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5 Hard-to-Kill Houseplants

Via Apartment Therapy — but they said “houseplants” so you know I had to pipe up. So without further ado, the beginning of Houseplant Week here on Supafine and Supafab.

Apartment Therapy DC | Setting Up Home: 5 Hard-to-Kill Houseplants. (My two favorites from the list: dracaena (pictured above) and philodendron)
Photo credit: apartment therapy.

I find inspiration in the weirdest places

Last night I was sitting on the edge of my sister’s bed in a Victorian house in downtown Columbus, watching the streetlights silhouette the leaves of a tree and cross the wide-open window and shine on the bedroom’s fireplace. The sodium light brightened the room enough to see my kids asleep on the floor and […]

SFB: How to sew your own hipster underpants

Clevergirl.org offers a tutorial on drafting a pattern to turn bikinis into hipsters. I keep bookmarking these posts about sewing your own underwear and I keep not actually doing it. One of these days, I swear. (My family thinks I’m cuckoo.) (They’re probably right.) (Still, though! This is cool.)
:: clevergirl.org ::: 170. Wednesday Workshop: Bikini […]

Sew For Broke: Hex pincushion tutorial

I’m starting a new regular feature here on Supafine called Sew For Broke — how to recession-proof your sewing, aka Tips and patterns and resources for feeding your craft addiction on little or no money. I’m kind of an expert.
For the inaugural post I present to you this free hexagon pincushion tutorial from a stitch […]

Last day of summer vacation

Today was the last day of summer vacation. Pardon me while I dry my tears.
Seriously though, this was such a great summer. It sucks that it’s over. Let me tell you why:

Iain home all day every day
weekly playdates with our friends at the park
hanging out with our neighbors
drive-in movies in the backyard
hiking and camping
my sister’s […]

Rule No. 1 should be No Milk Crates

Oh, this is just up my alley. It’s even a thing I have (to my shame) thrown hissy fits and temper tantrums over: not having a “grown-up home”.
Apartment Therapy Boston | 10 Tips: A Grown-Up Home (For Less!).
Photo from Apartment Therapy.

What I’ve been working on lately: Supafab

The last month I’ve been working on designing a few products for a friend of mine, who’s launching a new baby boutique soon. I gathered this assortment of wools and cottons and silks and made it up into a scarf and a pillow so you can see the color palette I’m working on. I just […]

How to make a Cereal Box Journal

I found this while researching recycled packaging. This looks so nice! And easy! And I’ve always wanted to buy a corner punch. This would be a nice reason.
thelongthread.com ยป Cereal Box Journal.

Bookmarked lately

I finally installed a del.icio.us/Firefox plugin and while I was at it, figured I’d share some things I’ve bookmarked lately.

etsyhacks to make selling on etsy easier
Paper Piecing ~ Hexagons — how to hand-piece hexes on the go (tried this last night and made two coasters)
Bringing Outdoor Plants Inside For The Winter
Value Quilts Tutorial
Paper Piecing Block […]

Inspiration at 1:12 scale

Please note how strongly I am restraining myself from using caps lock to describe the coolest dollhouse ever.
dollhouse 85, by Anastasiart, on Flickr.

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