Rosette Shamrock!

Make this cute shamrock for your St. Patrick's Day decoration. This is made from rosettes made out of paper at Ali Lilly.

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See the paper rosette shamrock.

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Vinyl Decorated Candles

I'm crushing on this idea at House of Hepworths. She decorated her candles by adding vinyl to them. She also made some that have a framed monogram on them! Totally awesome!

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See the vinyl decorated candles.

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Guest Blogger - The Little Apple Seed - Anthro Bow Bag Pattern

Hi, I'm Leslie from The Little Apple Seed and I'm so happy to be over here guest posting today!! Thank you Michelle for having me :) I love to craft, create and come up with new ideas. I also like to find items from the stores we all love and try to recreate it in my own way and in the meantime save a ton of money!!

Some of my favorite projects are a baby blanket I made for my daughter that has a little pouch inside that keeps her dolls from slipping out.

I recently painted my kitchen cabinets. I love the way they turned out and I did it without spending much at all!

I also updated a lamp that reminded me of something that pottery barn has. It went from a ugly 80's green to a modern black pottery barn lamp wanna be.

Today I am going to share with you a tutorial for an Anthropologie knock-off bag. I fell in love with it when I first saw it, then my eyes popped out when I saw the price tag! $498.00 for a purse, it is darling but certainly not worth that much! I knew I could make my own adorable version and spend way, way less!

I created a pattern for the main shape of the bag which I have for you to download and print at the bottom of this post. This is a really easy pattern without too many steps.
I have never done piping before, so I created a sort of faux piping for this bag. It's just a small strip of fabric sewed in the seam.

Here is a cut list for all the pieces you are going to need.

Once everything is cut out, pin the top band to the top of the bag piece. Since the bag is wider than the band this is where you create the pleats. I pinned them so they looked even.

Now that you have it pinned where you want, stitch across the top of the bag.

For the "piping" take the strip of fabric and fold it in half and press.

With the right sides together, pin the piping around the bag. Make sure the "piping" is pinned toward the inside of the bag.

Stitch all around the side seams and around the bottom of the bag.

For the handles press the fabric in on both sides and then fold in half and press. Stitch up both sides. (If you would like a firmer strap you could add interfacing to them.)

On outside of bag, pin handles and stitch.

For the lining...

Sew the lining band to the lower bag lining.

**Now is the time to add a pocket, if you like. You can customize it to any size you like**

With right sides together, stitch around the lining sides and bottom leaving an opening for turning out.

Pin lining to bag with right sides together, stitch across the top.

Flip and sew lining closed.

For the bow, sew around with right sides together leaving a opening for turning out. Turn out and stitch opening closed.

Do the same for the bow's "knot".

Secure bow to bag by hand stitching it in place.
That's it!

I also made one in a red fabric with a mini one for my daughter :)

I hope you like it! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Come on over and visit me at The Little Apple Seed for more ideas and crafts!!

Thank you again Michelle for having me here! This has been a lot of fun!

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Wow! Thanks,Leslie! That is a great way to save $475!!!! Love the bag, but who would pay that much money for it?!?!? Thanks The Little Apple Seed for a great tutorial, pattern and instructions! I will be back to visit your awesome blog! I hope all you other viewers will visit The Little Apple Seed also.


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White Life - A House of WHITE!!!

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I am afraid of wearing or decorating with white. It gets dirty way too easily and stains never go away. I do, however, thoroughly enjoy looking at people who decorate with white. It is SO beautiful! So refreshing! So heavenly! Take a peek at Uruguay White Life. This house is mainly decorated with white and small contrasts of black, and it is more than stunning.

This first photo shows how to decorate a table in less than 15 minutes using whites.

You've got to see all the pictures of this white dining room HERE!!!!

and HERE.

This is how one corner of a room is decorated with white and black. The vintage items looks so cute together.

I could show a thousand more pictures of this beautiful house, but you will have to go check it out at Uruguay White Life yourself.

Ribbon Storage

I've seen quite a few ways to organize and store ribbon and some work for me and some don't. Young and Crafty has another new way to store ribbon that I think I'd like. Hopefully, you will like this way too.

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See this ribbon organization and storage idea.

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Pedistal Picture Frames

I love how Mrs. DIY and The Tennis Guy gave her picture frames a littl height by making some pedistal picture frames. While these were made with thrifted candlesticks and glue, I'm pretty sure you could make it with other wood products from a craft or home improvement store.

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See the pedistal picture frames.

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DIY Clothing Labels

For those of you that like to make your own clothes or are selling clothing or accessories in which you would like your own labels, you've got pay attention to this tutorial from Running With Scissors. It looks quite easy and is so much less expensive than ordering labels from a company.

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Check out the DIY Custom Clothing Labels.

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Photo Wall Board AND St. Patrick's Day Pillowcase Dress

Sugar Bee has a fantastic wall to display a lot of pictures at once without the use of lots of frames. This is a great idea for people who love to post pictures of their kids and family (or of a vacation or anything else.)

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Check out the photo wall board.

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AND Sugar Bee also made a St. Patty's Day pillowcase dress using bias tape she made and pintucking! So cute!

