if you want to practice a little first.
Glitter Sugar Skulls - Dollar Tree Hack
The video below is the third in a series of Dollar Tree Halloween hacks. It shows how to make Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls out of Dollar Tree glitter Halloween skulls. It is a fun project for kids, and all the supplies necessary for it are from Dollar Tree.
Bat with Bloody Eyeball - Another Dollar Tree Halloween Hack
This is another fun and easy Dollar Tree Halloween Hack. All you need to complete it is: Dollar Tree Hanging Black Bat, 1” Wood Ball, Bright Red Delta Paint, White Acrylic Paint, Black Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Extender, Zeyar Red Metallic Pen, Zeyar Fluorescent Fiery Amber Pen, 0 Liner Brush, 10/0 Liner Brush & the video below.
Dollar Tree Halloween Hack - Sugar Skulls
This project transforms plain, Dollar Tree Halloween skulls into vibrant Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls.
Preserving Memories
This blog is about preserving memories.
Pretty and Pink Quilt Canvas
This project started with a pattern book, More Altair Design by Ensor Holiday, which I’ve been coloring in since junior high school.
Remember This?
Memory games are fun for kids and families, no matter their age.
Birthday Gag Gift
This is a birthday gift idea that everyone may not appreciate, but the more I age, the more I try to find humor in the aging process. Here’s one of my attempts at poking fun at the exercise of aging. And yes, I did mean exercise! Aging isn’t easy, and it entails more work with each passing year.
This lunch box includes some helpful items for that special friend or family member who’s starting down the other side of the bell curve.
Bleach Tie-dyed / Indigo Over-dyed Napkin How-to
As promised, here’s how I made thirty, 19 x 19 inch, bleach tie-dyed indigo over-dyed napkins out of a king-size sheet that my cat damaged with his back claws.
Seashell Macramé Napkin Rings
This project was inspired by an activity book on seashells from my childhood, a set of new king-size sheets that my cat, Magellan, ruined shortly before he passed away, and a collection of seashells my sister gave me from a trip she took to the shore.
Just a Little Monkeying Around
I found this crazy t-shirt on a clearance rack at Bershka. It was the last one they had, but it wasn’t my size. Orange doesn’t happen to be a great color on me either, but that didn’t stop me from buying it, and I am so glad I did. I ended up ironing fusible interfacing to the back of the orange monkey t-shirt, cutting out the monkeys, and sewing them to JW Anderson/Uniqlo linen t-shirts. The resulting three t-shirts are more wearable than the original and surprisingly on-trend for Summer.
Embroidered Jeans
I gave these old jeans new life with crocheted doilies and embroidery thread.
Revisit the 80's: Friendship Pin Napkin Rings
Here’s a new way to use an old idea. These napkin rings are made out of friendship pins.