Sunday afternoons should look like this: a glass of red wine, a relaxing craft project and dinner in the slow cooker, steaming up the windows and making the neighbours drool at the smell winding through the building. Sadly, the view from the couch where I sit with my glass of wine and crafting looks awfully […]
All posts in category Ornaments
banana birds – blanket stitching & inside-out seams
Posted by Tally on January 16, 2012
http://tallystreasury.com/2012/01/banana-birds-blanket-stitching-inside-out-seams/
needle felted eyeballs
My eye doctor (wanting me to see the benefit of glasses despite only needing a corrective lens for one eye) always used to tell me that “two eyes are better than one.” Well Dr. Pohl, I was listening. And if two eyes are better than one, than three, four, five or six eyes must surely […]
Posted by Tally on October 21, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/10/needle-felted-eyeballs/
braided paper bracelets and bookmarks
Braiding, according to some random and unverifiable website I saw once, is a task with “Ancient World Origins,” practiced around the world and probably dating back ages and ages and signifying different things in different cultures and maybe even linked to way old-school deities. I’d look this stuff up properly, but I had a super […]
Posted by Tally on August 13, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/08/braided-paper-bracelets-and-bookmarks/
wet felted Easter eggs
This weekend welcomes yet another celebration of overpriced sugar extravagances and goofy plastic decorations. That is to say, it’s another federal holiday. Apart from hitting up the post-Easter chocolate sales, I plan to spend some time hanging out with family and eating too much. I was also planning to do a bunch of Easter crafting […]
Posted by Tally on April 22, 2011
http://tallystreasury.com/2011/04/wet-felted-easter-eggs/
paper ornaments – it’s Magic!
My friends and I have been playing a lot of Magic over the last few months. For those who don’t know, it’s a highly addictive fantasy-world card game that encourages you to buy way too many bits of beautifully decorated, heavyweight paper. Ie: cards. Not only have we all been buying a lot of cards, […]
Posted by Tally on December 17, 2010
http://tallystreasury.com/2010/12/paper-ornaments-its-magic/
alternatives to pumpkin carving
There’s nothing to get you in the Halloween spirit like stabbing a knife into a nice juicy pumpkin and sinking your hands into those stringy, gooey innards. Pumpkin carving was a strong tradition at our house growing up, and my brother and I would sometimes spend an hour sketching out the best possible jack-o-lantern design […]
Posted by Tally on October 30, 2010
http://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/alternatives-to-pumpkin-carving/
paper pumpkins
Now that we’re halfway through October it truly is the season of creepy dolls and intricately mutilated gourds. I’m not usually big on decorating, except at Christmas, because there just isn’t room in our place. (Where does Martha Stewart keep all her gold plated pine cones, swan feather wreaths and foil-wrapped heart garlands in the […]
Posted by Tally on October 15, 2010
http://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/paper-pumpkins/