Pocket Change

Redecorating your home can certainly be a pain. Not only is it hard to do, but if you don’t like the results, you’ve done all that hard work only to be back at square one. If you repaint your home and don’t like it, all that time and money is gone. If you get new furniture and don’t like it, sure you can return it, be everyone knows how difficult it is to maneuver chairs and sofas. If you want to spice up your home decor without breaking your back…

With over thirty years of experience as a painter, Shawn has transformed her passion for color and design into different forms of arts and craft. Her blog, Island Sweet, features a vast array of unique projects that range from her amazing paintings, to photography, to hand-woven and dyed scarves and more. Her work is sold in different studios on the West Coast of Newfoundland, Canada and her Etsy shop is also available for those who are interested in exploring her extraordinary designs. Shawn has shared her talent in spinning yarn…

Joanne wants a watch, Bob wants a bike, Seth wants a iPod and little Carla wants a Barbie. Can’t keep up? Can’t afford to get everyone what they want this year for the holidays? Save yourself and bake something special for your friends and family this holiday season instead. Baking for your friends and family is personal. You are putting time and effort into making something for them, while saving yourself some dough, or money that is. First you need some basic bread pans. You have a few decisions to…

I know from babysitting experience that watching kids on rainy days when you can’t go outside can really drive you nuts. It really helps to have some indoor activities planned to help you keep your sanity and at the same time keep the kids entertained for a few hours. Why not make some cookies?! Making cookies is a fun way to keep the kids busy and involved in an activity. Yeah right, what about all of that sugar? Just don’t let them have more than two cookies each! You can…

I don’t know how to sew, knit and crochet. Although these are lovely hobbies to have, I probably don’t have the patience to learn how to do any of them. What I have discovered is that I do have patience to use iron-on transfers to create clothing and gifts for friends and family this upcoming holiday season. It’s not time consuming and they are easy to use.

You might have read my earlier post where I wrote about things you may not know about quilts. I wrote that despite having nearly no knowledge of quilting at all. Well now that I’m an expert on quilts, I thought I could examine them a little further and explore some the different types of quilts. Baltimore Album Quilts: Originating out of Baltimore (surprise!) in the 1840′s, this type is still one of the modern quilts still used today. The blocks are of even size, but each one has a different…

There are some pretty ridiculous pumpkin carvers out there. For those of us who aren’t as naturally gifted at making awesome jack o lanterns, a pumpkin carving stencil or template is necessary. This Halloween you can really impress your trick or treaters with some interesting and creative jack o lanterns. You can find pumpkin carving stencils in pumpkin carving kits as well as for free online. There are only two things (besides the pumpkin!) that you need to create your own super cool jack o lantern: