5.28.2008
Here are the complete directions on how to make this cute little vintage inspired craft. My grandmother had one hanging in her kitchen for many years. It's so easy to make!
What you will need to get you started
3 dish rags
2 S.O.S pads
yarn
fancy ribbon
needle & thread
5.24.2008
I just have to share this paint by number that my grandmother did at least 30 years ago. She never finished painting it however I think it adds to the charm.
I would like to announce the winner of the Crafty Bag of Goodness.
With the help of my sweet little pug Pearl - she pulled the winning name out of the bowl.
Drum Roll Please.....
ThisOldHenHouse
Congratulations!!!
5.23.2008
I had such a great response to my Jiffy Beach Cover-Up that I came up with this new little number titled The Vivian. Here I made a beach sarong that you can put on to keep you dry either at the beach or pool. Again you will use a old towel, four buttons, and 1 inch elastic to add support.
Here is a link to the pattern with the directions
It is very easy and fun to make. Love to know any thoughts on the pattern.
5.20.2008
A few night ago I decided to teach my husband how to fold a fitted sheet. He was such a good sport *wink! If you need help click here for the DIY directions.
5.14.2008
I made this little number a couple of days ago and posted the how-to's on instructables. Here is a great way to turn an old towel into something smashing for the beach. For the complete instructions visit instructables.
I drafted a pattern for you convenience too.
Have fun making this little jacket - send me some feedback on the pattern. This was my first time drafting out a pattern on Photoshop, it was kinda tricky but I think it turned out well.
August 2012 update
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Today in the mail I received my prize for winning the April Fools contest on Dabbled.org. I am so excited to have this amazing piece of art work. My husband fancies it too - he loves robots. Just wanted to say thank you so much to Dot from Dabbled.org - this drawing is wonderful.
5.07.2008
As part of my Cleanfest May 2008 Clean Up of my entire house I will host another contest to help get my house into shape. Yesterday I started to purge my crafting room to see what I could get part with. I just had why to many odds and ends. I found some really great crafty supplies that I have not used in some time. So I thought why just throw them away when I can sent them out to a fabulous crafter and they can give some love to my them!!
Announcing: Crafty Grab Bags of Goodness Giveaway
Here is what I found so far but keep in mind that I have not finished going through my crafting room so there will be many more items that I will add to the grab bag. So it will almost be a suprise when one lucky winner opens the box!!
Please just sent me a comment here to this post and I will choice a random name on May 21st at midnight for one lucky winner.
Thanks
Tissuepaper
4.28.2008
My house is a mess and I don't mean messy - I mean total disaster. To kick off my own personal celebration of cleaning Cleanfest May 2008. During the entire month of May I will take a journey through the niches of my little house to get it to sparkle.
Each week I will focus on the different areas of my home to clean, purge, and make it sparkle like new.
I invite everyone to join me in Cleanfest May 2008 where we will get our homes clean together. Whether you have to completely clean from the floor to ceiling or just want to tackle a section in your home to get it to sparkle again here is the place to start. I have set up a Flickr Group Cleanfest May 2008 where we can upload our before and after photo along with some of your cleaning best practices in the posting section. Along the way I will give some of my cleaning inspiration tips to keep you motivated and charged.
Through our encouragements and comments we will get our homes clean together so get ready to clean.
Week 1 May 1st - 7th Bathroom
Happy cleaning - Tissuepaper
4.16.2008
I got to visit - really just stand out side of the building - the studio where Martha Stewart tapes her show and let me tell you I had so excited. I am her biggest fan and I refer to her just as Martha to all of my friends and they know who I am talking about. Now I didn't really get to do much other then take few pictures of me proceeding to the building almost documenting the my steps. Here are a few of my pictures.
I stood at the entrance and looked in - I was like a kid in a candy store - mouth drooling. 
There was a man setting at a desk on the other side smiling at me, so I waved wildly and mouthed " we love Martha" to him and he started laughing. He must have thought Jewelfaerie and I were just another set of crazy fans. She pulled on the door to see if it would open and it was locked however the man behind the counter was laughing at us so much that he buzzed us in. We got to go in - talk about total excitement! That was one of the highlights of my trip. He gave us a flier to the show where I asked did the page actually come from Martha's own copy machine and he laughed again and shook his head at me. We were not allowed to take any pictures from inside - Now I can sleep soundly knowing that all is well at Martha Stewart's studio.
There was a man setting at a desk on the other side smiling at me, so I waved wildly and mouthed " we love Martha" to him and he started laughing. He must have thought Jewelfaerie and I were just another set of crazy fans. She pulled on the door to see if it would open and it was locked however the man behind the counter was laughing at us so much that he buzzed us in. We got to go in - talk about total excitement! That was one of the highlights of my trip. He gave us a flier to the show where I asked did the page actually come from Martha's own copy machine and he laughed again and shook his head at me. We were not allowed to take any pictures from inside - Now I can sleep soundly knowing that all is well at Martha Stewart's studio.
4.08.2008
I was so excited to see that I was one of the winners for the Dabbled Aprils Fools contest. My best friend Fewelfaerie and I were in NYC for the weekend and when I got home to check my email - I saw that I was one of the winners! I entered my Severed Ear Earring Holder ! I will receive a original drawing from Dot at Dabbled.org. She has some amazing art illustrations on her blog and participates in a site called Illustration Fridays - defiantly check out her blog.
