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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info. Thanks!Continuing on from this post, here's more of the adventures of Elvie the Elf, the "Elf on a Shelf" that lives in the breakroom at work.After climbing down from the tree, again, Elvie decided to rearrange the ornaments.Here, Elvie is teaching the importance of eating plenty of fruits and vegetables.

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!Need a quick and lovely gift to bring to Christmas dinner or just because?Try these Poinsettia Ornaments.I made them a couple years ago as Christmas presents. They are beautiful and can be changed up easily depending on what supplies you have available. Materials

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out our disclosures page for more info. Thanks! This is Elvie, my little "elf on a shelf". I found her at an local antique mall. She is from the Elves Behavin' Badly brand (you can buy them here on Amazon for a good price). She has been staying in the breakroom at work for the last couple of holiday seasons. Here's a few of her

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I know Halloween was about a week ago, and I should have shared this earlier. But, things happen.Never mind that, here is the costume I made for one of my ball jointed dolls, specifically for Hikaru. It is made from the black satin and sparkly black tulle I bought recently (see Craft Haul: Quick Trip to SAS). I shared it on my doll blog as part of a Fashion Show, and yes, it is as cute as it

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!Halloween is less than a week away and I needed a costume. Time for a little thrift store magic. Or should I call it formal dress hacking? It's one of my favorite techniques, especially for those "I have no ideal what I was to be for Halloween" moments.I take an old cast off dress, and

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!I needed just a few supplies for some upcoming crafts. So I stopped by SAS in Tempe, Arizona for the first in what felt like years. Of course, the day I chose had to be one of the few days in Arizona that we got a major storm. I still managed to get my purchases home dry. I can't say

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While editing a recent post, I noticed the thumbnail of a much older post that really caught my eye.It was for this post from 2012 about my New Year's resolutions.This photo says so much.It's a photo of my old craft and sewing space at it's absolute worse. Such chaos, but I absolutely love it.Looking through it all, I can remember so much. For almost every item in this picture, I can remember

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!My latest sewing project is doll clothes.Yes, more doll clothes. The perfect tiny project for sewing on the go, as long as you don't mind random parents and grandparents asking you questions about who you are making them for, many assume I'm sewing for a kid.Anyway, I made a simple

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! Today, I am sharing a tutorial for a quick and easy use for fabric scraps, making brooches.So, dig up your cutest scrap fabrics and let's get started.Scrap Rosette BroochesMaterials needed:Colorful fabric scraps, about 5-6 inches long preferably.Pinking ShearsFelt scraps, or felt sheets if

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! After far too long of an absence, here's a fun and easy craft tutorial.  Lucky Cat Beaded CharmsI got the idea for these charms sometime after finding these cute cat bead at JoAnn's, but that was before they closed up. Sigh...Don't worry, I found similarly cute kitty beads here at

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 As the title says, it's been awhile since I've last posted. But in my last post (many years ago) I said I would pop up to give updates. So here I am with a long overdue visit. Some things I have been working on is a couple of stores on Zazzle, a fun little print on demand company.  I created a new shop to go with my maze blog (Simply Mazes), so everyone can purchase cute

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  It’s Saturday!!  Time for another blog hop.But first, a special announcement.I’m sad to say that this will be the last Saturday Shuffle blog hop.  Some of you may have noticed my blogs have been really quiet lately except for the blog hop which I’ve kept going all these months because I wanted to so, so much.  But, I’ve realised there are many other things in my life right

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!So a few months ago I bought a new much smaller laptop computer to use for blogging on the go.  It’s this one from Lenovo, my niece has the same one for school. I just needed a cute case for it, and why buy one when I can sew my own?  This case is actually just a simple zippered

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This post contains affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! I cut it really close for this next craft project, but at least they are finished.  Just in time for Halloween. Doll sized Halloween costumes.I got my 1/6 scale ball jointed dolls all ready for Halloween.  Or should I say they got themselves ready?  Check out the doll blog to see

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It took way too long, but I finally finished the first project on my craft list.  A Halloween costume. Does anyone remember this dress?  I made it two years ago around Halloween along with a couple of other accessories.  The accessories turned it into a cute fairy costume.Sometimes great costumes can come from simple things, and I will show you how again with this dress. I had

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Just finished my last craft project list a few days ago, so time for the next one.  This one is special for two reasons.  First, it’s much longer than my last few lists.  Almost twice a long.And second, it includes more than one holiday.  I have combined this project list with my Christmas craft list for this year.  It seemed best because I don’t have much to make this

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!Finally, the last project on my list.  A pretty tea set. I wanted another cute little porcelain tea set for my dolls and stuff.  You used to be able to find them at most dollar stores.  Sadly that’s not the case anymore.  So, I did the next best thing. I got a plastic set

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!After way, way too much time away, I finely have gotten around to posting my next project.  More doll clothes! One of my ball jointed dolls has been long overdue for a new outfit.  I had visions of pink and navy blue in my head, so I made this cute and classic set.  There’s a

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!The next project on my craft list is a practical one, but still cute and with a tutorial too! I needed a new tote bag to lug around my stuff on weekends.  One that was sturdy, wouldn’t stain easily, and of course would look cute.  So, I picked out two different fabrics and came up

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!As promised yesterday, here’s the next project on my craft list.  But first, let me share something new and wonderful. My Nintendo 2DS XL.I got it (on sale!) about two months ago, and it’s been entertaining (and distracting) me ever since. I originally was

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!The next project on my craft list is another makeover, this time for an umbrella.I found myself having to replace my umbrella, again.  This time I decided to invest in one I was sure would last awhile before breaking on me. I got this Totes stick umbrella, which was a little more than

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks!For the first project on my new craft list, I decided to fix a storage problem in a pretty way. I have made a ton of cute headbands overs the years to go with pretty outfits.  The problem with having all these nice hair things is storing them so they don’t get tangled up in a heap like

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As promised, here is my new list.Craft Project List #443 piece outfitHolderFirst aid casesUmbrellaTea setToteSix projects, and I intend to have them all done by September.  Wish me luck.

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This post may contain affiliate links, please check out my disclosures page for more info.  Thanks! Later than planned, but here is the last project on my craft list.  Finally. Some time ago, I found a package of small bonnet style straw hats at Bookman’s.  They were only 50 cents! I bought them thinking I could make pretty bonnets for my ball jointed dolls, until I tried

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I said a couple days later, but here’s the next craft project a couple weeks later. :( Anyway, I found this cute pair of pink pajama pants at a thrift store for only $1, score! They have this cute Mickey and Minnie mouse print.The problem was that not only were they too big, but I found them too warm to wear here in Arizona.  I prefer to wear shorts for sleeping.That’s an easy thing to do,

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