Craft Leftovers

Okay, so I have this other project going on and I thought I would tell you a bit about it. It’s called Green Prairie Fibers. It started out with me playing with natural dyes, which soon became an obsession. I started dyeing more than I could knit and so, I […]

Nikkishell from over at SewGreen posted this great tutorial on how to make your own house slippers out of an old wool blanket. I’m sure it could be applied to an old felted up sweater too! Go check it out! I saw it on TreeHugger.

Okay so sorry about the delay in the pattern download for the hook clutch. I exceeded my bandwidth! Well, you all exceeded my bandwidth! It’s being fixed now and everything should be a-okay soon. I’ve been storing the patterns on the domain space www.craftleftovers.com so you can just click to […]

Hey folks!Okay, updates finished for now. Horay! I’ve added kits for the summer knit head wrap and some more for pencil clutches. See you all later! Have a good night and keep it crafty!

The title says it all, more kits in the shop, go check it out. I’ll be adding more tomorrow and I’ll post images then. Have a good night!

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 […]