Kidz Korner - Pinecone Owl or Hedgehog

Nikki at Whimsy Love blog has the cutest DIY fall project for your kids to do. Great opportunity to take them on a nature walk to gather up some pinecones for these fun crafts. For the complete instructions, click on the photo above.

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Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Free Calculator For Quilters

So for all the quilters out there do you struggle with trying to figure out how many strips of fabric to cut to get the number of blocks that you need for the quilt you are making? Well if you do......look what I found.....a free calculator for figuring this out. Check out Block Central to see the calculator's that they have. Could save you some "calculating" time. :)

Happy quilting!

Have a great week!

Colleen :)

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No Sew Pumpkin Pillow

Fall is right around the corner and it's time to start thinking about changing your decor. Ann of On Sutton Place shares a tutorial to create this No Sew Pumpkin Pillow. For the complete instructions, simply click on the photo above.

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Handmade Spotlight - Harvest Blessings

Harvest Blessings

Some beautiful harvest creations from some of the talented artisans of the OFG team...

Primitive Handwoven Long & Skinny Basket, Storage Basket, Gathering Basket, Prim Decor, Mantel Basket, Buffet Basket, Harvest Basket 1803ohiofarmbaskets $45.00	3 Large Primitive Acorn Melts-Hand poured-Scented-Fall,Harvest,Autumn,Holidays winter Christmas Bowl fillers -OFG TEAM harvestmoonprims $3.75
SALE! pdf Primitive Nook Thanksgiving Fall Harvest Cornucopia E-pattern OFG Team FAAP Team primitivenook $7.00	Large Gourd bunch with Corncob is made with my large dipper gourds, organically grown corn and a few sprigs of sweet annie crowsnestprimitive $29.50
Harvest Fall Wreath, Autumn Door Wreath, Thanksgiving Wreath, Front Door Wreath, Sunflower Wreaths for Fall, Country Decor, Pumpkin Wreath TheWreathShed $143.00	Primitive Hand Stitched Fall Pillow, Harvest, Pumpkin, Moon valleyprimitives $12.95
Harvest Blessings Sign, Autumn Wall Hanging, Seasonal Decoration, Pumpkin Plaque, Tole Painting, Hand Painted kathleenmelville1 $22.00	Completed Cross Stitch Primitive Crow & Pumpkin Harvest Cupboard Tuck Pillow Stitchcrafts $18.00
Fall Harvest Labels Thanksgiving Vintage Digital Download Primitive Prim Style Gift Tags DIY Image Illustration Clip Art Collage Sheet chocolaterabbit $2.50	Early Settlers Harvest Pumpkin, Harvest, Pumpkin, Fall, Autumn, Halloween, Ofg, Faap, Hafair, Dub YorkiesPrimitives $15.95
Fall Harvest Pumpkin with Crow and Sunflower Wallhanging, OFG, FAAP PeppercornPrimitives $20.95	Rustic Black Pumpkin, Primitive Halloween Pumpkin, Autumn Harvest Decor, Folk Art Fabric Pumpkin, Made in the USA PrairiePrimitives $25.00
Sweet Fall Primitive Harvest Scarecrow Boy Male cloth art doll MorningMistDesigns $55.00	Pumpkin Harvest Wool Applique PATTERN cabincreek $8.50
Primitive Pumpkin Pillow, Wool Felt Pillow, Applique Pumpkin Pillow, Fall Pillow, Crow, Autumn Decor, Shelf Sitter Pillow, Prim Pillow SuesAkornShop $12.00	Scarecrow Doll - Albert - 18" Tall MROriginals $41.99

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Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Back To School Recycled

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but around here school started this week. Wow what a short summer! They seem to just get shorter and shorter don't they. 

A tradition of going back to school is the back to school shopping. And from what I remember it can be quite an expedition! LOL! :)  Being that said.....I was thinking of what back to school items could be found in the "recyled" world so I went to Etsy to give it a look and thought I would share a few items I found over there.....


First all girls need a new bag for school so how about this recycled denim jean bag that Sisoibags has. Pretty neat way to recycle those old worn out jeans. 

I know that a lot of the school work is done on computers and iPads, but sometime you need just an old fashioned notebook and Pinoodles has this one that is made with recycled paper which is always a good thing. 

So....do they still use pen and pencils? Shows you how long I have been out of the back to school arena. Ha!Ha!. :)  Well if they do how about using this recycled pencil bag from jool. I like the camouflage fabric this is made from.  

Ok...enough nostalgia......on to the modern....I know just about everyone has an iPad for school (or at least my grandkids do) so here is a great idea for a cover for that iPad from a recycled product that Rebound Designs has. I guess if you don't have the encyclopedia you can at least have the cover. :)

I was kind of amazed at the amount of different recycled items I found that had to do with school. I am sure there are lots of them and this is just showing you a few. 

Hope all the kids have a great school year!

Colleen :)

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