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Give Thanks Projects

November 4, 2013Crafts, Fall, For the Home, Patterns, Quotes, Thanksgiving, TutorialsAttitude of Gratitude quote, charger plate with gratitude quote, charger plates, Crafts for the home, Give Thanks Banner, give thanks craft projects, how to make a stenciled pillow, how to make a vinyl stencil, how to make an envelope pillow cover, how to make your own pillow forms, making your own pillow forms from bed pillows, pillow forms, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving crafts, tutorial on how to make a stenciled pillow, vinyl lettering, vinyl patternRita

Today I have some of the projects from our craft retreat earlier this fall. We did some fun projects and these are the ones that were done for Autumn and Thanksgiving. I have tons of decorations for Halloween and not so many for Thanksgiving, so I was glad to be able to make these that are for the Thanksgiving season. I think that sometimes we just overlook Thanksgiving and our minds just go straight to Christmas. I know I tend to do that, but I love that fact that we have a holiday to show our Thanks! We all need to look around us at all the blessings that we have and stop and acknowledge them! So, here are a couple of projects that will help you to remember to “Give Thanks!”

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Halloween Soup Can Surprise!

October 17, 2013Candy, Crafts, Gift ideas, Halloween, Printables, TutorialsCandy, craft, flip top cans, free printables, Halloween candy surprise, Halloween candy surprise can, Halloween cans, Halloween craft, Halloween gift idea, Halloween soup can labels, Halloween soup can surprise, how to gift candy, how to gift Halloween candy, how to make a Halloween flip top can, how to make a surprise can, how to make a surprise flip top can, no tricks all treats label, soup can labels, tutorialRita

I cannot believe that October is already more than half over! Where does the time go???

Today for my Thursday’s Thought, I decided to make these fun Halloween Soup Can labels, instead of a thought, I don’t think that anyone will mind… right?

I am sure that you have probably seen this idea before but they are such a fun idea for kids, grandkids, co-workers, visiting teaching, neighbors or to BOO your friends!

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“Fall” Letters

October 16, 2013Crafts, Fall, Tutorialscrafts, easy way to paint wood letters, fall, fall letters, fall wood letters, how to decorate wood letters, how to paint wood letters, tutorial, tutorial on how to mod podge on wood letters, tutorial on how to paint wood lettersRita

This is a post that I shared a couple of weeks ago over at “I Should Be Mopping the Floor” and wanted to share it with you today!

I have a little project that will help you celebrate this beautiful time of the year. I love this project because it is one that you can leave out on your kitchen table, a fireplace mantel or a shelf for several months. It does not need to come down with the Halloween decorations and can stay clear through Thanksgiving!

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Easy Chevron Halloween Quilt

October 8, 2013Halloween, Patterns, Quilts, Sewing, Tutorialschevron quilt, chevron quilt sewn on the diagonal, halloween, Halloween chevron quilt, how to make a chevron quilt, pieced Halloween quilt, pieced quilt, quilting, quilts, sewing, tutorial to make chevron quiltRita

Here is one of the quilts that I have been working on this past couple of weeks!

I was a little bit worried about how this quilt would really turn out because I bought some of the fabric at a quilt show that I went to and after getting part way done with sewing the quilt, I realized that I had only gotten 1/2 as much fabric as what I needed! So I went to my fabric stash and got enough to sew about 3/4 of the quilt and then I had to go buy the rest of the fabric! So this is really a mismatched quilt, but I actually like how it turned out!

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Halloween Owls

September 24, 2013Crafts, Fall, Halloween, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorialscraft, fall craft, free pattern, free pattern for Halloween owls, halloween, Halloween craft, Halloween owls, how to make Halloween owls, Owl craft, pattern, sewing, tutorial, tutorial on how to make Halloween owlsRita

Today I have the pattern and tutorial on how to make these darling owls! My friend Kathy, came up with this idea for our craft retreat and they all turned out soo cute! Thanks Kathy! She has given me permission to share with you today so let’s get started!

