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Swedish Woven Paper Hearts and a Printable Template

Hello there friends! Happy Monday to you.

I know, Mondays = boo. But honestly they get a bad rap… Mondays are a chance to get a good head start on the week, to wake up and say “Hey World! I’m going to win today!”, too…

*signing ticket from the pep police for unlawful blowing [...]

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 [...]