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Silhouettes From Photos

Happy new week dear friends.  So… have you heard?  Silhouettes are hot hot hot!

Going to be the next big trend.

The gotta have it thing.

I love it when a classic comes round.  And this is a classical classic.

And I also love it when the next big trend is one that I can make.  These are SO easy [...]

Yarn Wrapped Frame

Hi All, how’s your week going?  Here’s another quick project inspired by the retail post last week.  So very easy:

This is based on the yarn wrapped frame from Pier 1 Imports.

You’ll need:

A frame with fairly thick edges to be suitable for wrapping (I used the wooden frames at Michael’s which [...]