February 2017

Show and Tell: Winter Letters

The test letters came out great. The final version for the actual craft? Not so much.

I really love 3D paper art, and I’ve been wanting to do something cool with letters for a while. I saw this craft post that looked like a good starting point. It’s on a craft supply website, so naturally they are using pre-made letters. Not my thing. I sourced around and found a few options for using my Silhouette Cameo 3 to cut letters, as well as some printable versions, and morphed them up to make my own patterns.

I test cut and assembled an “S” (for Susan, naturally) and a “P” for my better half. They went together pretty well (a few glitches in my pattern but I fixed them).

I even found a green bottle brush on super reduced after Christmas sale, so I figured I’d be set.

February 21, 2017 by suzer From a Tutorial I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

Home is where the heart is

I had an old framed cross stitch that no longer suited my style. The frame has a heart shaped mat, and I have saved it for several years, always thinking it would be good for something.

We also have several road atlases, from back in the day before GPS existed. Yes, there was a time when the passive-agressive voice saying “Re-calculating” was more a frantic voice in my head saying “Oh no. That was my exit.”

This craft puts both the old maps and the old frame with mat to good use.

I’ve use the maps to highlight the four cities Mr. SuzerSpace and I have lived in for a very personalized wall decoration.

Click the red arrow below to see how I made it.

February 19, 2017 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

Sunday Scrolling: February 19, 2017

Looking for a little happy this week – here’s what I found:

Handy with Scissors has a great pen holder craft.
Via swissmiss – A guy in Philadelphia filled a crack in the road with sprinkles.
Mia the Beagle didn’t win the agility competition this year at Westminster. But she won every dog owner’s heart.

February 19, 2017 by suzer Links and Things To Remember

Upcycled Jean Pocket Coasters

Upcycle jean pockets into coasters (new sewing required)

I’ve been working (like everyone else) on purging items from my home that no longer belong. I’m not so much in the “does it spark joy” camp, as I am in the “why do I still have this sh*t” camp.

I’ve actually found the clothes closet the easiest place to work – I have a small box in the back and anytime I put something on, only to take it off again because it isn’t right somehow, I drop it in the box. Maybe it doesn’t fit, maybe it has a hole, maybe I have never found a matching shirt, whatever it is, if I keep on not wearing it, it has to find a new home.

Of course, the box does present a dilemma – donate or turn into crafts?

February 17, 2017 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room