Starina: The Cross Dressing Bear

I recently made a fascinator for my mom’s bear. I used a really tiny piece of felted wool cut in the shape of a circle for the base, a really tiny dogwood flower, and a bit of veiling. I sewed the veiling to the felt and glued on the flower. Then, after all of that [...]

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My cloth dolls

I also used to make Waldorf cloth dolls (dolls that were supposed to be humans instead of mythical creatures) with kits from Joy’s Waldorf Dolls. I was in the middle of working on them when I stopped because I had the attention span of a gnat and the doll was taking too long. : )
I [...]

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Ooh Ooh, Look…Mermaids!

I used to do a lot of sewing and one of the things I used to make were really little cloth mermaids. At first I used the Magic Cabin Mermaid kit but they didn’t feel special because they were so big (I think that dolls are always more enjoyable to make when they’re really small).
So [...]

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My new water clolor set

I am painting now, too. I have wanted to do some painting and drawing for a while now, but I didn’t really have the right supplies (my mom has paints and stuff but I have to own whatever I use), so I went to Michael’s to get watercolors, a sketch book, and charcoal pencils. I then made my first watercolor painting. I was pretty excited ’cause when [...]

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Spring Flowers for my Fascinators

There is a Michael’s craft store about an hour from where I live that has almost everything you could need. This place is pretty cool. Yesterday I was I was in there looking at some silk flowers to put on my Fascinators. When I went in the store I was very sure that I would [...]

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