Hi Everyone:  Thought I would show some great ideas on how to use paper doilies.  Check them out.

Hi Everyone:

Just wanted to let you know that I am started up by blog again.  Sorry I have been gone so long.  Have been concentrating on my Etsy Shop, but now is the time to concentrate on both sites so I can let the my customers and guests know about some of my crafting ideas,  Tutorials and what's new in my Etsy Shop.

I found this great idea for using your tin cans for your craft supplies.  You can find the instructions over at http://oneshetwoshe.com.  All you need are the clean out can, latex paint (blue & white), cut out paper
flowers, and some lace.

Check out this idea for decorating your plastic drawers from craftbyamanda.com website.

Makeover: Plastic Storage Drawers

Rating: 5

What you need:

• Fabric: I used fat quarters
• Decoupage medium
• Plastic storage containers
Americana acrylic paints:
• Whispering Turquoise
• Sea Glass
• Banana Cream
• Melon

What you do:

1. After washing all of my containers, I prepped the fabric with decoupage on some waxed paper. Don’t leave it there too long or the waxed paper will stick! Remove it after about 20 minutes and simply move it to another piece of waxed paper to dry more.
2. While that was drying, I created templates for my drawer fronts using a piece of paper and creasing it along the edges of the drawers. When the fabric was ready, I traced the pattern onto the fabric with a pen and cut the shapes out, cutting right inside the pen lines.
3. Once I lined up the fabric on the drawer front and trimmed anything that needed it, I applied a thin coat of decoupage to the drawer front and to the back of the fabric. Then I placed the fabric onto the drawer front, smoothed it out and applied decoupage over the top.
4. While the drawers were drying, I painted wooden oval shapes with the acrylic paints, each one matching the corresponding drawers. Contrasting the colors would have been cool too! I used a micron pen to write on each oval. With the drawers standing on end, I attached the ovals with white craft glue and allowed them to dry.

There are a lot of items coming into the shop within the next 4 weeks.  Keep an eye out for them.  Here is some them.

Here's how to make tissue paper flowers.  Have fun.

I found this really nice business card holder tutorial over a the craftycupboard.net.  Go to Melanie's site to get the full tutorial.



With the Creative Estates coming up soon (as in, next weekend!), I thought I’d get on the ball and
have something to hold my “business” cards while I am there. 
Here’s how I made mine:
You Need:
2 fabric pieces cut 5 1/2” x 4 1/2” (one will be lining, one the outside. You can do the same fabric for both, or different fabric to mix things up)
2 fabric pieces cut 2 1/2” x 4 1/2”
1 fusible fleece piece cut 5 1/2” x 4 1/2”
Small hair elastic (I used my daughter’s) – not pictured

Look what I have coming into my Etsy shop within the next 3 weeks.

This is so awesome.  Love it!.  Made by my fellow etsy seller beachcomberhome.etsy.com

I found this burlap wreath on TwistedandTwizzle.etsy.com.  I love the large initial on it.  Check it out.