For those that have a serger or overlock machine, it can be a pain to change the thread.  I'd always just use white on whatever I was making, just to avoid having to re-thread the thing. But my little sister, Lynette taught me a trick a while ago that makes it so easy to switch your thread to a new color so it...

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Two of my good friends recently had baby girls, and it was the first girl after boys for both of them.  So I made two little gifts each with a sun bonnet and binky clips. I made Ellaria a sun bonnet earlier this summer using the pattern from Little Betty Designs. This first bonnet I used white eyelet and a big wooden button....

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 You can pop over today to The Train To Crazy and check out my Dino Tail Tutorial if you've not seen it yet and see all the other handmade costume ideas Andrea's hosted! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17358383-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www')...

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Patio Wrap Up   I've been posting a lot about our patio projects from this summer, and thought I'd put them all together in one post. Laying the Rock Patio                 Scrap Bench White Side Table              Whiskey Barrel Side Table Corner Bench from Foot Boards            ...

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I'm wrapping up summer with my last patio project. I bought these blueish green outdoor pillows from Costco and decided they didn't really work with the blue lounger cushion.  So I made some quick envelope pillow covers. Using this basic tutorial for an envelope pillow cover, I had yellow nylon scrap pieces and created the vertical stripes by sewing white broadcloth on top....

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I'm a little shocked to share this news that my Halloween costumes have been featured on Country Living Magazine's online Craft section!!! It's a collection of 16 handmade costumes: Check out my Max here. Ewok here. And for those that may have forgotten about this one for my niece last year,  Hot Rod here and here's my original post if you want more...

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My good friend that I've been close with since I was just a kid has the cutest little boy named Finn.  She'd mentioned a while ago when I made my son his bulldog baby backpack she would like one for her little guy.  Once RJ was 18 months I had him carry his own stuff.  Diapers, wipes, sippy cup, fruit snacks, etc.  It's...

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