I bought both of these in 2.2 lb blocks after reading reviews and looking at what other crafts people recommended. Disclaimer: This is not a scientific study! I didn't do the exact same thi...
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Emboldened by my success making a giant gingerbread mushroom and not wanting my new skills to go to waste, I helped my neighbor and her 3 daughters (ages 12,10,8) to make a large gingerbread hous...
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"Deep in the Forest" I made this for The Family Place's 13th annual Gingerbread Festival. There was a peoples' choice vote and I was third place (adult catagory). The big blue mushroom is ...
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I know its not Christmas, but I run out of time and don't make Christmas crafts at Christmas! I love vintage pinecone elves. Here are some of the ones that I put out at Christmas. The ones ...
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I know this is a craft blog but I'm so upset at what Scott Brown, who is running for US senator in New Hampshire said last night in the debate with Senator Shaheen that I have to comment everywhe...
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I wanted to learn to make faces out of broken dishes. I learned a lot while making these faces. Next, on to planters. I love the ones where the plants look like the hair. Good sized face ...
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I started this almost 3 years ago and got stuck and put it aside because I was unhappy with parts of it. And the back ground was very hard because I should have marked guide lines on the pot bu...
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We bought our foster daughter this chair 20 years ago from a used office furniture warehouse. She was into rose colors at the time. 20 years later it is very beat up and the picture doesn't r...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2013/09/office-chair-makeover.html
I got two almost identical XL dresses in India print at a TS for a couple of bucks each, thinking they would fit my foster daughter. They did fit but were not flattering. So I decided to try ...
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I know these have been around for a while, but I had all these coffee bags that I didn't want to throw away. And I discovered that not only do they smell nice, but they are thin, thin, thin! C...
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Am I the only one who seldom posts on blogs anymore because for so many you have to type two hard to read "words"? Sometimes it is simple and obvious, but some are just terrible. I tried 3 ti...
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I've been sewing lately. Here's a couple of more or less successful refashions. Let me know what you think, especially about the skirt which I have mixed feelings about. Sorry I can't find ...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2012/09/refashions-stripey-tank-shorts-to-shirt.html
I've been wanting to refashion men's shirts for some time. I have some very pretty ones that I just can't bring myself to cut into. So I got this one as a practice shirt for a couple dollars ...
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I need skirts to wear to work. I am 5'9" tall and its very hard to find pants to fit me. I won't go into details. This skirt was the exact wrong length. Since I am no longer young, just ...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2012/08/quick-skirt-refashion-adding-length.html
To the person who had trouble with their plate flowers. I am so sorry! I have had some recently made ones fall apart lately too. I don't know if GE changed their formula for Silicone II f...
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These tiles are going on the back of a piano that is one of 50 decorated pianos that will be put outdoors in the area that I live for the month of July for people to play on. My friend Susan mast...
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I thrifted these shoes some time ago. They are very very comfortable with the perfect size heel for me. Plus its hard to find size 10's used in good condition. But I never wore them because I don...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2012/04/shoe-refashion.html
Lots of blooms and already quite a few gone by, such as the witch hazel, many of the crocus, and the daphne mzerum. I've been uncovering gardens and weeding. Not a lot of time for inside crafting...
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I've been wanting to do more with refashioning the clothes I have, or remaking thrifted ones rather than buying new. So I joined the refashion coop blog. The rule is that I have to post 1x/month ...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-joined-refashion-coop-blog.html
In January when I started this post, I'd had a very bad cold and been rattling around the house. Finished this shawl designed by Deb at FullCircleQuirk after not knitting for many years. In wint...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2012/03/published-march-19-2012-knitting.html
Here is what I did with the mushroom blanks I had left. (I ran out of white paint, so didn't finish off all my mushrooms for the craft show and gifts.) when I finally picked up my room after Chri...
http://concretenprimroses.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-mushrooms.html
I obsessively made 45. Roses, hung with embroidery cotton and a small button. Red with white spots, paired with a small german spun cotton shroom and sitting on a clothespin. Same as ...
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I just can't stop folding petals. What to charge for them is the hard part. Linking up to Lit and Laundry's Finished for Friday again. Check out the other projects there! See Wednesdays...
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This is what I've been working on the past couple of days. I found very detailed instructions plus a video to make fabulous Kanzashi flowers. I just did the big flower part and took the easy rou...
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I'm linking up to Bunny Jeans Bunny Hop Party. And the Under $100 Linky Party at Beyond the Picket Fence. Check out the other projects! I've been painting plates lately, mostly small ones to ...
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