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Make Your Own Custom Notepads

It's easy to make your own custom notepads - check out this quick tutorial at SuzerSpace.com

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 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 From a Tutorial I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

T-Shirt Yarn

Create soft, sturdy T-Shirt Yarn from old T-shirts. The craft possibilities are then endless | suzerspace.com

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 By Upcycling I made this In the Craft Room In the Sewing Room

St. Patrick’s Day Pin

Change a standard lettering cut file to one large enough to wear as a St. Patrick's Day pin by knowing this neat offset trick | suzerspace.com

St. Patrick’s Day has become one of those holidays that everyone celebrates, kind of like Cinco de Mayo. It’s a big deal here in Kansas City, with a huge parade, lots and lots of bar hopping, bands and singing. 

At SuzerSpace, we tend to do things pretty low key. When Mr. SuzerSpace worked downtown and we had free and safe parking, we’d go to the parade, but for the last several years we’ve just watched it on TV and made Reuben sandwiches. 

Of course, there’s a little crafting to round out the day. 

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March 5, 2019 by I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

Faux Debossed Gift Tags

Duct tape and a cereal box become faux debossed gift tags in this Pinterest Challenge post | suzerspace.com

Welcome to the February Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. 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!

If you’ve visited me here at SuzerSpace before, then you must have realized I really like lettering, and I really, really, really like to make things with the cardboard. So when this pin crossed my feed that featured both, you can guess that it was going on my “must make soon” list.

One picky note – the Pin and the post call these Embossed gift tags, but as a working member of the printing industry, I have to point out that these are actually Debossed. Embossing is when you press up an image from the back side and it stands UP. Debossing is the opposite – you press an image INTO an object. So mine are faux debossed gift tags!

Francesca at Fall for DIY created these using specialty duct tape, but I’m more of a #usewhatyouhave kind of crafter, so I went with the tried and true silver kind. We have a big roll of the super duper sticky stuff that lives in the basement, right near the dryer vent that cannot be easily connected to the basement window. The evildoer who previously owned our home made several very interesting decisions (ask me about the built in cabinet for a refrigerator that is not a standard refrigerator size some time).

My favorite craft stock of a cereal box is just perfect for these – thin enough to cut easily, thick enough to not get all bent up once finished.

KEEP READING FOR MORE CRAFTING FUN!
February 19, 2019 by By Upcycling From a Tutorial I made this In the Craft Room
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