I LOVE Tea Rose Home ! And I have been meaning to refashion several things in my wardrobe for a long time, inspired by her tutorials. Well, I finally just did. It is still somewhat a work in progress as I am thinking of adding another row of ruffles but, for now, I like [...]

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Okay, so Petunia’s birthday was two months ago but I’m just now getting around to posting about the reusable birthday banner I made for it. Typical. I’m thinking that celebrating Earth Day with Petunia put the thought in my head about what I do that’s “green” and led me to “Oh yeah, I forgot to [...]

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This is what my 3 1/2 year old daughter said to me a while ago. I have no appropriate pattern for said “dress down to the toes”. If I did, it would probably have long sleeves. It is the dead of summer and hotter than all get-out. So, I set about finding something I could [...]

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The other day I was looking at the sad excuse for a used-to-be-decent Costco couch pillow that currently resides on my big comfy chair in the living room and thought “Good Lord! How have I let this thing reside in my living room for so long in this condition? It needs a cover!” because, of [...]

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