http://icouldsewdothat.com Spend less, live more. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/764?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kickstarter http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/764#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:31:43 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=764 Kickstarter first entered my vocabulary about two years ago when an acquaintance at a birthday party was telling me about her latest project and how she intended to fund it. Kickstarter is a website where entrepreneurs and artists list details about a project plan and investors have the opportunity to fund it. Everyone can pledge [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/764/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/692?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ikcdesign-original-redesign http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/692#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:51:03 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=692 I’ve run out of checks again so it’s time to order a new set. After wading through screens of puppies and fairies and Christmas designs, I finally decided to just reorder the argyle that I’m already using. I know; boring. I still can’t figure out what kind of person wants to have Christmas themed checks [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/692/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/641?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stuff-i-love-paper-made-from-poo http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/641#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:42:58 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=641 Yes, you did read that correctly. I am referencing paper recyled from excrement. Ewwww…. Well, The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company has a cute little slogan that reads, “We take the OO out of Poo”. This paper has been crafted from the undigested plant fibers left behind by elephants. It’s allowed to dry, cleaned and [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/641/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=serendipit-donating-100-of-sale-proceeds-to-japanese-aid-organizations http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/615#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:35:02 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=615 The catastrophic events that have taken place in Japan over the last week are almost unimaginable, the suffering of the survivors nearly inconceivable. Fortunately there are several charitable organizations already providing aid. For this reason I am temporarily converting my Etsy shop over to serve as a means to collect donations to support the efforts [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/615/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/598?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=etsy-shop-feature-little-asian-sweatshop http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/598#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:00:49 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=598 This Etsy shop feature segment is for a local designer from the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. At fewer than 50 miles away from Baltimore, D.C. is just a hop, skip and jump away. We are both members of the same Etsy team: DC Craftacopia, a collection of fun and talented crafters from the D.C. Metro [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/598/feed 2 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/542?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=etsy-shop-feature-sweet-and-dirtys-emporium-of-good-stuff http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/542#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:45:38 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=542 This next shop feature is special because we are both members of the same Team on Etsy: The Etsy Recycler’s Guild Team. However, I noticed and marked a few of their items as favorites before I even realized that they we were teamies. So, without further ado, it has been my pleasure to interview Sweet [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/542/feed 1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/529?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2011-is-here-now-what http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/529#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:12:00 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=529 Well, it’s officially 2011. If you are into Mayans or Judgement Day there may not be much point in planning out your next project, but as for me; I’ve got a lot of work to do. I am extremely happy to have survived the holidays. Everyone seemed to enjoy the gifts that I made for [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/529/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/518?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=etsy-shop-feature-interview-with-lolas-jewels http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/518#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:56:14 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=518 I enjoy handmade craft for many reasons as you may already know from previous posts. The benefits of purchasing handmade are many, you provide living wages to someone that you can get to know rather than supporting a faceless corporation who may be purchasing from abused workers overseas, you can ensure quality and customer service [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/518/feed 2 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/505?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-party-time http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/505#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:23:24 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=505 That’s right folks, it’s officially party season. From now through New Year’s Eve you will be expected to don your best duds and doll yourself up to spend time with friends, family, coworkers and acquaintances. You can’t be seen wearing the same fancy dress year after year or be caught wearing the same suit and [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/505/feed 5 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=look-nook-covers-handmade-gift-wrap-and-my-fabric-bow http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/494#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:15:25 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=494 http://looknook.blogspot.com/ is a blog that focuses on “things to look at and things to read. art, books, love.” The blog highlights small shops that focus on handmade arts and crafts. Yesterday, the plaid fabric gift bow that I have offered in both my shop (SerendipiT.Etsy.com) and the team shop (FashionRemixTeam.Etsy.com).  Below is an excerpt and [...]

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