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    Charms, beads and quilts, oh my!

    March 2, 2008 - By 

    After nearly a week of no arts or crafts I was starting to go through withdrawals.

    There has been quite a bit of chatter on the Yahoo groups I belong to about charms lately. I made these since ones today from some MahJong tiles I had laying around.
    My only question is: Do I have these in the proper direction?

    The next item I played around with was some more paper beads. I had used up almost all I had made before. They are so simple and very addictive to make. Now I really want to make some smaller ones. I’m thinking if I get some coffee stirring straws, they’ll be thin enough to make some small beads on.

    I have also started cutting fabric for a quilt. I’ve made an all flannel quilt using this pattern but this time I am planning on doing flannel on one side and denim on the other. Today in celebration of a 16lb weight loss…I cut up 3 pairs of jeans to put to good use in the quilt!

    UPDATE: 26LB WEIGHT LOSS NOW!!!

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    BookArtz house swap

    August 7, 2007 - By 


    I’m over half way through making all my little houses for the chunky book swap I’m participating in on BookArtz.

    The little house measures 3 inches wide by 7 inches tall. The little chimney is one of my handmade paper beads.

    8/10/07 UPDATE:

    I finished all 34 of my little houses! I’m proud of the fact that I didn’t buy anything to do this swap. It was a self-challenge. I’ve been spending too much on supplies lately so I decided I wasn’t going to participate unless I could do it VERY INEXPENSIVELY. I used cereal and cracker boxes as my substrate, painted pages torn from a book I altered…I used bits and pieces and scraps for everything. I guess you’d say that glue, paint and UTEE for the paper beads I had to pay for but that is from long ago so I wouldn’t really count that.