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How to Make Wet Felted Easter Eggs

Two years ago, when I first started getting serious about this blog, I shared a tutorial on how to make Felted Easter Eggs from wool.

Yikes! Did you see it?? The tutorial itself is pretty good and accurate but the photos?? Ick! Anyhoo, I decided to felt up some new Easter Eggs to show you how pretty these felted Easter Eggs can be (and how much better my photos are now??).

See?

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13+ Shawl Patterns for Knit & Crochet

13+ (Mostly Free) Shawl Patterns for Knit & Crochet

Spring is almost here again (Yay!) and with the warm days and cool nights, it’s the perfect time of year to ditch the heavy coat and grab a knit or crochet shawl. I don’t have the patience for long, drawn out projects so knitting a shawl or wrap is perfect for me. Just grab the great big needles and chunky yarn and you’ll have a finished knit…

15 Smart Home Organization & Storage Ideas

And, here we are again …. a whole new year to do the wonderful things you’ve always wanted to do. Why is it so much easier to envision a new life with the turn of the calendar? Why not start something new and exciting in May or September?

People make all kinds of resolutions for the new year from losing weight to quitting smoking and one that always makes the top of the list is to become more…

A Mind is like a Parachute …

“A Mind is like a Parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.” ~ Frank Zappa

In this social media world, we know more about each other than we ever have before. If you’re on Facebook or Twitter, you pretty much know your friends’ political affiliation, movie preferences and even what they eat for dinner, right? You see the clothes they wear and the people they hang out with. Privacy is just not…

DIY Foaming Hand Soap Recipe

Who loves to save money? I know I do! I also love making my own beauty products which can be somewhat complicated but there is nothing easier than making your very own foaming hand soap. Rather than spending $4 or $5 per soap bottle, this basic recipe costs as little as 15 cents per bottle! You can fancy it up with fragrance and color and still come out way ahead of the game!

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Yarn of the Month! Bird of Paradise

Introducing ….. the new Yarn of the Month – Bird of Paradise!

I’m super excited to bring you my very first Yarn of the Month!! Each month, I will dye up a new colorway on some yummy skeins of yarn. At first, I thought about going with the obvious colors for each calendar month but that’s just boring … green for March. Nah! I’m in the mood for tropical so this month, the colorway is called Bird…