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Fabric Monogram Wreath

September 20, 2013Crafts, Decorating, Fall, Flowers and Garden, Halloween, Tutorialscrafts, decorating, decorating for fall, fabric monogram wreath, fall, flowers, Halloween wreath, how to arrange flowers on a wreath, how to make a fabric monogram, how to make a Halloween wreath, how to make your own monograms, tutorialRita

I shared this project a couple of weeks ago over at “I Should Be Mopping the Floor”, but wanted to share it with all of my readers in case you missed it over there.

I have a super fun little project today. It is this darling fabric monogram wreath just in time for your Halloween crafting and decorating! This is sooo easy to make, but it looks like it took a great deal of time and effort!

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Exercise Belt

August 23, 2013Sewing, Tutorialsexercise belt, how to make an exercise belt, how to sew an exercise belt, running belt, sewing, tutorial, tutorial on making an exercise beltRita

I go in spurts when it comes to exercise, sometimes I love it and I am very dedicated and sometimes I just don’t have the energy or desire to do it. I have been more in the “no-energy, no-motivation” mood lately and I have decided that it is time to get re-dedicated again! The weather is starting to cool down just a bit now and I really do enjoy being outside to exercise. My father-in-law came across a women’s bike and asked if I wanted it, I decided that might just be the thing to get me started again! So I told him yes and I have been riding it and have quite enjoyed my rides. I am going to add biking, now along with my walking, to see if I can’t get a little bit more motivated.

I love to listen to my music when I exercise but I do not have an arm band for my phone, so I usually just end up sticking it in my bra! (gross, I know!) :(

But, I came across a tutorial the other day on how to make a Running Belt and decided to give it a try!

This works perfect!

I can put my phone, my keys, ID, a little change or whatever I need to carry in it and I am hands-free! I am loving it!

I did not do a tutorial on how to make this because there is such a good one here at “The Sewing Rabbit” She has great instructions and details along with wonderful pictures on how to make your own exercise belt! Be sure to check it out if you were like me and putting your phone where it probably should not be! :) You might just need to make your own too!

It only takes 1/4 yard of spandex material, a 7″ zipper and some fold over elastic. I have never used the fold over elastic before, but found it at JoAnn’s ( they have several different colors and patterns) It is kind of fun to use!

Well, I guess I am off to exercise!

Have a great weekend! Love Ya!

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Fun Sling Bag with Duck Tape®

August 21, 2013Crafts, Educational, Sponsored Post, Tutorialscraft, duck tape book mark, duck tape covered pencil, duck tape crafts, duck tape flowers, Duck Tape project, Duck Tape sling bag, how to make a duck tape sling bag, how to make a sling bag, how to make duck tape flowers, sponsored post, tutorialRita

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart. All opinions are 100% mine.

I have a cute idea for back to school! It is this sling bag with matching notebook, pencil, and bookmark!

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Sewing Skirts-Girls Sleepover

August 12, 2013Family, Fashion, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorialseasy skirt to sew, fashion, fun little girls sleepover, how to sew a skirt, how to sew an easy skirt, sewing, simple skirt pattern, skirt with folded hem, skirt with matching shirt, tutorial on how to sew a skirtRita

Last week I had three of my granddaughters for a sleepover!

One of them had been asking me when I was going to teach her how to sew, so I decided that I had better get on the ball and get it done before school starts again.

We had a sewing… fingernail painting…lots of eating… tea party… fashion show… and dancing party!

To start of the evening we had dinner first, then we went right to work making these skirts:

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Cupboard Makeover

August 6, 2013Decorating, For the Home, Tutorialschalk paint, chalk paint recipe, cupboard makeover, cupboard redo, decorating, furniture makeover, home decor, home decor idea, how to make chalk paint, painting furnitureRita

I really enjoy doing furniture makeovers but I don’t do a lot of them because my house if full of furniture and I really don’t have room to put a lot more furniture pieces in my house. But I have had this little cupboard for years and when I moved some things around this summer, I saw this cupboard in a whole new light and just had to do a little makeover on it! This cupboard used to be in my scrapbook store and held all of our class samples in it, on it, and hanging from it, so it has been put to good use! I also wanted to try my hand at making my own chalk paint, so this was a great excuse to try it out.

I am loving how it turned out:

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