You needed one more reason to DO IT NOW!
(I know I am a day earlie,but I just found out and I am a little too excited not to share!)
xoxo~Deborahthecraft
We all love a good ne'ked lady party, this is what I think Id like to do with my latest grab bag:
What have you done with your greatest latest NLP steal or thrifted clothing item?
What are your favorit sites for upcyclable clothing?
I am looking forward to this magazine from Tunton!
And this book!
MORRRReee! Please! I cant get enough of it it "seams" ;)
And of course dear Carrie always inspires!
Until next time,
deborahthecraft AKA ChicCosas
So,not so sure this is safe but Instructables user created a tutu for making snowglobes from.... lightbulbs! Of course we've been re-using baby food jars for years but what other things have you come up with uses for for used up lightbulbs?Not many I am sure!
What did you creativly re-use or re-purpose for decorating or gift-giving this season?
Does this count as a Tiny Choice?
If you like high style-love Anthropologie looking catalogs or photos then you'll love mis Amigas:
Tamar one very talenented lady and recently posted some examples of her work...of course Ive always loved her and she finaly got her props in Cookie magazine! Oh and she sells her pretty handiwork,but hey. The rest of us already knew crafty chicks rock! And her styling is to die for.
My especial gal pal Kayte Terry has the most awesome book ever. Ive been waiting to post about it because I wanted to show off the projects I made from it.Alas I dont have a camera to sport the pics so....she is my other favorit stylist in the whole wide world-en serio!
The Book The Blog The Site
I of course could say so much more about both but I am pretty sure you'll have more fun exploring!
Besitos!
~DeborahtheCraft
Lots of giveaways,free patterns,lovely generational recipies freely shared... Its my favorite time of year.
Menu For Hope via Kayln's Kitchen
Local Celeb Jane M "This Week For Dinner" Pro Flowers Happy Holidays giveaway!
Sew Mama Sew links to fabulouse things to make,gifts for everyone on your list!!!
Wee Wonderfuls Elves,Teddy,piggy,kitty,bunny,paper dolls...
What are you making,eating,gifting,sharing?Where are you visitng,apriciating,loving?What are you listening to enjoying remembering?
Happiest of Holidays to you all!
~DeborahTheCraft
After 26 years of passionately serving the beading community, The Bead Shop is closing at the end of August. The decision to close did not come easily. Vendors have chosen to go directly to beaders and many beaders enjoy the selection and pricing online and at gem shows. It's understandable; the marketplace is changing. Maintaining a full-service bead store in the midst of this shift has become impossible for us.
Please support your instructors by signing up for classes. We have room in all of our classes through August. This is a perfect time to learn and also check in with your favorite instructor or meet a new one.
Come in and help us pay the bills! We are having a
HUGE STOREWIDE SALE!
50% off beads, clasps, and thread!
50% off base metal chain!
35% off tools, findings, and wire!
35% off jewelry and all the rest!
So, come in or go online and tell us your bead shop story. We would love to hear them. And, thank you for so many years of support. I am so proud of all the employees, instructors, students and customers who have contributed to our success. We have learned together, shared our passion for beading with each other and grown as artists. I have seen so many of you find your creative voices, a new hobby and/or a career in beading. It's just awesome! I promise to keep in touch through beadshop.com and post cards.
Please be well and support the other bead stores on the peninsula and east bay. Beadshop.com is not closing, so visit us online! We will be adding new goodies everyday.
Warmest regards and hugs,
Janice"
You know ya wanna too!
eat the marbles. We have tons of brids and dragonflys with wingspans of no less than 6"!!! It will make for beautiful photos I am sure!
Happy 4th of July!
xoxo Deborahthecraft AKA ChicCosas
Happy 4th of July!
xoxo Deborahthecraft AKA ChicCosas
And Tie One On apron theme this time around is gingham! Can you stand it?
xoxo~Deborahthecraft AKA ChicCosas
Hello!
Long timey, no bloggie! Apologies to all but I have an exciting new venture to tell you about. Many of you know my wonderful boyfriend Vince. But you may not know that he is also crafty. Well, indeed he is!
He has been collecting vintage record albums for years and we have tons of them framed and up on the walls in our apartment. But the collection has grown out of control lately and something needed to be done. So he bought an industrial paper cutter, a binding machine and a case of recycled paper and starting making journals out of them. We shared a booth at a small local craft fair earlier this month and he blew me out of the water! Those journals were flying out of the booth! I helped him set up an etsy shop and Vinyl Frontier was born. Go on and check it out!
www.vinylfrontier.etsy.com
xoxo
Nicole
Xoxo-Deborahthecraft
Ummmm and how much do we love the user/member gallery where they share their projects?This gal re-made her favorit Anthropologie skirt!
XOXo~Deborahthecraft
If you’ve been un-inspired to pick up your scissors, or sit at the sewing machine lately, or get out the painting supplies and finish that ‘one last room’ in the house…how about this for a reason to DIY some home style?
You can win a huge assortment of indie-home-dec: that’s motivation to me. Free handmade stuff, for my home?Yeah!
The Family Room:
I’m going with navy/brown and white sort of nature feel in the family room. I’m leaving the majority of the room with white walls, the wide slat blinds and four large windows are framed out in wide molding that is white as well and the carpet is sort of non descript builders cream carpeting.
