baby jar pin cushion

Hello! Wow, it is so hot again here. We had some nice weather recently but now it is sticky and muggy again. And it didn't help that I had some chores and cleaning to do.

Gosh, there are like a million ga-zillion things to look at online about sewing and projects and what not. I don't know where to start sometimes. It's fun to just sit and stalk everyone's cute creations but after about 2 hours I feel guilty that I haven't done anything productive!

Finally I decided to make a pin cushion since I have these cheap-y pins I bought years ago that are kind of small and can get lost so easily. And I still have some left over baby food jars. Yes, my youngest is now 6 so I've had these jars for quite a few years but I knew I'd use them one day. Plus the little ones are so cute I didn't want to toss them out.

So here is my first pin cushion. I added some cute hat pins I've had a while too just to look pretty. And I was so happy when I discovered that some of my favorite papers are actually available as fabric! What? Isn't that amazing? Well, maybe you guys already knew that. This particular fabric is Doodlebug! I love Doodlebug paper pads so to find the prints in fabric was just so exciting to me. I bought this particular one from an Etsy store called Uberstitch.

Here's a different view. I painted the jar cover white and then just added some stuffing to a piece of fabric and sewed it closed by hand. It looks like a mushroom but I think it's cute.

Thanks so much for visiting!

nuts and bolts

Hello! Today I'll be sharing the last amigurumi I made during my crochet frenzy. I haven't been crocheting much recently except for this one little project I'm kind of procrastinating with. I really do love this last one because I think it came out really cute. This is a little crocheted robot designed by Bubblegum Belles . You can find the pattern HERE . Sometimes I purchase the patterns especially if they are really cute. But a lot of designers do list their patterns for free too on their blogs so I always check to see if they have a blog or not. It's also important to read their pattern listing too if you are purchasing to see whether they are for personal use or also for commercial use. Here is a different view of him. Happy that he is able to sit on his bottom. I actually cut out 2 felt hearts using a heart die, blanket stitched them together, and then hot glued the heart to the robot. I tried stitching one h...

Snowman gift card holder

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My Mind's Eye and Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop!!

Hello! Welcome to another Perfect Paper Crafting blog hop ! Today, the Perfect Paper Crafting Design Team will be featuring projects with My Mind's Eye products. There is a $50 gift certificate to the Perfect Paper Crafting online store available to one lucky person who comments on all the blogs along the hop. My Mind's Eye is also giving away their Happy Haunting collection. You have until Friday, November 1st at 12:00 AM PST to leave your comments. Good Luck! It's a short hop list this time around! Perfect Paper Crafting & Laura My Mind's Eye Pam Jenny Eva (Me!) Roxie Recently, I saw these layering tags dies and thought I really wanted those. I love the look of layered tags so I used my Perfect Layers rulers to make some with My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting papers. I have a tag die from Papertrey Ink so I used that as my smaller tag. I glued that tag onto kraft cardstock and used my ruler to cut a 1/8th inch border aro...

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