Check out the St. Patty's Day pillowcase dress too.

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St. Patrick's Day Party!!!

Welcome to the
St. Patrick's DayCategorically Crafting Show

where you can show off all of your fun projects featuring St. Patty's Day!

I usually show some projects worth noticing, but my computer is not working right now and I can't do this part! My apologies!!!

Please join your crafty post if, and only if, it corresponds with the category and theme of ST PATRICK'S DAY. (If it doesn't fit in this category, please link it up to Whatever Goes Wednesday.) Link up crafts, decor, sewing projects, food, tips, etc, that has to do with ST. PATRICK'S DAY. If you have joined a ST. PATRICK'S DAY project to a party on my blog before, feel free to add it to this show too! If you have a lot of turkey projects, please choose your favorites. (Please no more than 4 posts per blog). Link to the specific posts, not to your main blog page.

Let's see what you have created (either recently or in the past)!

You can paste the "Categorically Crafting" button onto your blog post. I would love to see these floating around so more people can post their themed projects. I will leave this linky post open until next CC Show. Keep checking back for more ideas!!!

Giveaway Directory #46

I'm having some difficulty with my computer and am not able to access it right now. (I'm working on a borrowed computer for a few minutes.) If you've written me an email, I will get back to you as soon as I can. Plan on the St. Patty's Day party tomorrow. I can't guarantee anything else until my computer is fixed. Thanks!!!

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Here is your best chance at FREE stuff on the web!!! Join these giveaways!!!!

If you don't know what this is, the giveaway directory is a place to promote a giveaway on your blog of your "goods" (or even someone else's). Link up the giveaway. If you are looking to win free "stuff," visit the other blogs and enter. It's that easy!!!! Some of these giveaways only have a few entries so your chance of winning is great!

I only leave this link open for 48hrs because giveaways are time sensitive. So if you are going to have a giveaway in the future and want to link it up here, please plan it accordingly:)

2 AWESOME Lamps

Due to my computer acting strange, the Giveaway Directory will post around 2pm MST today. Sorry for the inconvenience!!!

Not Just a Housewife created this awesome looking lamp!!! It is made from lots of wood circles! Check out the scrap wood circle lamp.

Or maybe you like the rustic, weathered look of this barn wood lamp better! Check out this baby at Not Just A Housewife too.

Some Party Loves!

I'm starting to see some Spring projects popping up! Yeah!!!! I can't wait to all the bird nests and eggs and green grass and flower buds!!!! (We still have a foot of snow, but I know Spring is near). See this simple egg nest at Krafty Kat.

I seriously can't believe these wall hangings are made from..... paper towel rolls! The things people do with TP rolls blows my mind! See how at Delicate Construction.

What a fun key rack!!! This key rack from Designer Garden has vintage skeleton keys all over it! LOVE it!!!

Have you ever wanted a certain cookie cutter, but couldn't find it or didn't want to buy a whole assortment to get it? Check out how The DIY Home Sweet Home Project makes her own cookie cutters!!! This is a great spur of the moment cookie cutter idea!

I'm loving this idea of specialized hangers at A Law Student's Journey. She makes wire words and attaches them to hangers. So cool! I think the wire words would be neat framed also.

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See more Whatever Goes Wednesday Links!

Whatever Goes Wednesday #55

Welcome to this crazy day of linky love and blog exploration! I love to see what is new out there in blog land. Get started clicking away to view everyone's creations!
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NEW SPONSOR .

Allow your shoes to make a statement. Visit ShoeClips.Biz to see hundreds of classy, beautiful shoe clips! Dress up those shoes!

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GIVEAWAY

Enter the Lilypotamus giveaway for $25 worth of credit towards some darling children's boutique clothing and items HERE! Any little girl would look fabulous wearing a Lilypotamus item!

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MOST VIEWED LINK LAST WEEK!

Two Twenty One wanted some hurricane vases, but didn't want to pay the high price so she made her own. These cuties cost couple of dollars to make. Check out how to make thrifty hurricane vases or apothecary jars.

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BLOG TIP FOR THE WEEK!

The blog How-To by 733- A Creative Blog this week is:

HOW TO: Add or Force to show Blogger Sharing Buttons.

For a LONG TIME, I tried to get the Share this on facebook, twitter, etc. buttons to show up on the bottom of each post, but couldn't. Kim found a way to force them to show up. Check out this post to learn how to improve your traffic.

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Don't forget to check out the Giveaway Directory tomorrow! It amazes me how few people enter giveaways. This is your chance at free stuff! FYI, this link is only open for two days. If you are going to do a giveaway and want to feature it here, make sure you link it up sometime on Thursday or Friday.

Watch for a St. Patty's Categorically Crafting on March 4th, this FRIDAY!.

You know what to do. Enter your project (up to 4 links), tip, idea, recipe, whatever. Visit others. Leave comments. PLEASE NO ETSY SHOPS! Come back again in the next few days more projects are added throughout the week. Let the fun begin! (Because blogging is not my full-time job, I will not be able to visit every link. I apologize.)