I know I know, how many of us actually use napkins, especially nice cloth ones? I could get on my soapbox and start talking about using cloth napkins to save paper and reduce garbage, and then I could get on another soap box and talk about proper dinner table etiquette, but we all know that […]
paper napkin rings
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open-ended paper heart box
Ah, Valentines’ Day. The 24-hour span responsible for the greatest number of breakups in the year. A day that drips with soggy Hallmark declarations, bursts with the emotion of panicked last-minute lovers in flower shops, rings with the voices of a million untrustworthy women saying, “No, no, you don’t need to get me anything.” A […]
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a Magical mail delivery – bonus post
Introduction Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while know that I sometimes get unusual calls from my boyfriend when he’s at work. Well today I got another one, but this time it was not tied to a request for me to craft nerdcore jewelry. A Mysterious Package So, Jeremy called me […]
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envelope book
When I was in elementary school I refused to wear skirts. This was for two reasons: 1) I couldn’t hang upside down from the monkey bars in skirts and 2) they never had pockets. To this day, the lack of pockets in women’s clothing annoys me. Oh, I know the reasons for it, but a […]
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Pipe Vault t-shirt dress
Ok y’all, I was going to start out nice and simple with my tutorials on t-shirt dress-making, but where’s the fun in that? Let’s just jump right into the deep end. What’s the worst that could happen? This dress was made from a unisex 2XL t-shirt, specifically the Pipe Vault shirt by Fangamer. (If you […]
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/01/pipe-vault-t-shirt-dress/
new page – The Basics
You may have noticed that I’ve put up a couple of wee little technique tutorials over the past few days. This is to provide links for my new page (there, at the top of the blog) called The Basics. (There is another, much bigger tutorial coming later today for the official weekly update.) There are […]
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