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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Grandmother’s Dollhouse

31-Jan-09

If you have a few minutes this weekend, please stop by my newest project – Grandmother’s Dollhouse. I’ve wanted to put together a site for toys and dolls for quite some time, then I started working on it – then… ah yes, here it comes – the It has to be Perfect Before I Can [...]

Pocket for the Inside of a Book Cover

30-Jan-09

Students or anyone wishing to retain notes on a subject will find it quite handy to have a large envelope pasted in the back of each textbook. Instead of having notes all through the book, they can be arranged in order and slipped into the envelope. If the book is accidentally dropped, the notes will [...]

Time for the Thursday 13 – Thirteen ways to creatively recycle brown paper grocery bags

29-Jan-09

1. Mini Scrapbooks 2. A Kitty Condo (cats love this!) 3. Experiment with making your own paper 4. Next time you have a campfire, cook your breakfast bacon and eggs in a paper bag 5. Two very nice crafts – a wall hanging Letter Holder 6. and a Victorian Flower Cone 7. Stuffed Football – [...]

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Paper Clip Chains – an old idea, but still simple and fun

29-Jan-09

An inexpensive chain for hanging painted glass panels, transparencies or photographs can be made by joining paper clips together to form the links. A box of 100 clips will make a chain about 10 ft. long. Such a chain can be made in a few minutes and a length of 10 ft. will hold about [...]

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Stained Glass windows? Try tracing paper and water colors instead

28-Jan-09

A clever idea for decorative effects in windows closely resembles the most beautiful stained glass, and yet its slight cost brings it within the reach of all those who have the skill to make beautiful designs, for it consists only of Japanese tracing upon which decorative sketches have been painted in water-colour. The tracing-paper is [...]

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Thrifty Creativity – “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.”

Monthly Archives: January 2009

Grandmother’s Dollhouse

Pocket for the Inside of a Book Cover

Time for the Thursday 13 – Thirteen ways to creatively recycle brown paper grocery bags

Paper Clip Chains – an old idea, but still simple and fun

Stained Glass windows? Try tracing paper and water colors instead

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