Month: June 2011

Colorblock Notecards

I used to associate tissue paper with “kindergarten” projects. Not anymore. There are so many wonderful ways to use the colorful and inexpensive material and achieve sophisticated results. This colorblock notecard project from A World of Color is a perfect example.

How-To: Vintage Spool Cork Board

  I love scoring vintage wooden thread spools at thrift stores, but the thread on them is often too old and brittle to use for sewing. The Silly Pearl has a cute how-to for turning them into this handy cork board (and a few spool-based thumb tacks). The colors play off each other so nicely […]