What will take center stage is the humongous fireplace in the room. (I was hoping to show you all this but the computer is still not unpacked! Yikes! I’m writing this from work shhhhh…)I’m planning to paint that wall an almost navy blue, as well as the niche where the TV cabinenet goes. They are on the same side of the room,oposit the windows ,so hopefully it wont seem like a cave.The furniture is all humongous, and brown, and leather but cozy. It’s just that there is nothing in there yet and I am anxious to fill it up.
I think for summer I’ll fill it up with beachy accessories on the mantel…hopefully without making it too theme-y(remember the beach house in Spanglish?), and for the colder months perhaps lots of golds and bronze to warm it up? I want to pile up vintage mirrors and oil paintings on the mantel I think…
This looks like a fun/easy/cheap (As in garage sale fulfilled supplies cheap) DIY! Make your own "coral" :)
xoxo~Deborahthecraft AKA CHICCOSAS
PS congrats to Berit and her new baby Brody! and our sister crafter Susen and baby Pearl,love and stitches!
xoxo~Deborahthecraft AKA CHICCOSAS
PS congrats to Berit and her new baby Brody! and our sister crafter Susen and baby Pearl,love and stitches!
Ive been off in Newhouse Ville and its been a stressful city. I love it though.
Soon I envision whipping out all sorts of lovely pillows and other accents like placemats and dinner napkins (for all those proper dinner parties we are sure to have) with the gorgeous fabric parade I got from StitchCraft recently.
One collection ,('sky' color ways,sort of blue-grays)of the fabrics, is what our master bedroom will be entirely based on.
Serena and beautiful-a little girlie- but mostly spa like since we have a genormous bathroom that attaches to it where I spend at least two evenings a night soaking in the deep tub ,indulging in some form of beverage with too many calories!
I haven’t even unpacked my clothes yet,really just the essentials for the kitchen and and bathrooms and for my daughter,but you know what room is unpacked?The sewing room. I’ve recently discovered garage sales. People sell clothes with the tags still on them! In my size! A perfect guilt free way for me to embellish things(you know,incase I mess something up,then I can pawn it off at my own garage sale without thinking about how much money I spent on the base item)!
You know who is a master embellisher and revamp-eress of clothing? My dear friend Carrie!
XOXO~Deborah
Soon I envision whipping out all sorts of lovely pillows and other accents like placemats and dinner napkins (for all those proper dinner parties we are sure to have) with the gorgeous fabric parade I got from StitchCraft recently.
One collection ,('sky' color ways,sort of blue-grays)of the fabrics, is what our master bedroom will be entirely based on.
Serena and beautiful-a little girlie- but mostly spa like since we have a genormous bathroom that attaches to it where I spend at least two evenings a night soaking in the deep tub ,indulging in some form of beverage with too many calories!
I haven’t even unpacked my clothes yet,really just the essentials for the kitchen and and bathrooms and for my daughter,but you know what room is unpacked?The sewing room. I’ve recently discovered garage sales. People sell clothes with the tags still on them! In my size! A perfect guilt free way for me to embellish things(you know,incase I mess something up,then I can pawn it off at my own garage sale without thinking about how much money I spent on the base item)!
You know who is a master embellisher and revamp-eress of clothing? My dear friend Carrie!
XOXO~Deborah
I am in a total sewing frenzy right now. I totally did not budget my time well over the last week and now it's crunch time. Tons of bags and headbands and makeup bags are all cut and in various states of construction. But nothing in actually FINISHED. OK, back to the the grindstone. But first, I need an ice coffee. Mmmmmm.......sweet elixir of the gods!
xoxo
Nicole
I'm so excited, I wanted to start yesterday, but I'm too busy getting ready for Maker Faire (yay!), and I still need to wait for the organic sheeting I plan to use as the background fabric to arrive from eQuilter. I ordered it Sunday, before the quilt along even officially started. Ditto for choosing some of my fabrics:
There are those who would say that the best part of making quilts from one's scrap pile is using up all those scraps. And they are on to something.
But.
I am here to tell you that the best part of making quilts from MY scrap pile is working along, so completely absorbed in a project that I'm casting aside the leftover fabric without thinking about it. Measure, cut, sew repeat, until it's time to clean off the dining room table, and voila: a pile of prints I never thought to mix, mixing themselves. I never would have come up with this otherwise.
I think I'm getting a hang of this craft thing....
xoxo,
Jennicakes
This weekend is Bazaar Bizarre at the Maker Faire in San Mateo. I will be vending there with the Queen Puff Puff line and sure hope I’ll see you there! I'll be right next to fellow Seamster Jennicakes and the gals from the Sacramento Craft Mafia. And nearby will be 2 of my favorite crafters Cathy of California & Bossa Nova Baby. Yay!
I might be a little glassy eyed as I am frantically sewing my little heart out this week. I forsee lots of coffee in my immediate future! But I will have tons of new items to sell like a new bag that fits a laptop and market shoppers. And of course all of the best selling items like Francie bags and headbands will be available in new prints. Yay!
If you go:
Saturday May 3rd, 10am-6pm
Sunday May 4th, 10am - 5pm
Bazaar Bizarre & Maker Faire SF
San Mateo Fairgrounds
xoxo
Nicole
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