There were also guest judges for the contest and they were:
Alice of Futuregirl
Kathleen of Whipup
Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist
Here were the other winners - so please send your congratulations
The Golden Goose by little arty crafty crow
3.26.2008
First I would like to thank everyone who left a comment on my new blog - I never expected so many! I had so much fun hosting this give-a-way.
With the help of my two little pugs Bailey and Pearl picking the winning name out of the white bowl.
Now without further ado
And the winner is - Canoni
I will email you to get your address so I can send you your prize - Mini pink Digital Camera.
Once again - thank you everyone for participating and the giveaways won't stop here. I plan on having many many more.
Tissuepapers-
3.08.2008
Hello fellow crafters - Tissuepaper here - the following is a guest post from my friend Jewelfaerie.com - Enjoy! I love what she did with her computer desk!
Hi everyone, I'm happy to be here, and thanks for having me! I hope you are inspired by my sewing center project. Here goes:
A few months back, I impulsively bought a This End Up computer hutch for $50 from someone on Craig's List. I had a vision that it would eventually be a sewing and crafts center-a place to house my sewing machine, ironing board, craft supplies etc. When I answered the ad, I had no idea how cool this thing would be. There's a built-in power strip, a drawer, several shelves and drop down desk with a built-in bulletin board.
ooooh and ahhhhhh
Now briefly, I have to pat myself on the back and share my bargain hunting prowess with you. Remember. I paid $50 for this hutch. One day I happened to be browsing online and came across This End Up's website and found the same hutch (minus a couple of cool features) for $900 I'd say I got a deal, huh?
However, I digress. And I sincerely apologize for the self-congratulation. Anyway, my friend Lisa and I shopped for some textured wallpaper and applied it to the paneled areas of the hutch, then painted the entire exterior green. We painted the inside white, added lighting and all sort of features to add convenience and hold supplies.
Voila!
I hope you find this inspiring...all of the details are in the link above. Happy crafting!
3.06.2008
Check out my very first Instructables on how to make a Woven Paper Dove Broach. I just to make this little bird as a child, then just recently I had a dream about her and she popped back into my head. Two weeks ago or so I went out with my husband to a fancy party and I got to dress up. I always like to WOW people so I made my little dove into a broach - add a small pin to the underside with glue - presto I had the most original broach at the party. You can use the bird in so many other ways too - use it instead of a bow on a gift package, you will get a big wow with that one!! She has also appeared on Thing-a-Day too. I put the instructions on this great web site called Instructables so go check it out and make one yourself. Let me know your feedback - Tissuepaper
3.04.2008
As part of my Blogging Debut and with many thanks and hugs to my friend Jewelfaerie for helping set up my blog. I will be having a contest and the prize is this lovely pink mini digital camera. As a artist/ crafter/photographer I am always on the look for great ideas and inspiration. Having a camera with you at all times makes it easy to take a picture so you won't forget your image and file it away in your inspiration notebook. This little pink camera is perfect to keep with you at all times and have ready when ever that great idea pops in your head. I have made a little case for you to keep it in too.
The pink camera is a 3-in-1 that hold up 243 photos, you can capture several seconds of live action or you can connect to your PC to send images simultaneously through the Internet. You also get the USB cable to connect to your computer, easy to use software and "AAA" battery to get you on your way.
The Give-A-Way will run until 3.25.08 midnight EST - just send me a comment- please don't use the anonymous ( I don't think I will be able to know who you are and I want to make sure I know who the winner will be when the contest is over!! ) or even better subcribe to my crafting blog ( I have so many great ideas for the furture - just wait and see! ) On the deadline date I will pull a comment # from the list and that will be the lucky winner!
Good luck and thanks so much for all of the comments, it really makes me happy to see everyone stopping by my new blog. Once again thanks so much - Tissuepapers
Recently my husband and I decided to repaint out little bungalow in Richmond, Va. I have wanted to do this project for such a long time. We bought the house in 2002 now after 5 years we finally did the house makeover! In a back issue of one of my favorite magazine by Martha Stewart (of course) Blueprint - I found this great house makeover that I just had to recreate on my little home.
Here is the Martha Stewart inspiration house
Before
After
Here is my house
Before
Very gray and boring....
After
Happy, yellow, and very cheerful - Yeah!
I love my new little house. Now I just have to figure out what to put in the window box underneath my two front windows.
This February I participated in a make/craft/draw website called Thing-a-day.com. Where over 1418 people sighed up who made over 6,585 things with over 6,690 comments! The object of the site is to knit cook draw paint tape solder write install destroy invent or document - I posted the 2 project I did this month on the 28 and 29th - my stuffed ear and paper dove. Each week we were given a theme to help us creat. Week 4 was remake copy steal decieve. Got some really great comments from it. But definatly check out the site to see what all really great things came out of that Feburary. I am already thinking of what I am going to do next year - Maybe see you on there next year too!
3.02.2008
I am trying to get organized. Right now my home is a mess - that's a project that never seems to end, however today I was going through all my jewerly trying to organized them. I have way to many necklaces, rings, earring, etc. Nothing that really goes with anything - just one big mess. While I was purging this little project popped into my head. Looking at all of the earring that I had, I really had no way of getting them all nice and neat in one place. So I came up with this little "stuffie" inspired by the severed ear of the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh. I made this little ear to put all the earring that I owned onto it and presto - nice and organized! I put the full set of instructions on Instructables so go check it out.
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