homemade feather duster!

I stood looking at my photos on the wall and realized there was A LOT of dust-- I needed a feather duster. So what do these three things have to do with each other?

 Aidan with the foam

 Green bamboo sticks

 White feathers???

I know, I know....it looks kinda like an odd shaped scantily feathered chicken thing...like I'm in the middle of plucking a square chicken??!! I don't know. I guess the neighbors might just think they live next to the Beverly Hillbillies when they see me dusting, but heck, at least it works (somewhat!) Hey, at least I tried!

Repurposed Ideas

I will now begin posting some reuse ideas and pictures of projects I've done lately. Here are a few for now: slide lampshade made from old slides from my grandfather in Africa, t-shirt stuffed toy, and jewelry holder made out of window shutters...

Flower Child

new this year:  zipper flower barretts and zipper butterfly barretts.  Some of these are also pins for your coat or sweater. They come in all colors and sizes. Here are a few examples:

The Dry Spell has passed!

hello there! Lots of things have happened since I last posted some designs on here...the most important being that I had a baby in January of 2011! since my new little guy doesn't require quite as much of my time lately I've been able to squeeze out a few new items.

News updates: Christmas open house is November 18th from 3-6 pm. Email me for more details (kimbleklan@comcast.net).   If you can't make that open house, I'll be having another show at the I.D.E.A. store on December 10th from 10-3 pm.

corkboard

Girly Bag

This bag is made from scraps from an old bed sheet and lined with white fabric.

RE-used Clothes II

This laptop bag is made from a wool skirt and lined with a retro style table clothe. It is padded with scrap plastic grocery sacks.