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Hi there! {waves} Today’s Saturday Craft is a spin-off of stretching fabric over embroidery hoops. And it involves paint :] My painted craft was inspired by two of my favorite colors: teal and pink. One wall in my studio is a collage of embroidery hoops stretched with fabric. I thought it would be fun to [...]
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Styling my hair is something that’s taken me years to figure out. There are a lot of great products out there but what seems to be “the secret” is how much I apply, how I apply these products, and in which order. Sounds crazy, but if you have curly hair you understand :] My hair [...]
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As a gal that sews, I have {or used to have} a lot of empty spools of thread. At first it was a cute, *little* collection. Then it outgrew the basket I was keeping my empty spools in. Then I had to start throwing new empty spools away for fear of becoming a hoarder. I’m [...]
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Hello, Saturday — it’s time to get your craft on! :] Today I’ve got two CUTE projects for you to make using one {easy} tutorial >> finger knitting. It takes about 10 minutes to master and has a materials list of two items: yarn & scissors. + Project #1: Create a knit necklace to wear. [...]
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Two years ago I was learning how to sew in a zipper to make a pouch and I was failing! failing! failing! at understanding how to do it. If you know me in real life {hi, mom!}, you can probably guess I was thinking to myself “why?”, “where?”, and “…what?!” the entire time. Thank goodness [...]
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For weeks now {probably even months}, I’ve been writing little notes here & there with ideas, projects, tips, goals and dreams for me and the biz. More recently I decided it’s time to stop creating lists and to-do’s that scatter a half dozen journals and sticky notes >> I need them to be in one [...]
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*** I love tutorials because they give me such great inspiration to turn a project into something Gussy-like. I originally was inspired by a fabric-covered embroidery hoop tutorial by my blog friend Emily. She does the most darling projects, and this embroidery hoop project was featured on Apartment Therapy’s ohdeeoh site :] Yeow, go Em! [...]
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I’m so excited! This is my very first ever Gussy tutorial! yeow! Are you ready? OK, good. Me too :] I have had this yellow purse for a few years now — maybe 3 or 4 {back when we were dating}. Zack gave it to me for my birthday and I loooove it tons. There [...]
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