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Mosaic Plate Tutorial
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Finished Mosaic Plate You will need: Raw Ceramic Plate Wood Glue or Craft Glue Mosaic tiles in different colors (enough to cover plate) Tile nipper Mosaic Tile Grout + water for mixing Plastic Bowl for mixing grout   + spoon Craft Paint + Paintbrush Sponge Clean Washcloth (old one) Clear Varnish Spray Paint. (optional) Instructions: Start by deciding on a design for your plate. Transfer or draw your design on the plate. Cut your tiles smaller in different sizes and shapes. Starting on the inside of the plate fill up your design with different colored tiles, making sure that you leave space between the tiles for the grouting. Finish up the base of the plate before you start on the outer edges. After covering the whole plate with gluing the tiles on leave the plate till the glue is dry. Mix some grout with water making sure it forms a smooth paste. (not too watery) Once again starting on the inside spread the grout into all the grooves, and cover the whole design. Finishing the edges nea

DIY Apron – Dollar Tree Tea Towels
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For Debbiedoo’s Seasonal Decor Dollar Tree Party I was prepared to have a fabulous patio tablescape fixed up and ready to shoot.  But it’s been raining. And raining.  And raining.  So, I couldn’t get out to the patio to do my decor and photo shoot. I decided to sew, since I was stuck inside with all the rain.  Hey, why not decorate my man?  (Spunky Daughter was my model, y’all.  HH doesn’t model.) Summer time is grillin’ time!  Since HH will usually be doing the grilling, I decided to make an apron with no frills – something appropriate for either gender.  Sorry girls, no frillies today.  Feel free to make one with all the frillies you decide to use for your apron.  In preparation, I pressed the two required tea towels. I would like to mention here that Spunky Daughter and Fun Son gave me a new ironing board for Mother’s Day.  You think it’s not special.  But, SD was listening (can you imagine?) when I said a time or two (or a milli

Barnaby’s birthday tent…..
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Our beautiful little grandson turned one last week and rather than buy him toys I thought it would be a lovely idea to make him something special.  Daughter two did a quick trawl of the internet and came up with some lovely tent ideas and when I saw them it was a done deal – one tent coming up! I made this one without any tutorials but since then have found a few of them online which you could use if you want to give it a try.  This beautiful Ikea Kid’s fabric was in my stash and was perfect for the occasion – just remember that if you have an obvious pattern you will need to cut the fabric in half and sew it so the animals or print are facing up on both sides! Seriously, kids cannot seem to resist a tent or hidey-hole and this will make the little ones in your life extremely happy.  Because the sides are adjustable, it can fit in a narrow space or over a bed or be set at its full width or the size of the front and back – if you make these.  I know how much our

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Pfingsten & Potato Prints
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Pfingsten – a.k.a. Pentecost – is a public holiday in Germany. It’s our third of three days off on May, which pretty makes May the best month ever to be in Germany. So today we’re taking it easy. If the weather cooperates, we may go outside for a walk or something. Our normal Sunday Tatort viewing with friends is taking place today instead, so that’s what we’ll be doing this evening. Barbecuing with friends and watching Tatort. I thankfully had the foresight to buy some sausages for that on Saturday, since you can’t buy meat on Sundays and all the grocery stores are closed today. Those of you on facebook and instagram have already seen these, but I made some potato stamp prints to hang above the fish tank. Ever since I saw this idea on the Woman’s Day blog (via pinterest), I’ve been dying to try this project. So while Tobias was gone last week, I had a lot of free time and finally decided to make this happen. I’m so glad I did

Knitting Techniques and Terminology: Tension Squares
Notes from Craft Land

To ensure that your knitting project looks its best and when completed it’s the right size, you should work a tension square before you begin any projects or patterns. All knitting patterns state the correct tension that you need to work to, as do all ball bands that come wrapped around yarn when you purchase it. These guidelines will tell you: what size needles you need for the wool / pattern, how many stitches to cast on how many rows to work what kind of stitch to work the tension square in If you find that you have more stitches than advised, your knitting is too tight and you should work on the next needle size up. If you find that you do not have enough stitches, your knitting is too loose and you should work on the next needle size down. If you need to change the size of the needles you are working with, you need to repeat the square again to ensure that the tension matches the guidelines.  When it does, you are ready to begin your knitting project.

