every autumn, i get a huge uptick in blog traffic searching for my Original Sweet Sweater Pumpkin  tutorial . they're a fun bit of seas...

after a prolonged summer break, i'm back to share some happy news: a new version of my original 'glass globe pumpkins' has been ...

springtime is time for a NEW 'Sweet Sweater' Original creation!  i've created various versions of nests over the years from all ...

my personal word for this next year is light   along with the many meanings that word encompasses.  i often hear people talk about how dark ...

september is here, and you know what THAT means... it's time for sweater weather AND sweater pumpkins!!! i've been making + selling ...

as August comes to a close in the weirdest way possible (a hurricane in Southern California? AND an earthquake?  okay.... ) i am still str...

well, here we are in August already... a month that i always think of as 'summer's golden hour'. and fall is just around the cor...

my friends, i'm absolutely THRILLED to finally be able to share this news that i've been keeping a secret for several months now... ...

deb used to bake. uh huh. but now if deb bakes , deb eats . getting older with a slowing metabolism sucks! so now my approach to 'holid...

it's my birthday week ;)  and if there's ever a day that a girl deserves to wear a crown, it's on her birthday / week / month. ...

a search through some boxes unearthed a relic from my past that's been in hiding for years... when i saw it, i was inspired to make a la...

let's spring forward! (pun intended - sorry, i couldn't resist!)   recently, i played with a new material to see if it would work a...

the inspiration for these fun and funky faux cacti began last fall with the design and creation of my Original Sweet Sweater Succulents. wh...

so a funny thing happened while i was creating my last blog post... i was typing in additional ideas for accessories that one might use...

spring is here, and things are starting to bloom! looking for a fresh addition to our spring decor after removing the Easter eggs, ...

just when you thought i had made everything possible with upcycled sweaters... introducing the springtime creation that has evaded me fo...

if you've been around here any length of time,  you know that i like my decorating projects 'fast, cheap, & easy' TM. m...

 going through an old journal, i stumbled across these photos.. . from 1995. (that's so long ago that i used an old-school film-...

way back in 2009, i had a wild idea to make a supersized version of wood Scrabble tiles. i made them - a LOT of them, actually - and sol...

my thinking is: if you're going to do a Christmas theme, do it all the way. the  TIKI tree in my last post was just the beginnin...