We pulled out our Halloween decorations this weekend! Time to put up all the inflatable cats (5 of them, one for each of our actual cats) and display our rather bizarre collection of foam pumpkins. All of the pumpkins are DIYs and we add to…
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Scrap fabric leaves that hold their shape – TUTORIAL
I made a happy craft discover the other day, and I’m sharing it with you today! I had made a simple little fabric pumpkin and I needed some leaves to go at the top. I tried just cutting the leaf shapes from upholstery fabric but…
Linen and flannel pocket pot holder
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I’ve been on a linen kick lately. I’ve got a nice long scrap left over from a baby wrap I made for a relative several months ago, and I keep coming back to it. It stays out on my sewing…
Snappy Composition Book Cover – FREE PATTERN
Is it weird that I get more excited about back-to-school sales than Christmas sales? I get a little giddy piling my shopping cart full of glue sticks and crayons and notebooks. And it’s all for me me ME – I do a separate shopping trip…
Slouchy Shirt (and a free pattern)
Have you ever actually worn out a shirt? Not just faded, not just stretched a little, not just out of style – but truly worn out. I’ve done it just a few times in my life. Just last week I had to retire a favorite shirt. …
Leather & Elastic Cuff Bracelets – TUTORIAL
I know y’all are thinking, “Does this Orange Bettie lady ever make anything besides bracelets?” I do, I promise. But after I made the scrap fabric bracelets, my mind just wouldn’t let go of the idea. I have some scraps of the softest leather in…
Embellished scrap fabric bracelets – TUTORIAL
I am sooo excited to share this project with you today! That’s because it takes a couple of my favorite things and puts them together. One favorite thing being fold over elastic. It looks like ribbon but it stretches. It’s candy colored magic, I…
Easy DIY Elastic Band Sunglasses Case – Free Pattern
My favorite way to welcome summer is to buy a new pair of (cheap) cute sunglasses. There’s just something so fun about a new pair of sunnies to wear when you’re hanging out at the pool or just running errands in the bright summer sun. …
Upcycled Leather Belt Bracelet – TUTORIAL
DISCLAIMER: I received free products from Goodwill of Arkansas in exchange for writing this post. Though this is a sponsored post, all opinions are my own. I think I may have found my new favorite thing to do with old belts, and that is turn…
Tutorial: DIY bird feeder from a plate and bowl
DISCLAIMER: I received free products from Goodwill Industries of Arkansas in exchange for writing this post. Though this is a sponsored post, all opinions are my own. Spring is here, time to spruce up my yard. What better way than to make a bird feeder…