Purple is my daughter’s favourite colour (and my second favourite) so I tend to gravitate towards making a lot of things with purple materials.  Of course, then, I tend not to be able to keep them because my daughter claims them for her own. Recently I have been experimenting with Heidi Borchers’ painting technique the [...]

For this project, I once again used some of the items that were sent in the package from www.dollarstorecrafts.com ‘s Super Secret Stashbusting Challenge in April as well as some items from my own stash.  I’m so proud of the fact that I didn’t have to go out and purchase anything for the project and [...]

Here’s something special I made for a friend’s birthday.  His dad died in the fall and he and his dad were very close so I tried to create a little tribute for him.  I used pictures and a favourite poem of his father’s that he recalls his dad reciting to him. I used the gel [...]

When I saw the pink onesie included in my envelope from www.dollarstorecrafts.com ‘s Super Secret Stashbusting Challenge, I knew that I could cut it up and use the fabric to make some things but it seemed to be in perfect condition and I just couldn’t bear to do that.  As I looked at some of [...]

Yes, yes I know that April is over but I’m still plugging away on the rest of the items in the www.dollarstorecrafts.com ‘s Super Secret Stashbusting Challenge envelope.  When I saw the pretty super thick, super soft fluffy yarn scraps in the envelope, I knew I wanted to try making it into another water bottle [...]