When I was a kid growing up in the Midwest, each November my American friends would ask me why I was wearing a red flower on my coat. Canadians pretty much blend right in south of the 49th parallel, given enough time, but you can sometimes pick them out by looking for a few weird […]
felt poppies for Remembrance Day
Posted by Tally on November 5, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/11/felt-poppies-for-remembrance-day/
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
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/alternatives-to-pumpkin-carving/
quick and easy fairy wings
Halloween approaches, and with it the stress of finding a costume that doesn’t make you look like a stripper on her way to Fantasy Land. (Y’know, beyond the fact that they’re totally skanky, has it occurred to anyone that those costumes would be f***ing cold?!) Fairy costumes are super easy to put together because all […]
Posted by Tally on October 22, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/quick-and-easy-fairy-wings/
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
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/paper-pumpkins/
personalized felt journal
I do this online crafting thing on swap-bot.com, a site where people trade snail mail, much of it handmade and crafty. It’s a gathering place for people who have too much free time (so not me) and/or a problematic crafting addition (hand goes up), and who feel an inexplicable compulsion to keep the tragedy known […]
Posted by Tally on October 9, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/personalized-felt-journal/
t-shirt mod – sleeveless scalloped style
Let’s do another sleeveless t-shirt mod, before the weather gets so cold that even I can’t pretend sleeveless is seasonally appropriate. I bought this charming piece from Sam Logan, the Vancouver-based artist behind the webcomic Sam & Fuzzy. (He has some truly wonderful t-shirts, understatedly geeky and entirely awesome.) I told him when I bought […]
Posted by Tally on October 2, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/10/t-shirt-mod-sleeveless-scalloped-style/
sew your own skinny jeans
Today I’m going to explain the very simple process of turning normal jeans into skinny jeans. The obvious question is, of course, why would you want to? Skinny jeans look good on girls under the age of 12 and girls who look like they’re under the age of 12. And that’s pretty much it. Oddly […]
Posted by Tally on September 24, 2010
https://tallystreasury.com/2010/09/sew-your-own-skinny-jeans/