Handmade Stencil and Die Cut Cards

November 1, 2011

I‘ve been spending way too much time shopping and not enough time crafting! I briefly mentioned shopping for stencils and paint for a project but then I became consumed with further researching the discontinued Cricut Create and searching for places to buy the cartridges at a better price. Obsess much? Um yeah…that’s just what I [...]

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See Shani Sew

May 5, 2011

Sew many bags, so little time! I thought I was temporarily retiring my sewing machine in favour building our Pottery Barn inspired media cabinet. Instead, I found myself working on two consecutive sewing projects over the past weekend. (Yes, I know, it’s already Thurday.) Last Saturday I rushed to complete yet another Cosmo Bag by [...]

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Handling Miss Maven

April 11, 2011

Today is my dear friend Angela’s birthday. We’ve known each other since we were children in elementary school. I don’t quite know how to begin to tell you how wonderful she is. Well, let’s start with the fact that she cashed in hard earned Airmiles to fly to Edmonton to visit me while my daughter [...]

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It’s not just a bag…

March 4, 2011

…it’s Prada! (One of my favourite lines from the movie, White Chicks!) So I’ve been a little obsessed with a handbag. Not just any handbag, a handmade handbag and it’s no ordinary bag, it’s a whack load of hard work. I spent two weeks working on this “Cosmo” Bag by Amy Butler. It took me [...]

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