On Display Monday Link Party #3
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It’s time for another On Display Monday link party! But first, let’s not forget this week’s features! While I enjoyed each and every project, I had to narrow it down to a few. Thank you to everyone who linked up! DIY Wood Sign Using Your Printer – Upcycled Treasures I love this easy, no wait transfer technique! I’m all about instant gratification and little patience! 99 cent Upscaled Tote Bag – Cupcakes and Crinoline Who knew avocado skins make such a pretty pink dye? I’m going to have to start saving some skins. They are my absolute favorite fruit! I want to take this bag with me on my next trip to the library! Lovely Panties Made From Old T-shirts – Serger PepperA great combination of practical and upcycled! I mean, come on, we all wear them! (I hope..) If you’ve been featured, make sure to grab the feature button from the sidebar! Don’t forget to follow along on Facebook, Pinterest, and Google+ where all the features will b

Yum… It Smells Like Pie!
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Last year around pumpkin season I baked the best pumpkin pie ever! I used a Cinderella pumpkin, why is it called that? Well that’s the pumpkin’s nickname, it’s actually called a Rouge, for it’s color. People call it by it’s common name, Cinderella, because they resemble the pumpkin that Cinderella’s fairy godmother transformed into a carriage.  Besides baking Cinderellas are commonly bought for decorations, their deep red color brings the feeling a fall, when you look at it.  These are good to use in pies because of their rich, thick flesh is moist and custard-like with a sweet flavor. To start off with baking these pumpkins first you will need to … wash and cut down the middle or the pumpkin, after you do that you have to take out all of the seeds. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and place your half’s on to the pan. Make sure you put the cut side down on a baking sheet (you can use two if you need too).  Poke the skin side with a fork i

St. Patrick’s Day Arts And Crafts Projects
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As opposed to making irreparable mistakes with miscalculations, over-hammering and jagged saws, work with an expert closet manufacturer. A professional cabinet manufacturer is specially trained to take your suggestion and show it into a gorgeous and working collection of cupboards for your cooking area and/or washrooms.Lutyens never suit with any type of one institution of design so his design is very much his very own, though several of his job was motivated by the Arts and crafts Movement of the late 19th century. His passion in algebraic ins and out, along with visual puns made individuals take notice. Interestingly, his furnishings layouts are the least well-known of his oeuvre. This is due in large part to the small volumes in which his developments were generated.The Power Rangers are still a pressure to be considered in the toy market as well.Power Rangers playsetshave been readily available considering that the initial series, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, debuted in August

Pillar Of Fire And Of Cloud
Crafting The Word Of God

God never abandoned the Israelites in the dessert and in the same way God does not abandon His children. Through this story the kiddos will learn that God is always with His children guiding them and protecting them. Download PDF I have included flame templates in case you do not wish to use the tissue paper.

A knitter’s problem
Knit It Out

Ok, I have a problem. I like to knit, period. And the problem is… I’m lazy to finish, block it, make it look good, seam, etc… So that results in a bunch of almost there knitted pieces around my house. I have a dpns case to be felted and finished, a purse that needs to be blocked, seamed and have a handle attached to it, a baby sweater that needs to be blocked to look a bit better (my baby is wearing it already cause I got too lazy to block it!). What else? I think that’s all, for now. Am I the only one? I get addicted to the act of knitting, so much that when I bind off, I kinda leave it there and go crazy on casting something else on!! I guess I have a second problem. I also tend to come up with a thousand projects at the same time and usually stick to one at a time…sometimes two. So I have a few on going projects like a shrug, a men’s sweater (which I’m on it 24/7), and in between I get to try other quick things like flowers, heart shapes, so

Knitting Left Handed
Confessions of a Left-Hand Knitter

I know it has been a long time since I have posted updates on my various project, but I wanted to focus on the process of knitting. This post will be about knitting left-handed and different ways of knitting. I will be updating on my various projects over the next couple days. Last night, I was you-tubing and looking at knitting stuff, such as the Russian Join, which is awesome (if I can pull it off). Here is a video for the Russian Join technique, of connecting a new ball of yarn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O5ZcSVWCMc What lead me to look up left-handed knitting videos was the lady in the above video, seemed familiar with previous searches of left-hand knitting haters; however, it was not her, but then I stumbled across videos for knitting through the back loop or Ktbl and realized that not only do I knit left-handed but also I knit through the back loop (ARGH!!!!!) Seriously… I still get the same results, but now I am all types of backwards. Here is a video of the techniqu