"No, what I love best", Lotte said "Is when I'm asleep in my bed, and the Angel of Music sings songs in my head" Christine Daae, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of The Opera Cue the organ overture and chandelier crash. I've loved the costumes from The Phantom of The Opera ever since I saw… Continue reading Making Christine’s Dressing Gown For Under $10
"It was red and yellow and green and brown and blue!" - Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Today I wanted to share the super cute pincushion I made to sit on top of my button jar. You could also put sewing notions in the jar to create an on-the-go sewing kit. It could also be a kids first sewing kit. You could even let your kids help with this, this a great… Continue reading Mason Jar Pincushion
Today I wanted to share a project that I've wanted to do for a few years now: a temperature quilt. What is a temperature quilt, you may ask? Temperature projects have been a thing in the yarn craft world for a few years. It's a simple concept, you knit or crochet a row each day… Continue reading Planning 2020 Temperature Quilt
I recently finished these small microfiber cloths for a local Montessori classroom. These were a really quick (30 min for all 4) and inexpensive make, so I thought I'd share the easy method I used to make them. Finished size is 8x8 inches All you need is: a 16x16 inch microfiber cleaning cloth (I used… Continue reading DIY Montessori Polishing Cloths
Today I thought I'd show you how to make these super quick and reusable produce bags. One bag took me about 30 minutes from start to finish. To make these bags even more environmentally friendly, these are made from an old unbleached cotton sheet and used (clean) shoelaces that my sisters had leftover from re-lacing… Continue reading Environmentally Friendly Produce Bags
In July we were busy with our community theater's production of Cinderella. My younger sister Karina, was Liz the lizard. I was cast last minute (10 days before the first performance) as an extra village person. Since it was a small production we didn't have a costume designer, so everyone was pretty much in charge… Continue reading Lizard Costume
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