One of the main purposes of crafting (the other one is creative outlet & sharing, of course) is making your own of something. An original, one-of-a-kind something. This is why I’ve never liked scrapbooking die-cuts. They’re super cute and can be really useful, but even if it’s a pain in the butt I prefer to […]
simple pattern-making – the Basics
Posted by Tally on January 28, 2011
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straight pins – the Basics
By the time I was about two years old my mother had me trained to crawl around the living room carpet finding stray pins. This was to keep my younger playmate (my parents’ friends’ daughter) Sarah – and, later, my baby brother – from eating them. I was very good at my job. No pins […]
Posted by Tally on January 25, 2011
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fabric garlands – it’s party time!
Guess what? It’s been a whole year!!! That’s right, a year ago I began blogging, shouting into the bustle of the internet, waving my arms and hoping to be heard above all the tweets and the porn and the snickering over at 4-Chan and the sound of puppies being cute and of kittens reducing people […]
Posted by Tally on January 21, 2011
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Perilous Myr plushie – bonus post
On the heels of welcoming in 2011, this blog has come up on one year old (celebratory post to come). I’ve got many exciting plans for the blog and for my crafting in general during the coming year, but for a moment I’d like to reflect on how much can be learned in 12 months […]
Posted by Tally on January 17, 2011
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paper airplane mobile – decorative storage
I’ve discovered another magical feature of the city I live in: multidirectional wind. It has the stupendous ability to blow in every direction at once, such that you are always facing head-first into it. I just biked across town in said wind, cursing extravagantly and vowing (impossibly) to do things to the wind which my […]
Posted by Tally on January 15, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/01/paper-airplane-mobile-decorative-storage/
split-eared finger puppets
I like critters. Real ones, imaginary ones, critters with one eye and critters with two; all kinds of critters. Over the past few months I’ve acquired all kinds of new skills for making my own critters, and this week I opened up a new Etsy store (Tally’s Bestiary) to house the menagerie I’ve created. In […]
Posted by Tally on January 8, 2011
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classy top hat… made from paper
New Year’s Eve is more fun with a little snazz, and most of us have too many fancy dresses that get shown off far too infrequently. But how to distinguish yourself from all the other ladies in red satin or black chiffon? And how to do it for cheap, since the Christmas season is already […]
Posted by Tally on December 31, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/12/paper-top-hat/