How to Make a Super-Simple Recycled Quilt
31 commentsOne trip to the thrift store should yield all the supplies you need to make a warm quilt: two pretty sheets and a blanket. And the making couldn't be easier.
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How to Make a Woven Scrap Journal
16 commentsBuild a simple cardboard weaving loom, and raid your stash for yarn and fabric to weave up a journal cover. Fill it with pages from your recycling bin, and you have a useful blank book that costs nothing to make.
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How to Make Easy Two-Bead Earrings
14 commentsHoliday gift countdown: 5 days. If you have a stash of jewelry-making supplies, or time for a quick run to the craft store, you can easily make up some pairs of these cute earrings!
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Extreme Paper: The Long, Dark Road to a Bright Idea
24 commentsA total of 765 discrete pieces of paper, 10 feet of dental floss, 15 glue sticks, 6 ounces of white craft glue, and hours of trial and error eventually culminate in a frothy bagatelle just right for a holiday window.
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Wedding Invitations
5 commentsHere are some invitations I made for my cousin's and brother's wedding. They are hand drawn, and photoshopped. The corazon and half of a border in black pen and ink ...
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Round Tiered Picture Centerpiece
1 commentThis is a centerpiece I did for a friend's wedding. I have a tutorial on my blog if you would like to make it or something similar. It was fairly cheap to make, especially since I found most of the...
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Made It: My 19th-Century-Inspired Wedding Gown
18 commentsHere are some photos from my wedding day. I'm trying to find a better picture; hopefully someone else got a better angle!
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How to Make Simple White Paper Flowers
30 commentsThese elegant flowers look like a million but cost only pennies to make. A careful choice of materials and attention to creating graceful shapes combine to make this my favorite paper centerpiece.
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How to Make Perfect Paper Daisies
57 commentsThese cheery blossoms are a breeze to make and, best of all, they never wilt or need watering.
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How to Crochet a Bead and Wire Bracelet
17 commentsThis three-strand beaded bracelet is easy to make, even if you have no crochet experience!
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Sun-Printed Wedding Invitations
9 commentsThis spring, I made my own wedding invitations using cyanotype (aka sun print) paper. Each invitation turned out to be unique.
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Video: Make a Basic Bead Dangle
4 commentsI made this video to show my favorite technique for creating embellishments, earrings, or pendants using wire and beads.
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How to Make a Basic Bead Dangle
Here is an easy to follow video tutorial based on a wrapped loop technique from my book Bead Simple. I used this simple step for the Wedding Ring Pendant.
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Make a Pendant out of Your Wedding Ring
6 commentsHere's how to turn a wedding ring (or any ring) into a pretty pendant. I've made an easy-to-follow video tutorial in the companion post so that you can learn how to make the center-bead dangle, using a wrapped-loop technique.
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Crochet Wedding Ring Pillow
8 commentsI made this ring pillow for my son's wedding. The crochet square is sewn on to a satin pillow, and it is decorated with a fabric flower and some ribbon.
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DIY Wedding
Find ideas to create the ultimate DIY Wedding and to help plan any showers and parties this spring.


















