How many of you have made cutoffs you wished were cuter? Well here you go! Measure your jeans to the desired length, add 4″ and cut off.  It’s ok if there is a whole in the knee, 3″ will be folded up as a cuff so just make sure it’s within the cuff area that [...]

to old ratty jeans!  I mean really we all want to extend the life of our kids clothes, right!?!!?  They wear them out so fast, especially when we are buying them half worn out already! tehehehe. Today what we did was take a pair of old jeans, and cut them off…. Pretty easy, of course…..But [...]

My kids got these great lightweight backpacks for free from their summer school program. They are not very attractive though, and every other kid at school will be carrying the same backpack! So, I thought it would be fun to try some embellishments!For the first one, I tried adding a monogram. I just found a [...]

I have always been a big supporter of going green and recycling. I remember when I was in the fifth grade our Science teacher took us to McDonald’s so we could protest their use of Styrofoam containers for their big macs! So, yes, that seed was planted early! My kids are also big into recycling…they [...]

Here is my baby quilt to donate to the Quilts for Kids Charity.  I was really excited by the challenge to use my stash and scraps to make something cute. This one is made all out of scraps except the green border. The floral is leftover from a dress I made myself (ten years ago), [...]

Paper or Plastic? How about neither. It takes as much petroleum to make 14 plastic bags as it does to drive a car one mile. These grocery bags are made from rescued T-Shirts. They are similar in size and shape to your average plastic grocery bag and can be used anywhere! They are quite durable, [...]

“…You know that I LOVE You! I Can’t Help Myself, I love you and nobody else!…” Oh yeah! Honey Buns are great! They are the little sister to the Jelly Roll…a sweet little package of one and a half inch strips.  All from one line. All coordinated! Endless possibilities! Today I have two fun projects [...]