I absolutely love the look of needlepoint, the older the better! I’d been on the lookout for a vintage needlepoint bag for months but my usual thrifting Kismet seemed to have escaped me…luckily I discovered …
Confessions of a Refashionista: Life on the ZigZag
Hooray! My fancy schmancy revamped Confessions of a Refashionista: Life on the Zig Zag e-book is now available! Creating your own fabulous fashions doesn’t have to cost a penny! A closet de-clutter + a few snips …
from mommy to munchkin: a cozy kid refashion
Can ya guess what single item of mine I used to create the four groovy kidlet threads pictured above? Read on to find out…
A dour to darling dress to blouse refashion
What’s an über quick way to update a rather hideous dress from the 80’s? Transform it into a boho-esque blouse with a couple of snips & 15 minutes worth of stitches! Here’s how:
Easy Upcycled Stone Necklaces
Create these quirky necklaces with a few pulchritudinous parking lot pebbles & bits you’re sure to have lurking about the house!
DIY Bard Breeches – make trousers longer
How dost thee mend the breeches of the fruit of thine womb whence they canst be worn no more? With mine cunning wit thou may createst new from old. Tarry naught! I bequeath thee mine …
Sad no more! (a DIY solution for oily wood)
I spied this lurvly solid wood bench in a second hand shop window: I immediately pulled over for a closer look & discovered 4 things: it was once the end part of a bigger piece (there …
Personalized DIY Bleach Printed Pants
As we’re now definitely into chilly, rainy fall I’ve been digging through the box of bought-at-the-end-of-last-winter-super-sales-to-hopefully-fit-this-year munchkin gear & am discovering more than a few fantastic deals that I’d forgotten about. Unfortunately, it’s becoming all …
Table for two – quirky upcycled DIY end tables
Our fancy new fire engine red sofa was in desperate need of some end table friends so I put on my thinking cap and headed down into our spooky basement storage room for a rummage …
Hooked up: a quick decor diy
Don’tcha love paint? Just look what it (+ a wee bit of imagination) can do… You can snag an ultra plain Tjusig coat hook for half price at Ikea… before assembling it, give the metal …