I just wanted to let you know:I’ll be posting the pattern in the pm… no big important reason except that I lost track of time and it’s midnight and I need to work all day tomorrow at my “real” job. So I’ll finish it up and post it in the […]

I just wanted to let you all know I’m having a summer sale in the shop! Buy 1, get the 2nd half off!This counts for all regular priced kits, handmade items, and reclaimed craft leftovers.Just choose “other” as the payment method and I will send you a revised invoice. Oh […]

I just wanted to let you all know that I’m going to be participating in a panel discussion at the BlogHer conference in Chicago on Saturday, July 28th @ 1:30-2:45. You should totally come check it out. The other panel members are Kathy Cano Murillo the Crafty Chica, Natalie Zee […]

Okay so today is the one year anniversary of Craft Leftovers! Woo hoo to sticking to something for more than a week! As I hinted at before, I’m going to have a contest and pass out some prizes for the winners! Basically scraps are the bane of my existence. Try […]

I will add the link in the original post as well. But I just wanted to let you know that I finished correcting the Honey Bunny pattern. Most of the errors were more along the lines of “this would be better phased like this,” but some were just dead wrong […]

Well, I was able to get two new travel tissue covers in the shop, and there are still a hole lot of great kits available from last week. So go check it out. Unfortunately, I’m having a bit of a medical emergency with the two ferrets. Edited in: After Vet […]

“TerraCycle is looking for a creative use for bottle caps. As a part of our production process, we collect hundreds of thousands of soda bottles per year, many of which include a bottle cap. Over the years, we’ve collected quite a few. Help us find a use for these bottle […]

There are lots of new items up in the shop. A whole lot of new kits for travel tissue covers, a couple for pencil clutches, lots of reclaimed buttons, and heatable lavender pillows! Quite a few people have asked if I could offer this for the human compainions of our […]

Alright, I’ve been looking at things and in the future and past that this week is over and still no shop update (mostly due to spending all of my time trying to get through 10 loads of laundry, I am such a filth). Okay so here is the plan. I […]

Felicia of Fluffy Flowers creates the most adorable creatures that are whimsical and creative. You can see her day to day musings over at her blog, or check out her shop, which she just updated with a ton of cute stuff. I really like the way she writes stories for […]

These littles ladies are made from recycled fabrics and completely custom! The artist, Hetty Rose, says “I am a freelance footwear designer and maker. I have a conceptual collection of handmade shoes created using recycled fabrics, mainly Japanese kimono fabrics, with reclaimed wooden heels.All products are made to order, embracing […]

I saw this over at etsy and fell in love. I’m not sure what her name is other than rust chic, but you can see this and other cuffs from salvaged materials in her etsy shop Bayou Salvage. She also has a blog called Thrifting in Oblivion that’s pretty neat. […]

I’m such a dork. I saw this forever ago and didn’t think to mention it. But now, they have extended the deadline to July 16th! Check out the details here. They have some super cool prizes!

Here is a great project that I came across over at CRAFTzine: I love what they are doing over on Tree Hugger with plastic bags, not to mention a list of how to use them as a raw material. And over at Magpie and Cake, they’ve made a whole quilt […]

I saw these over at CRAFTzine and thought they were super amazing and thought you might too. You can read about how it was made, all from stuff on hand, over at Whimsy Inc. And this is pretty cool too. A neat way to avoid all those photo albums and […]

Heather has a great idea for using those bits of soap for sewing. Her site is really amazing all around. Check it out here.

Look what was done with all of those leftover fabric strips from making a quilt over at Craftlog! Deffinately spruces up any gift.

What a great way to use up those little bits! This was sent to me by Kristi, she’s a pretty swanky cat, and her name is spelled like mine, sans the N. You can find other pictures of this little project over here on livejournal. She also sent me a […]