Valentines Day Crafts: lolly pop cards for friends.

My little one had a great time making butter flies for her friends using the template found at Skip To My Lou. It is hard to tell in this picture however My daughter coloured pictures and wrote the name of her friends on the card then we added some antennae to the butterflies instead of eyes since there was no need for glue this way.

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Reusable Cotton Mak-Uup Pads...Tutorial

Make Your Own Cotton Make-Up Removal Pads A Tutorial I have been a a de stashing kick lately and one of the things I have a lot of bits of is cotton yarn. I recently renovated my Master bathroom and as a result I have been trying to de clutter and one thing I figured I could get ride of is the cotton pads and balls from under the sink (by using them) and replace them with a single set of reusable cotton pads that will a small jar on my counter and in doing so also save me some money by keeping me form buying more single use cotton pads in the future. As I was making my little circles I took some photos to share the process with you. Step 1 Create a magic circle and cast on 6 Step 2 Close the Magic Circle Step 3 Chain one, 2 Single Crochet in each Single crochet and slip stich to close Step 4 Chain 2, 2 Double Crochet in each single crochet and slip stitch. Step 5 With Darning needle sew in the loose ends Step 6 Clip remaining ends Repeat as needed.

Repurpose Fabric for my Daughters room

This past week was a week for re-purposing some fabric to add some touches to her room. earlier in the week she asked me for a garbage can.. and while I had a few plain white ones kicking around that was just not going to do for her room so following the instructions to make the Crayon Holder I made last week, I covered an old garbage can that was not being used with a receiving blanket that was also no longer being used. then to help her keep the bag in her garbage and add a little decoration I made a band That I had seen earlier in the week, the flower is the same one I make for the flower hats earlier this year. DD's Trash can for her used Tissues! she quickly filled it by pretending to blow her nose! lol! Then another project I had been meaning to do was make something out of my daughters out grown favourite shirt, I had a little fabric left over from the reviving blanket so I used that to back a pillow made from her favourite t-shirt so now she can sleep with i

Patch Your Jeans with Flair ...

This week I patched some of my Jeans that had some holes in the knees I dont know why but I seem to wear out the left knee. The Tutorial is now up.

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