I’m currently training for the Boston Marathon, which means a whole lot of running, working out and gym going. Dirty shoes gross me out, especially if they’re touching other clean things. I’ve been wanting to make a few shoe bags for a while and I found a great tutorial on Betz White’s blog that was [...]
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holiday table dressing
Posted in Dining, Serving & Entertaining, Holiday Fun, Repurposed Clothing, tagged holiday dining table, holiday table dressings, holiday table settings, scarf as a table runner on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are many simple ways to dress up your dining table for the holidays. Though, some can become large, intrusive and overall gaudy. Ours is very simple mostly because our kitchen table is so, so tiny, but using what we’ve done you can definitely add to it if you have a larger table. I draped [...]
kaitlin’s trendy flower pins
Posted in Fabric Leftovers, Fashion Finds, Repurposed Clothing, tagged fabric brooches, fabric flower pins, guest blogger on March 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kaitlin is our guest blogger today, and not only is she a fabulous writer she’s bringing us an awesome project while still being frugal and re-purposing a few items. Check out her post below: As a trendy girl of twenty-five, I find that most of my paycheck regrettably still goes to fashion. I love clothes, [...]
sweater made coffee cup sleeves
Posted in Fabric Leftovers, Repurposed Clothing, tagged cardboard cup cozie, coffee cozie, repurposed sweater, reuseable coffee cup sleeve, sweater sleeve projects on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re back with some re-purposed sweater projects! My sister Hayley handed over a great sweater to me when a hole bust in it. She knew I could use it for something so she saved it for me. I know I’ll find many ways to re-purpose it, but the first thing I did was make a [...]
shrunken sweater = new laptop sleeve
Posted in Repurposed Clothing, tagged DIY laptop sleeve, how to make a laptop case, old sweater uses on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ooooookay, we are back. Apologies for the lack of posts. That great vacation we were on…not so great. We were both brutally ill and are just now getting our energy back. Thanks for your patience though! Anyway, what do you get when you have a new wool sweater for your husband and a wife who’s [...]