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/664?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shop-local-patterson-park-flea-market-craft-fair-in-baltimore-md-on-may-14-2011 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/664#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 00:28:29 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=664 If you live in the Baltimore-Washington area and have ever been interested in viewing my items in person, there is an excellent opportunity this weekend. I’ll be peddling my wares at the Patterson Park Flea Market & Craft Fair. I’ll bring all of the vintage and refashioned goodies from my Etsy shop and sell them [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/664/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/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 [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/494/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=threadbanger-tutorial-how-to-refashion-a-sweater-into-a-brimmed-beanie http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/486#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:15:08 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=486 I’ve been busy crafting for Christmas, so unfortunately I haven’t completed any original tutorials recently. However, here is a really cool one that you can use to make last minute gifts for friends and family. The brimmed beanie is loved by boys and girls of all ages, so head to your closet or the thift [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/486/feed 3 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-so-scary-about-halloween http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/471#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:17:05 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=471 If you guessed it’s environmental impact, you’d be right. The amount of waste generated by this annual celebration is truly terrifying! The tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween has been around in the U.S. since the early 1900′s. With all of the parties, costumes and candy for trick-or-treating Halloween is one of the largest, most [...]

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