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Halloween Treat Buckets

Halloween Treat Buckets

Why send the kids out to collect Halloween treats in a tacky plastic pumpkin, when there are more attractive treat containers to be found — like these cheerful reusable buckets in felt or painted metal? Reusable and durable items means that you won’t be shelling out for new treat containers, year after year. And when [...]

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Waterrose Does Embroidery on Felt Cuffs

Waterrose Does Embroidery on Felt Cuffs

The crafter known as Waterrose and I met online fairly recently (over at BenBarden‘s place, I think). The embroidery felt cuffs she sells in her online craft shop grabbed me right away! So of course I roped her in here to tell a bit about how she got started with her unique craft — and [...]

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Potted Pots

Potted Pots

Now here’s the perfect potted plant for those of us who can’t seem to manage to take care of a single houseplant! Terracotta pots… in a terracotta pot! I cringe to say this — truly, I do — but this actually came by way of the oh-so-twee Growing Gifts application on Facebook. But if someone [...]

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What I Did On March Break

What I Did On March Break

Arts and Crafts This was a spur-of-the-moment craft project, instigated by my young friend Kelly (who was spending March break with her grandmother, our next-door neighbour) and carried out on a stormy evening when our other entertainment options were limited. Remember the Bendy Holdy Wondervase? If you’ve got a pair of them, you’ve got great [...]

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The Etsy Craft Sale Advantage

The Etsy Craft Sale Advantage

There are oodles of places to buy and sell your own stuff online, sure… Right off the top, even my Great-Aunt Luddite could toss off the names of eBay, Craiglist, maybe even a few of the many crafty e-shops and consortiums that are now too numerous to mention, and that’s not even beginning to count [...]

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