Blogs

I have fortunate to be included in many blog featuring my cloth diaper covers or as a give away for the cloth diaper covers. Check out some of these great blogs.

Carlson News:
My blue and green dots diaper cover is modeled by her daughter Leah.
http://cavanjenleah.blogspot.com/2009/10/prefolds.html

Confessions of a First Time Mom:
In December she is going to host a Ditching Disposable Diaper Event and one of my covers will be included in the giveaway.
http://myconfessionsasafirsttimemom.blogspot.com/

Sweet CuddleCakes:
Check out her "un-be-LEAVE-ably cute" entry to find my organic cotton/bamboo diaper cover.
http://www.sweetcuddlecakes.blogspot.com

The Penny Pinching Mama
My diaper cover will be featured as a giveaway in the near future. Keep checking back. She hosts great give-aways often.
http://thepennypinchingmama.blogspot.com/

SproutStyle
Check out the blog entry from April 13, 2009 for cute pictures and a review of the diaper cover.
http://www.sproutstyleblog.com

Our Life Upstate
There is a review on ther April 2, 2009 post with a picture of the Lemons diaper cover and a reusable snack/sandwich bag.
http://ourlifeupstate.com

Oregon Pillow

First of all, I LOVE Oregon. I was born and raised here, minus the 4 years in Idaho for college, and would not trade Oregon for anything! I am a proud Oregonian and love to let everyone know it!
My new found love for hand embroidering and my love for Oregon were combined to make this throw pillow. I have a scrap box filled with scraps from diaper covers as well as other projects so I used them to make the Oregon applique. I used one of my favorite shades of green embroider Oregon's motto "She flies with her own wings". This is now my favorite pillow to cuddle up to when I am watching a late night movie with my husband or reading a bedtime story to my kids.

New Fabrics

I just took a trip to Fabric Depot, one of the biggest and best fabric stores in Portland, Oregon. I was only looking for a yard of two specific fabrics and came home with over 20 yards of 10 new fabrics to make into diaper covers! I just can't help it when I am surrounded by such beautiful fabrics that offer endless opportunities. Here are the diaper covers I have recently debuted as my new line of diaper covers in my Etsy shop www.rethinkcrafts.etsy.com.

September's First Thursday Art Walk

Come see in at Portland's First Thursday Art walk.
September 3, 2009
Chow Cafe
505 NW 14th Ave
5-10 pm

Rose Festival Craft Village

Come visit me at the first Rose Festival Craft Village, hosted by Handmade NW. I will be there on Saturday, May 30th and Sunday, May 31st from 11am-11pm. The Craft Village is located at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Oregon. Just look for all the rides as you get near the river into downtown. Hope to see you there!

Hand Embroidered Neck Tie

I have fallen in love with hand embroidery! What a fun way to spice up a men's work shirt, jacket or vintage tie!! I love the patterns on retro men's ties, but had not found a project that allowed me to use them... until now!! I take old neckties and add a little flava by hand embroidered fun images. So far I have tried a robot, a map of Oregon (my favorite state), a gnome and a sugar skull. I ask my husband for his opinion on each design since he is a guy and lets me know honestly whether he thinks a guy would wear one or not. (Apparently a sock monkey would not be manly enough, unless he was holding a beer... Who knew!)

Recycled Sweater Rug

This recycled sweater rug is my latest project. I have been wanting to make something with recycled sweaters again. They make great mittens, but those are so seasonal that I wanted to try a new project. I really enjoyed making this rug and so much was learned. I will have to experiment using different types of sweaters that are in different stages of felting. When I sewed the two pieces together, then tended to pucker up. Possibly using a longer stitch and not pulling the fabric will help solve this problem. I added a piece of a non slip pad to the back (like what you would use under a rug or in your dish cabinet), so that it would not slip on a smooth surface. The piece of non-slip pad I used was not wide enough, so I had to piece together two pieces. Not the best solution, but it works for my first attempt. I think my next rug will be larger using long strips of sweater to make a striped pattern. The possibilities are endless!