The ideal holiday outfit can be hard to find, but 2020 has changed the requirements a bit! Comfiness is the most important factor, followed by warmth and cuteness! 🙂 If you are looking for a vintage spin, check out our post on flapper loungwear! But […]

It’s Gifting Season, Crafters, and you know what that means! It’s time to DIY!!!! In honor of the season, I’ve rounded up some of my very favorite projects to make for gifts AND for myself! 🙂 You may recognize a few projects from previous posts […]

This year has got me rethinking my holiday outfits… All the time at home has made me value comfiness, warmth, and cuteness! If I can get at least two of those features in an outfit, then it is a win! That got me thinking- why […]

It’s OFFICIALLY holiday crafting season! (YAY!!) Although this year’s celebration will be, shall we say “unique,” that won’t limit our creativity! 🙂 Today’s video highlights some of my favorite retro-inspired gifts to DIY! These projects are so fun to create, that you should plan to […]

The holidays are going to be a little weird this year, but that won’t keep me from sewing up some holiday goodness! Especially if that goodness includes plaids and flannel! Mmmm, cozy! 🙂 Plaid flannel was a major inspiration for today’s project- a “prairie” style” […]

Ladies, it’s time to DIY some holiday bling! We’ve rounded up our favorite fun, straightforward jewelry projects that are perfect for make-ahead gifts! Each project is completely customizable, so you can craft personalized gifts for all those snazzy ladies in your life (including you)! Click […]

You know who really gets Christmas? Kids. They don’t wait to get in the holiday spirit. They get excited about every Christmasy experience that comes their way. And, they know exactly how many days are left until the big day… Speaking of days left, it’s […]

Huzzah! The season of crafting is officially here! 🙂 Not that we don’t craft throughout the year, but now it’s a no-holes-barred kind of crafting. Christmas is coming, and we need gifts! We feel no shame (ok, less shame) in creating giant craft messes, spending […]

Merry Christmas, Everyone! To celebrate, I’m sprucing up a refashioned dress with homemade accessories, just like they might have done in the 1940’s! I searched my craft store for vintage-y silk poinsettias and holly, shoe clips, pin backings, hair clips, felt, and glue! I tackled […]

Fashions from the 1930’s are a challenge. For a long time, I assumed that most people dressed in hand-me-downs, like the orphans in the Annie musical. Turns out I was totally wrong. Times were tight, but there were some fabulous fashion statements made in the […]