Crafting

Thrifty finds, vintage treasures, and an embroidery hoop

February 19, 2012
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Remember my vintage ornament display from Christmas? Well, after taking the ornaments and nativity scene down, I was left with this. Beautiful, right?  Not really.  I let it sit until last week because I just couldn’t decide what to do on this wall.  I finally decided to use a combination of upcycled thrift store finds, [...]

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Ugly Mirror Makeover Tutorial

February 6, 2012
mirror makeover

Have I mentioned that I love a good thrift store?  It’s like a treasure hunt, except that most of the time I am hunting for ugly things that I can turn into treasures.  It’s kind of exciting, the thrill of the hunt.  I even snuck away to Goodwill the other day while my entire family [...]

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Brightening things up

January 29, 2012
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The weather has been so nice lately that we have been keeping the back door open during the day.  I love going out and standing in the backyard just to feel the sun on my face.  Before it gets too hot, I thought that now would be the perfect time to start on the painting [...]

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Organizing my craft closet with thrift store finds

January 23, 2012
thrift store finds

Ok, so you already know that I am a piler, not an organizer.  But since I have declared 2012 “the year of organization” (not really, I just made that up), I decided to jump right in.  My first project was one that was staring me in the face every day.  My crafting closet was literally [...]

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Last chance to buy from joemomma in 2011

December 18, 2011

Today is the final day to order from my Etsy shop! Get 40% off with the coupon code “Christmas40″. One thing you should know about the way that I craft is that I hardly ever make the same thing twice. So if you see something you like, you should buy it because I probably won’t [...]

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How to make holiday simmering spices

December 11, 2011
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Christmas brings with it some wonderful smells.  The aromas of cookies baking, gingerbread cooling, hot cider simmering.  They bring with them a warm and cozy feeling that you just can’t get any other time of year. One simple way to fill your house with the scent of the holidays is to make a pot of [...]

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Isn’t that Pinteresting?

December 7, 2011
vintage ornament display

Have you checked out Pinterest yet? If not, let me know and I will send you an invite. It’s my new favorite spot to find inspiration for crafting, recipes, style, home decor and more! I wanted to share a few Pinterest-inspired successes from the past week. I have a set of vintage ornaments that I [...]

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The Handmade Gift Exchange – Merry Christmas Emmalie!

November 29, 2011
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Did you ever have a pen pal growing up?  I remember having a few, and I loved sending and getting letters and gifts in the mail from a new friend from across the country.  That’s why I thought the handmade gift exchange sounded like so much fun. The Handmade Gift Exchange is set up by [...]

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Recycled T-Shirt Necklace

October 18, 2011
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I can’t seem to get enough of the upcycled t-shirt necklaces and scarves floating around Pinterest lately. Sometimes I find myself getting so lost in the looking and pinning and oohing and aahing, that I forget to actually get down to crafting! So last weekend, I took a shirt that I had been saving for [...]

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Will you help us kick cancer?

October 13, 2011
Vintage Leather Boot

For the past year, I have been raising money for cancer research (read about my inspiration here). First I lunged, then I opened the Cancer Kicker Etsy shop. Because I can’t lunge again this year (my bulging disks probably wouldn’t appreciate 5000 lunges), I want to really finish this year with a bang in the [...]

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