Dress Refashion

How many of these dresses do we have left over from our teen years?
I'm always afraid that if I add a band of fabric at the bottom of a dress or skirt, it will look like an addition. Just like on a house, I don't want an addition to look awkward, like it's not meant to be there. I think that's another reason why I haven't had a lot of success with my refashions yet.
But check out what Wendy was able to do with her dress! It looks polished, sophisitcated, and very grown up, not for a 15 year old!

Totally cool way to save grease stained clothes!

Check out Helen's handiwork with reverse applique!

I can't wait to rescue my poor tops!

Great Freezer Paper Stenciling Tutorial

Dana is so talented! Check out her Freezer Paper Stenciling Tutorial. As she puts it, "poor man's silkscreening."

Fabric Envelopes

I found these, meant for sorting your cash when using a cash-only system, but it looks to me like a good way to sort receipts too. I use my ATM so as not to loose cash (which I've done before) but would love to use these fabric envelopes for sorting my receipts.
I don't see any reason why I couldn't figure out the dimensions and make them myself!

Paper Bowls

Elizabeth is a fantastic source of recycling knowledge and ideas! Since I'm planning on recycling my junk mail to make my christmas cards this year ("notes" 3&4 at that link), this idea for recycling paper to make paper bowls also intrigues me. Maybe I'll make Bowls of home-made cookies this year instead of plates! (Though I'm sure I can make sturdy recycled plates the same way I make the bowls!!)

Needlecase

I fell in love with this idea from over at Chris Cross Corner!
The stitch design isn't really my style, but I love the idea and may someday make a needlecase of my own with a small stitch pattern I absolutely adore!

Rosette Wreath

I have to attribute this idea to being farsighted and forgetting my reading glasses!
I saw a small picture of this wreath in a sidebar at Design*Sponge and thought it looked like it was made out of fabric rosettes!
So then I thought of using Blissed Out's flower petals to make a wreath!

If only I had 40 hours in a day to make all these great things!