How many times have you been invited to a housewarming party, baby shower, or bridal shower and didn't have a clue what to bring? By the time most people get married, if they have an established household what do you get them, a gift card? And if you don't have a baby, buying for them can be like reading Greek! I like to give presents that have many uses. For example, purchase a tote bag. If… Continue

After painting my kitchen, I realized my curtains didn't match my new wall color. Oddly enough, I had some cloth napkins that matched the color perfectly, so I made them into curtains! If you sew, just make a casing on the top of the napkins or teatowels and use your old curtain rod. If you don't sew, a casing is a tube you create by folding over the material so that the curtain rod fits through the curtain with room to slide. You can use fusible (iron on) hem tape, fusible facing, or velcro… Continue