Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Doctor Who - A Crafty Roundup

For The Whovians Out There

While we are excitedly awaiting the new season of Doctor Who starting this Saturday night on BBC America, we thought we'd pay tribute by sharing some crafty Doctor Who goodies to make and bake and just simply marvel at.  There are some quite creative fans out there, beginning with the maker of this awesome quilt...

Doctor Who Quilt via Crafster

Monday, August 20, 2012

Renaissance Ribbon + Favorite Designers

Embellishing with Ribbon

We were excited to discover that a few of our favorite fabric designers are working with Renaissance Ribbon and producing some quite lovely ribbon.  We now have four spools of these wonderful ribbon available at Picking Daisies.



Style and color seen above and available at Picking Daisies...





Style seen above (left bag) and available at Picking Daisies...





Style seen above and available at Picking Daisies...



Style and color seen above and available at Picking Daisies...


These price of these ribbons run from $4.00 to $6.50 per yard, but you are welcome to purchase them in any sort of smaller lengths you wish.


For more ideas and inspiration for using ribbon, visit Renaissance Ribbon's Blog

It's A Shore Thing Beach Party

Ignoring Back-To-School 

The weather is glorious, so let's have a beach party to show off Dear Stella's "It's A Shore Thing" fabric line.


We'll include the expected and unexpected beach-party food....


including salt water taffy and refreshing, locally-made Pithy Little Soda.


Our fabric beach balls were made using The Purl Bee's easy-to-follow tutorial.


We let our napkins drape off the table like mini beach banners.


Use a different one at each place setting.


Fabric manufacturer Dear Stella has wowed us again with their "It's A Shore Thing" fabric line.  We have the following four prints available in yardage and napkins:

It's A Shore Thing prints (clockwise):