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I've been making oval shaped rugs out of t-shirts.

There's always a lot of well worn t-shirts around this house.

I cut the shirts into strips. I found I can just start at the bottom and go round and round making it into one very long strip which I wind up into a ball.

I have a large rug sized crochet hook which I use to crochet the strip into a rug. I handsew the next strip on and just keep crocheting. Great to do while watching TV.

So far I have made one to put in front of my tub, I'm making one for Dmom's bathroom now. Mine was the first and was a combination of colors. I have different shades of green for Dmom's.

I plan on making some more to place in areas where it is cold through the winter. Think it will be a rough winter this year.

I brought home a wood desk with cupboards and pull out boards which will be perfect in my craft room as a sewing table and scrapebook desk! It is now sitting in my livingroom and I need to figure how I can move furniture to other rooms temporarily until ds/34 eventually moves out with his girlfriend. A lot of the furniture that is to eventuallly to go in a guest room is in my craft/sewing room. Might have to store a couple pieces in my bedroom to make room! all this will be my focus today- with company coming in 9 days must get figured out!

This is the card I made this afternoon for the ddaughter of dfriends who is expecting her second baby. I posted in PWYC that my dkids were the ring bearer and flower girl when she got married several years ago.

Hi Twins, Your card is beautiful - I make homemade cards too but have never attempted anything so elaborate. Thanks for posting the picture. I have three birthday cards to make soon and I may get more courageous since viewing yours. I have stamping supplies also, but haven't used them much. I use scrapbooking materials mostly and stickers. Do you know about Mrs. Grossman's stickers? Her factory is nearby and I go to the warehouse sale once a year to stock up. She also sells scrapbooking materials, and the prices are very cheap at the sales.

Sher, thanks for the compliment! I hang out at Splitcoast Stampers a lot to get card ideas although I enjoy taking the stamp and colors I want to use and figuring out how to make it look as good as possible, lol.

I used to scrapbook a lot - was a Creative Memories Consultant way, way, back and still have a bunch of their supplies. I really need to get some scrapping mojo going and get caught up on our family photos sometime.

I've very familiar with Mrs. Grossman's because CM originally sold them before they started manufacturing their own. When my dkids were in the 8th grade, I finally gave away most of my stickers to a teacher at their school who had asked for them for a student project....I was glad that she could use them and I really wasn't "loving" them enough anymore.

I like to remind my dh that making cards is cheaper than therapy!

twins I LOVED your card!!! I do love seeing other peoples creative spirit too! great work

Hi All,

Love the card Twins.

WTG on the baby quilt Harriet.

Heres a link for you with a lovely poem regarding a quilter - it made me smile:

http://www.saquilting.iblog.co.za/