Okay so Jason kicks butt and resolved quite a few issues in a very short time. It is so nice having a tech smart partner. Some things he fixed ::You no longer have to create an account to check out, you can just check out by adding your shipping and […]
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Slow Shop and some kinks
Hi everyone! So I launched the shop, everything was working smoothly… or so I thought. It seems that we are having some issues with the shop site running really really slow. I’m not sure what’s going on. If you have tried to purchase something and been frustrated by the slowness […]
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Good Mail Day: Postal give away and On great mail day!
Monday was an exceptionally great mail day! A bounty of beads and neat fabric from freaking Africa from my buddy Amy (I was lucky enough to meet her while out in California this past summer). Wrapped in this amazing fabric. Aren’t these absolutely amazing! And these too! And these! I […]
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Day 2: Giveaway Winner!
The second gift certificate winner is: Aja of Colorado! Hooray and congratulations! You get $15 to spend in the CL shop on whatever your heart desires, and hopefully your heart desires some crafty goodies :) Now if you haven’t, go check out the new shop and pick yourself out a box set […]
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1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Book Review
I really enjoyed the book 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew by Garth Johnson; it is exactly what it says. With about 4-9 pictures per page it is the largest catalog of creative people I have ever seen. So inspiring! It’s grouped into 6 different categories: paper, collage + […]
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Gift Certificate Winner Day 1!
Hi all! I’m happy to announce that by completely random selection from yesterday’s orders I have a winner! Kelly C. of Texas is the happy holder of a $15 gift certificate to the Craft Leftovers Shop! And she has a year to use it :) So it can even be […]
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Grand Opening Sale!
Hooray it’s here! It’s today! The Winter issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is on sale. Subscriptions are on sale! Box sets of Volume 1 are available! And everything in the new shop is 15% off today and tomorrow (calculated at checkout automatically, no code required). And when you place your […]
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How To: Fabric Covered Wall Panels
Two week ago I moved into my new studio and everything fits wonderfully, but this back wall was killing me. It was too office and not nearly studio enough. I needed color. I wanted paint. I ran though several ideas that were all overly complicated and overly costly. Time for a Redress project! I posted about it two Tuesdays ago and you all came to the rescue and helped me figure out a great way to splash some color around without splashing around cash.
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New Shop, Winter issue of CLM, and new Kits!
Grand Opening Celebration for CraftLeftovers.com/Shop is this Sunday and Monday, November 15th and 16th! Every month over the last year I have been continually wowed by the amount of subscriptions sold and the amount of orders placed. I realized that Craft Leftovers had out grown etsy and artfire. So I […]
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Studio Redress: Burst of Color Before and After
Last week I posted about how the back wall in my new studio was dull and devoid of color. I need color. I need patterns. I need a place to pin stuff too. Thank you for all your ideas for jazzing up the space, I mashed most of them together […]
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Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop
There is nothing I love more than getting together with a bunch of people and make things together. Yesterday my friend Sarah co-hosted an Ames C.art workshop with me and it was a delight! She showed us all how to make these great little stars, how to use circle cutters, […]
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How To: Herb Bundles
Making bundles of herbs to dry is a great way to both use up leftover herbs and use up little scraps of wire and ribbon. Not to mention they are really pretty around the house, smell wonderful, and nicely dried can be wonderfully delicious in any meal. We had quite […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Using up Halloween Candy Leftovers
A proud score of candy the night of Halloween can soon turn into a straggly bowl of the unfavorite candies and chocolates. Or maybe your score so huge you are still overflowing with a bucket full of your favorites. Maybe you bought a ton expecting many tricker treaters and it […]
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Crafty Tree Trimmings: CL approved reading, making, and giving!
I am so excited about Diane’s new ebook! I love that a collaborative project of my favorite craft authors-Susan Beal, Betz White, Kayte Terry, Linda Permann, and Patricia Zapata. This ebook gives you a great selection of 6 types of ornaments to make. Paper, thread, sewn, buttons. And, from my perspective, ornaments are perfect […]
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Moving on in… Welcome to my New Studio
I love how life works. I take the time to really clean up and reorganize my studio and less than a month later move my studio out of the apartment! Which is wonderful, just kind of funny timing. It actually made the move much easier than it would have been […]
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February CLM Submissions: Deadline Extension
Hi there everyone! I just wanted to put up a quick post about the February issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly. I’m going to go ahead and extend the deadline by 1 week to Sunday, November 8th midnight for submission ideas for the Feb issue of CLM. So not finished projects, […]
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Using Leftover Fabric Projects: Roundup
I’m not sure how I missed the Scrap Buster Contest over on Sew, Mama, Sew! in October, but I did! October was a great month tutorials on using up little bits. Here are two of my favorites from the Sew, Mama, Sew contest as well as projects around the web […]
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How To: Cover a coptic bound book
I recently made a book from my favorite papers and envelopes using the codex binding method, but the only thing I had for the cover was some thicker paper. So, the first step in fixing up my book, is giving it a bit more stability.
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Thrift Kitchen Recipe: Chili Again!
I love chili so much! It starts as a nice warm yummy meal in a bowl and ends as chili dogs on buns. Yum yum yum. Last week I made a chili that turned out so delicious. I wasn’t really in the mood for cooking, or for going to the […]
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Apartment Redress: Basket Touch Up
Two weeks ago I posted about the color dilemma with the basket. Dilemma 1: the basket is not a color I like. Dilemma 2: what color to paint it! I decided to go with the yellow over the red. Often, with cheap spray paint (which is what I have), it’s so […]