Craft Day: A Superhero Cape – Part Two – FINISHED!

Now for the fun part.  And as it’s 2 a.m., my creative juices are flowing.  It reminds me an awful lot of college. I printed out a large (600 pt), bold, Century Gothic ‘B’.  I was flipping through the fonts, saw “Century Gothic”, thought...

Craft Day: A Superhero Cape – Part One

This thing took me ALL.DAY (and into the next day – I didn’t go to bed til 2!) to make.  Once I got the hemming done, it was easy as cake and even fun.  But THE HEMMING. *shudder* I started by drawing a semi-circle on the fabric.  I used Benjamin’s...

Craft Day: A Princess Crown – Part Three (FINISHED!)

It’s a tad taller than I’d hoped for (and I say “hoped” because I never can do math well enough to be sure that it’ll work out just like I planned…), but it’s a crown, and it’s a cute one, at that! I think it kinda looks...

Craft Day: A Princess Crown – Part Two

Well, I survived the sewing machine thus far!  It hasn’t all been perfect, but I think it’s turning out okay regardless… I sewed the inner crown together – just on the top, leaving the sides open.  Then I had the fun task of pulling it all...

Craft Day: A Princess Crown – Part One

Welcome to Craft Day!  Today is a day I’ve set aside to make some homemade Christmas presents for my children!  You can play along, too!  Do you have some crafts you’ve been meaning to get done?  Use today as the motivation you’ve been lacking!  Come...