Experimental Friendship Bracelet

I picked up some glass seed beads today and started experimenting with adding them to a knotted friendship bracelet. I wasn’t adding them in any particular pattern; just trying out different ways of knotting the threads around them. I ended up with so many…

Orange T-Shirt Skirt

Sometime last year my husband went to an event for work and came home with two large orange promotional t-shirts. I knew neither of us would wear them, but I hung onto them with the idea that someday I’d make something from them. That…

Friendship Bracelets

I finally got the kids in bed after a day that felt like it would just never end, and then I had to come up with a project. I knew I wanted to do something with my hands that didn’t need too much input…

Black Paisley Purse

I made another one of these purses today. It’s the sixth one of these I’ve made, and I’m getting better and faster at it – not to say that I didn’t make a few mistakes, but nothing fatal. I learned something new today too…

A Pretty Pink Purse

My daughter asked me to make her a purse from the pattern I used last month for Christmas gifts. I found the bag pattern via Pinterest from the blog Very Purple Person and I love it, its so simple and versatile. Its reversible, so Viv…