Kokar in Guide for the Good

Hi!

Kokar/Wooca hats featured today at our local Guide for the Good, that features environmentally friendly local business/artists.

From phone case to needle case

Hi!

Sorry all, I have been so busy with work and business that I hardly have time to come here , oh nooooo, so bad :(

But I decoded that I will save one day a week to post my crafty makings.

Today: My new needle case from an iphone case that I love and won't use any longer, as I have an iphone 6 for a while now.

Very easy, you all!

Just cut some felt to fit and use hot glue...well, this is it!
Linking up to:
Sew Can Do
The Life of Jennifer Dawn
Hope Studios
The DIY Dreamer
Sugar Bee Crafts
Coffee with Us 3

Practical and Thrifty Crochet Hooks Storage

Hi!

I love crochet and making hat it is my small craft business, but I have always struggled on  how to store and carry all my needles and hooks.

I think I finnaly found my way..a cheap pencil case from Dollarama!

Small and compact when closed

When open , has 3 tiers

So perfect!

DIY Up-cycled Travelers Louis Vuitton Notebook

Hi Everyone,

As many people STILL out there...I love paper! I am a paper girl, love to write down things and doodle, but NOT, NEVER in "e-things" such as Ipads, Iphonesso on and so forth...no...I love paper, oh yeah!

My most faithful companion is of course an agenda, my sweet and so dreamy Filofax Malden..this baby keeps me organized, mentally sane and stable:)

I also love travelers notebooks, but I decided not to buy one..why not make one?

Traveler Notebooks are  just a leather ( or fabric or sturdy card stock, or faux leather or anything!) cover and a series of elastics that keep your small notebooks inside attached and removable. 

So to make your own it is very easy and you will need:

1. Piece of leather, real or fake, or any material fit for a sturdy case- in my case I used a faux LV material from a thrifted  bag I cut up:)

2. Embroidery needle

3. Skinny Elastic ( found at dollar stores)

4. Scissors

5. Your notebooks or whatever you want inside
6. Cute charm - mine are from Michael's

 Cut to fit

 Mark up holes spots 

 Use needle to thread elastic

 Tie inside

 Tie them all

 Look from outside

Attach notebooks: i gave also my small New Testament inside

 Oh so pretty and small:) 

So....Now I want a big one too! lol

These notebooks are from Michales, $1.50 each

 A happy paper girl!

Linking up to:

The  DIY Dreamer

My Girlish Whims

The Life of Jennifer Dawn

Hope Studios

Sew Can Do

The Dedicated House
A Glimpse Inside
Coffee with us 3
Tatertots and Jello
Funky Junk Interiors

From Hot Plate Coaster to Needle Case in 2 steps !

Hi!

I saw these colorful hot plate coasters at the dollar store and  I immediately knew that I would not be using it as a coaster:)

All it took was:

- One button

- Piece of Felt

-Thread

- Sewing machine or hand stitching

For....a very useful Needle Case!!

Coaster to needle case : just one button needed!

American Doll Sofa from Costco Cardboard Box

Hi!

Mu daughter LOVES her American Dolls and has increasingly asked me to have all sorts of cute and $$$$ stuff for her..last one was a sofa. Not cheap ,not at all!

BUT, she was lucky when I glanced at a cardboard box from Costco I had in  the basement and I saw ...a sofa! 

Bear with me and follow these photographic steps...it is easy,just time consuming,but easy and cheap! Keeping up with the thrifty nature of this project, I hit the sale bin of my local fabric store and got the fabric, filling, and upholstery foam for $2,50 each!! I can hear my heart beat fast! lol

Hot glue, I love you!

now...some stretchy cotton...

Upholstery heavy duty stapler....I love you too!!

Trim the excess fabric

filling  + plastic bag..perfect !

For the cushions I used the foam saved form this project 

For this part, I took the foam to the sewing machine for basic sewing ...

In my opinion, the most sophisticated part of this project  haha..covered button for tufting  ...wow!

Needless to say...customer more than pleased!

and Doll liked it too!!

Linking up to:

A Glimpse Inside
My Girlish Whims
The Life of Jennifer Dawns
Hope Studios
The DIY Dreamer
Sew Can Do
Pretty Pintastic Party