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Ann Wood’s Very Nice Mice

Ever since I stumbled across Sew A Softie Month and made up a super cute reindeer, and then followed that up with a very sweet bear, I’ve been hoarding pins for my next project. I’ve detailed my lack of sewing experience before, but I have found if a project calls for inexpensive materials I’m pretty willing to give it a go since if it doesn’t work out I don’t feel too guilty about trying something new.

So this pin

ended up being my selection for the Pinterest Challenge for April. I could not resist the idea of making my very own “very nice mice”.

The Pinterest Challenge is a blog hop hosted by Erlene at My Pinterventures, and the goal is to help crafters actually MAKE some of the pins they’ve put on their various Pinterest Boards. Of course, if you NEED more ideas, feel free to follow mine!

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW I MADE VERY NICE MICE!

April 16, 2019 by suzer From a Tutorial I made this In the Craft Room In the Sewing Room

Bunny Party Picks

Easily create special party picks for your next celebration using the print and cut feature of Silhouette Studio, some self adhesive sticker stock, and some toothpicks | SuzerSpace.com

A few weeks ago Mr. SuzerSpace and I were in this fabulous store that is crammed full of kitchen goods – some of them essential, like pots and pans, and some of them really not essential (spoons for scraping out the last bit of jelly from the jar, onion chopping goggles, and a teapot shaped like a chicken?). It’s in a building that dates back from the 1920s, and the hardwood floors creak as you walk across them, searching for treasures.

That day, we were actually hunting for a hamburger press, but it’s impossible to go there and not go up and down every aisle, and in doing so I spied these super cute “Party Picks” which were essentially oversize toothpicks that had little decorations on the top that looked like Cheese, Grapes and Wine Glasses.

In true crafter fashion I said to myself “I can make those” and I decided that Easter Bunnies would be the perfect topic for my first attempt.

CLICK HERE TO MAKE BUNNY PARTY PICKS!

April 9, 2019 by suzer Holidays I made this In the Craft Room To Celebrate Using my Silhouette Cameo

Make Your Own Custom Notepads

Because I work for a commercial printer, sometimes I’m torn between asking for a work favor or figuring out how to do something by myself, on a smaller scale at home.

Notepads are a good example of this quandary. We make them at work, just about every day – we have a large jig set up and it holds everything at just the right angle to assemble THOUSANDS of them in just minutes.

But when I decided I wanted some custom “To Do” notepads, I really didn’t want to have them mass produced for two reasons – 1) I don’t need thousands of them, just two or so should last me the year; and 2) I really like to do things myself. “Stubbornly Independent” is what one of my co-workers calls me, and it’s true. Of course I take that as a compliment, and I’m not so sure that’s what he means 🙂 .

ClICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR OWN NOTEPADS!

March 26, 2019 by suzer By Upcycling I made this In the Craft Room

Dress Pattern Cards

This dress pattern card template offers seemingly endless possibilities | suzerspace.com

Welcome to the March Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!

Just last week I was commenting that having a Silhouette Cameo and creating paper crafts with it was like paper dolls for adults.

When I saw this pin:

I knew that I had to make it, since it was was even more like paper dolls for adults!

The tutorial at Homemade Gifts Made Easy is really well done; they step you through everything you need to be successful with this project, including a couple of options of downloadable templates. Their original craft involves making the dresses out of scanned book pages, and I really did like that idea, but since this is SuzerSpace, I did switch it up a little.

CLICK THROUGH TO SEE HOW TO MAKE THESE CARDS!

March 19, 2019 by suzer From a Tutorial I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

T-Shirt Yarn

I’ve been pretty vocal about my love for upcycling , and I really do have a thing for cardboard, but some time ago I saw a craft that involved cutting t-shirts into yarn and I haven’t really been the same since.

The t-shirt yarn is super heavy duty, and since it comes from old t-shirts it is washable and generally is a color palette you already like (since they were shirts you or a loved one were wearing previously).

The process to make t-shirt yarn is easy, although a little tedious. First you need the right kind of t-shirt, and I’m not sure why, but Mr. SuzerSpace’s donate pile always has the “good” ones, and my pile rarely does.

CLICK HERE TO KEEP CRAFTING!

March 12, 2019 by suzer By Upcycling I made this In the Craft Room In the Sewing Room