Hello there, There’s quite a bit to unpack in this post. I loved my primitive digital stamps and decided to make some felt ginger prims out of some of them. Dried orange slices have always appealed to me, and then I found these primitive candy canes. Plus, you know I’ve made soap and salves in the past - - so now I am trying to make my own toxic-free cleaner.  Believe it or not, out of all that came my table top Christmas decor.  If you’d like the link to my Ginger Prims above, they were made from my digital stamps here. Just click on the image, and print from the new page ..read more

Hello, Whenever I’m sewing I usually have other people in mind, but my last project was all about me.  Since I’ve been making the Peek-a-Boo Dolls, I’ve found myself doing a lot of the hand stitching in my comfy chair. As a result my little side table would get clogged up with pins, embroidery thread, felt pieces, scissors, etc., leaving barely enough room for my coffee or tea. This wasn’t working for me, so I found a lovely pattern from ArabesqueScissors for a Sofa Station.  This is not a beginners pattern in my view, and although it isn’t difficult, in hind-sight, I found it dif ..read more

Hello there, ? Do you remember these from my digital stamp days?  I thought I would turn them into ornaments, or bowl fillers.  The first time I make most things, I always seem to do something wrong, but that’s part of the process. After sizing and printing these off, the second stage is cutting them out for a pattern and then (3) cutting them out of felt. The fourth stage is adding all the eyes and the yummy little extras. I decided not to use buttons on these because I didn’t have any small enough and these are my test patterns anyway (Maybe sometime in the future). Finally ..read more

Hi there, One of my granddaughters is having a birthday rather soon - - she will be one year old. Her little cousin is almost three and they both live in the frozen north (Fort McMurray, Alberta). Since I’m making some peek a boo dolls, I decided to make a couple for the one year old for her birthday, but didn’t want to leave the three year old with nothing (since they’re often at my sons place together.) (Peek a boo dolls. Some are available in my Etsy shop, carmensplace.) So - - -  I made a little book.  This was made with one piece of 12 x 12 cardstock, and filled with ..read more

Whenever I need some quick cards, AI art is my go to. It’s so quick and easy! But don’t worry, I still like to make up my own.  This one I embellished with a few metal pieces out of my stash. See if you can find them. As I mentioned before, August was a busy month, but we never did get a baby. He showed up 12 days later on September 5th. He’s a cute little guy and looks just like my son. My poor DIL went through the mill, but both mom and baby are fine.  I made this card as well, but didn’t like it for the person I made it for, so it’s in my stash for now, it’s shinier than it l ..read more

Hello friends, September is here and I’m starting to feel like sewing again. I know I’ve been quilting all year in the midst of card making, but I love me some small projects. Especially cute little things for kids. I love making these super cute felt dolls. What I find so adorable about these little dolls is the removeable hats.  Absolutely darling! You can find these at Gingermelon on Etsy. Another project I made was this little tiger pouch.  This is another project I love too. I’ve made this one before, then altered it to make  a unicorn pouch and a lamb pouch. I ..read more

Good morning, August was a busy time for us, and one event we celebrated was my husbands 65th birthday! Two of our boys are in town, so we all went out for dinner with them and their families. We had such a wonderful time.  Two of our younger grandkids made us each a mug. I just love these - I’m pretty sure they make our coffee taste even better!  I also made a birthday card for my husband. He’s a gemstone faceter now - a hobby he picked up before retirement, but that he’s perfected over the last three years. I’ll share some of his stones with you too. In addition, he’s become i ..read more

Good morning, Just a couple of quick shares. You are probably aware that I’ve been using AI images for my notecards. They’re so quick and easy that I feel like I’m cheating a little bit. They’re great for quick cards and the images are so nice. I can’t help myself.  So these first two are similar. I have just sent the first one off as an anniversary card. I love the saying because it’s fairly versatile and will work for different types of cards. This last one is a nice masculine card for almost any reason. Just because, graduation, birthdays, Father’s Day… I think the biggest st ..read more

Good day! I mentioned in one of my last posts that my youngest son got married recently. We decided that in addition to money, we would gift them one of the quilts I was working on. It was near completion and took a year. Mostly because the patterns came out one per month. I had made most of the blocks but had to put the backing on and free motion quilt it. They’re applique quilts and I’ve realized I love applique, so these were fun to do.  I’ve already shared a few of the blocks on this blog,  so I’ll just link them here.  Tweet as Honey Tweet as Honey 2 Tweet as Honey 3 ..read more

Good day!  It’s been a busy month with a celebration of life, an upcoming wedding, a 65th birthday and a new baby due, with a few other birthdays sprinkled in here and there.  I was asked to make the tags up for the wedding favors for my youngest son’s wedding. Their theme is flowers, so I used a flower printable. They asked me to make them like some of my cards. Something like this card. The tags were too small to add brads or gemstones, but the front is raised onto cardstock, and that was the main thing, I think.  The white cardstock tags were cut on a silhouette by a ..read more