Blog Party Sunday - Show Us What You're Making

Welcome to our Blog Party Sunday. We would love to have you show us what you are making.

You are allowed to add 3 links to your shops or your blog.

The rules are simple:
1. Follow our blog
2. Handmade items only.
3. You may list up to 3 items each week.
4. Family friendly items only.

The success of this link party depends on the participants so spread the word to your friends, visit the shops,  post about it on your  blog, in a forum or on your favorite social networking site, grab the button and put it on your blog or website.
Just click on the Add Your Link button below and add your items.
And if you would like to add a link to the party you can grab this button below.

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An InLinkz Link-up

Today's Featured Shop - jojobean designs

May is National Scrapbooking Month and to celebrate I'll be sharing some great paper crafting shops all month long. Today's featured shop is Jojobean Designs.

Jojobean Designs specializes in plantable seed paper and earth-loving party goods.

Here are a few featured items...

Ombre Pom Pom Cake/Cupcake Toppers/Picks

Plantable Seed Paper Place Cards

 

Round Scallop Gift Tags - Plantable Paper

 

Chalkboard Sticker Labels

 Thank you for joining us today and be sure to stop by and visit Jojobean Designs.

Witches Stiches – Bears

I have been on vacation so I don’t have any craft this week, but I do have an idea. We spent the past 4 days at the beach, (yeah me), on the way home we stopped at a few antique shops. I bought some very cute vintage doll dresses and slips. After I bought them, was trying to think what I would make to put them on. I thought bears would be great, then I thought no, then yes…anyway...let me digress a bit first.

Years ago I made bears all the time and as much as I liked the end result, I hated working with fur. Every time I made a bear it looked like a cat exploded in my studio. I was over the bear making for quite some time. I have now decided to make a few again and dress them in the vintage doll dresses I bought, but I am not going to use fur. No more picking it out of the seams for me. I am going to use other fabrics and see what happens. I want them to look worn, torn and well loved. I thought I would use warm and natural cotton quilt batting, or maybe old feed sacks I have.

I will be back next week with a tutorial on how I made the bear, unless it come out really bad. LOL

Until then I made a pintrest board for some inspiration.

http://www.pinterest.com/faithconroy/primitive-bears/

Take a look and I will talk with you next week.

Faith

Handmade Spotlight - Celebrate Summer

The Old Farmhouse Gathering (ofg) etsy team is have a Summer Celebration. The shops that are participating have added new handmade summer themed items. To see everything, visit etsy.com and search with the letters SCOFG. Below is a sampling of what they're offering. You can get a better look at these items by CLICKING HERE.

Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Bringing The Outside In With Decorating

I am sure everyone is busy getting the gardens and flowers all planted and the grill ready to go, but let's not forget about the inside of your home and bringing in the summer decor. To get your home ready for summer you can bring furniture and fixtures that normally you would think of having them outside into your home. 

Here are a few ideas to help bring the outside in your home. :)


Wrought iron can be used to create a garden or cottage theme space inside. This bench would be great with a nice ocean theme cushion on it and you could sit it right by the front door. That is if you have room there. :) Aardvark Antiques on Etsy has this available. 

Then there is wicker. I love wicker furniture. I think it is so neat and clean and vintage. It is always good inside and out and it cleans so easy too. These two chairs from Vintage Home Goods are absolutely gorgeous! I would love to have them in my house. 

You can bring in some racks and outdoor plant stands too; they are just as functional and attractive indoors as they are outdoors. ForgetMeNotsCottage has this adorable tricycle planter. You can use this indoors or outdoors. I think it is so cute. :)

Pillows always dress up the decor and if you are wanting to have that summery, beach, sunshine look try these pillows. This one is fromFradetFineArt....

And this one is from SeemsToMe23.....

I can't decide which one I like best.....hmmmm.......guess I like them both. 

So as you can see there are many ways to decorate your home in a summer theme. These are just a few ideas, but there are many, many more. The ideas are endless! Have fun!

Happy Decorating!

Colleen :)

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