Fred Flare’s Snail Mail Valentines for Charity
Hello, Mitten friends, and welcome to 2009! We all had a relaxing, sugar-filled holiday season and are back on track for a kick-bum-crafty 2009. It seemed like it took only…
Posts Categorized: Inspiration
Last minute holiday crafting :: you still have time!
Beautiful glittery icicles by Bella Dia. Tutorial here. Did you leave your holiday making til now? Guess what? Me too! Luckily there are some great posts around the web with…
Crafty Road Trips Part I: No Coast Craft-o-rama, Handmaidens Craftsmas and Truly
I recently returned from crafty adventures in Minneapolis and Toronto. Dedicated readers of this blog will remember that Minneapolis is dear to my heart — the place where some of…
Beautiful Children’s Blanket by Sweet Juniper
I had planned on making a quilt for Ramona after we were done with her baby clothes (and after finding out whether we needed them for another girl baby), and…
Happy Halloween, makers!
A happy, HAPPY Halloween from us kids here in the Mitten to you, our readers, out there in the blogosphere. We’ve been a little busy here in the D getting…
DIY Wedding cake topper
My friends Rachael and Josh recently got married. Rachael made this cute felt wedding cake topper for their cookie cake and I just have to share it. It really looks…
Crafters and cupcakes go hand in hand?
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time. It started with the thought I had one day at Joann after I saw this: Granted, this…
Vintage sewing commercials
What can I say, I’ve got vintage on the brain! And I’m glued to my computer today: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pn5K_Up_qI[/youtube] Make sure your husband approves your purchase… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVSC3JiD3J8[/youtube] Sewing… it’s like the…
Vintage wallpaper pins and magnets
Beth starting making these Michigan wood pins and cork magnets from vintage wallpaper for Green Street Fair last spring and we’ve been selling them ever since. I just love this photo and had…
iPod Halloween costumes
Sometimes it’s VERY hard to decide what you’re going to be for Halloween. Realizing I needed a costume for our Craft-O-Ween event last weekend, I decided to go with what…