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Local Gems- The Handmade Market

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 30 April, 2014 Posted in Local Gems Tagged with 2014, amazing, apex, art, art prints, art show, best craft shows, cary, clothing, craft show, design, downtown raleigh, durham, handmade, handmade artists, handmade gifts, handmade movement, home decor, indie, jewelry, kids, local, local gems, local love, lovely, may third, nc, north carolina, raleigh, stationary, sweet, the handmade market, the handmaidens, toys, triangle

Spring is here, and for many of us it is synonymous with craft show season. There are bunches of craft shows in the Raleigh Durham area where I live. One of the best local shows is most definitely The Handmade …

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- Mother’s Day Gift Guide

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 25 April, 2014 Posted in Etsy Artist Fridays Tagged with accessories, amazing, applique pillow, art, art print, birdcage, birds, bluebird, bluebird of happiness, burlap, detailed, embroidery hoop, etsy gift guide, fairy garden, family, floral, for mom, garden marker, gift guide, hand felted, hand made, handmade, handmade gifts, hanky pillow, heart, home decor, hoop art, house pillow, infinity scarf, jewelry, ladies, lavender chamomile, loose leaf tea, lovely, make up case, mom, mothers day, mothers day handmade, mum, paper cut art, papercut, polka dot, quote, recycled, repurposed, retro candle, roses, saying, scarf, soothing, spring, stamped spoon, straw fedora, straw hat, summer, sweet, upcycled, upcycled glass candle, vintage fabric, vintage fabric necklace, vintage floral, vintage needlepoint bag, whimsical, women

Happy Friday everyone! I am on my way to the Liberty Antiques Festival today, but I did want to pop in and share a little gift guide with you all! As you know, Mother’s Day is just around the corner. …

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My Life in Pictures- April 3rd-24th

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 25 April, 2014 Posted in My Life in Pictures Tagged with animals, awesome, bags, beaureguard the iggy, beautiful, birds, country, cute, cute dog, decor, decorating, dog, dog park, doggie photos, dogs, figures, flea market, flea market decorating, furniture, greyhound, hand made, hand turned, handmade, home decor, home made, ig, iggy, italian greyhound, kitschy, lifestyle, lifestyle photography, living, lovely, my life in pictures, pets, photo, photography, photos, pictures, puppy, raleigh flea market, sitehound, sleepy dog, spring, sweet, upcycled, vintage, vintage decor, vintage deer, vintage furniture, vintage tablecloth bags, wood turned

My hubby makes the most beautiful hand turned seam rippers… Chicken Balloons, need I say more 😉 …. Is this the sweetest face, or what! Beau flying his invisible plane… My newly painted dresser and …

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DIY Upcycled Knife Bracelet

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 22 April, 2014 Posted in Crafting, DIY, Tutorials Tagged with bracelet, crafts, crafty, cute, diy, diy bracelet, diy jewelry, flat ware, for her, for mom, fun, funky, gift, gypsy, hand made, handmade, handmade gift idea, how to, id bracelet, initial, jewelry, make, monogram, mothers day, old knife, personal, personalized, recycled, repurposed, shabby sweet, silverware, silverware bracelet, tutorials, upcycled, vintage

One of my favorite things to upcycle is old silverware! I have made all kinds of projects with them for holiday gifts in the past. I also have a couple of DIY projects using silverware on the blog like my …

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Let’s Shop Local’s March Market

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 9 April, 2014 Posted in Crafting, Local, Local Gems Tagged with accessorites, apex, art, artists, awesome artists, bags and purses, bath and body, candles, cary, chapel hill, children, clothing, craft show, durham, garden, handmade, handmade goods, home, home decor, jewelry, let's shop local, local, local artists, local love, market, nc, north carolina, pillows, raleigh, show, sweet, toys, triangle

A couple of weekends ago I had the pleasure of attending the March Let’s Shop Local shopping market. For all my local readers out there, Let’s Shop Local is an organization dedicated to showcasing and supporting local artists in the …

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Let’s Shop Local Show This Weekend!

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 22 March, 2014 Posted in Local Tagged with artists, gifts, handmade, handmade accessories, handmade artisans, handmade jewelry, let's shop local, local, local love, march, nc, nc craft shows, nc fairgrounds, raleigh, raleigh craft shows, support, support local business, triangle

Hey Guys! For all my local friends and followers in the Raleigh- Durham area, I wanted to let you know that Let’s Shop Local is having a show this Sunday at the Raleigh Flea Market. The event will be in …

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- The Vintage Remix

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 22 March, 2014 Posted in Etsy Artist Fridays Tagged with aceo, adorable, animals, birthday, book plates, christmas, circles, cute, digital cards, digital downloads, digital goods, easter, etsy, etsy artist fridays, etsy finds, handmade, holiday, hula, invitiations, little girls, lovely, paper dolls, paper goods, scrap booking, scrappy, squares, stationary, sweet, tags, valentine, vintage children, vintage childrens cards, vintage digital collage sheets, vintage digital tags, vintage images, vintage paper doll, vintage scrapbooking

Happy Friday everyone! Well actually, by the time I finish this post it will be saturday for some of us. It has been a really crazy day here. We are going to be setting up a booth at the Raleigh …

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- Wedding and Anniversary Rings

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 7 March, 2014 Posted in Etsy Artist Fridays Tagged with anniversary, art deco, art deco petal ring, artsy, ball cluster, carved initials, diamond, engagement rings, engraved, etsy, etsy fridays, fillagree, gold, halo, halo set rings, handmade, leaf, matte, modern, moisanite, natural diamond, past present future, personalized, pink champagne, retro, rose gold, rose gold diamond ring, silver, solitaire, sphire, stacking rings, sweet, textured bezel, three stone ring, titanium, tree bark ring, triple setting, twig rings, uncut diamond ring, unique, unusual, vintage, vintage inspired, wedding, wedding bands, wedding rings, weddings, women

Happy Friday everyone! Tomorrow is my seventh wedding anniversary! Daryl and I are going to take a day trip down to the beach with little Beau. I am so excited! Still going strong after twelve years of being together, we …

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DIY Custom Wooden Stationary Box

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 4 March, 2014 Posted in Crafting, DIY, Tutorials Tagged with animals, awesome wooden box, cards, cat, chicken, coffe table box, cool, crafts, crafty, custom, custom box, danish inspired, decor, decoration, diy, dog, fun, funky, gift, greeting cards, handmade, home decor, home decorating, how to, image box, Instagram, lifestyle, lovely, make, mid mod inspired, mini greeting cards, natural, natural wood, photo, photo crafts, photo gifts, photography, plywood box, prints, printstagram, retro, slide top box, stationary box, storage, sweet, tutorials, wood working, wooden box

Today I am going to share how to make a custom wood box with a slide lid with you. This is something I have wanted to make for a while now, but I couldn’t decide what I wanted to put …

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Easy DIY Rustic Photo Frame

By My So Called Crafty Life Posted on 25 February, 2014 Posted in Crafting, DIY, Tutorials Tagged with art, burlap, cheap, chicken wire, chicken wire mat, cool, cottage, country, crafting, crafts, decor, decorating, diy, easy, farm, for the home, frame, framed mat, fun, gift, handmade, home decor, home decorating, how to, make, mat, photo, photo art, recycled, repurposed, retro, rustic, shabby, shabby chic, sweet, tutorials, upcycled, weathered, weeknight craft, wire

Hey everyone! The other day Daryl and I reinforced the chicken coup with extra chicken wire. We ended up having a few scrap pieces left over and I thought I would save them for a project. I have used chicken …

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