Let It Shine

Hi there fellow Rhubarb lovers. Welcome to my little blog.  Today I want to share a Simple Rhubarb Pie Recipe with you. Ten years ago, I was gifted a teeny tiny rhubarb sprout. I planted it in my backyard and it flourished.  Over the years, I found teeny tiny rhubarb plants. My plant had babies which I gifted to friends so they could grow their own. This is our second time to trim back the rhubarb plant this year. We didn't want the stalks to go to waste this time so we decided to make a pie. I know, all these years and we have never made anything with it. Weird right. Simple Rhubarb Pie Before we could even start the pie we had to harvest a few stalks of rhubarb. I enlisted the help of two very eager little five year olds. Of course that meant playtime. The huge leaves were used as umbrellas and fans. Smaller leaves were hats and plates for mud pies. I was too slow at getting my camera out. Darn it. I handed the collander of r

Good day fellow Crafty People. Welcome to my little blog.  I am so glad that you are here. Let's just jump right in there. Okay? ********************************************** Hi. My name is Darlene and I am a crafting/DIY hoarder. I just gave myself an anxiety attack.  Okay, so let's just rethink this. I am a crafter and DIYer. In order to make anything, I need supplies and inspiration. It just so happens that my supplies are inspiring.  For instance, last week, down the street from my home, there was a vintage hutch with drawers and glass doors. I thought it looked gorgeous but my neighbor was throwing it away. I really wanted to take it home and put it in my garage so I could paint it. I already imagined the finished product and it was stunning. Well it was raining that day. And the hutch was solid wood so it was heavy. I was alone. I thought about asking my Mom to come up with her van so she could help me transport it to my house but I decided not to.  I co

Hi there fellow Crafty People. Welcome to my little blog.  I am so glad that you are here.  Today I want to share another t-shirt transformation project that I just completed . Last summer, my daughter, Cole tried her hand at tie dying. For whatever reason, she decided to give it away. So I rescued it.  The T-Shirt is an adults small which won't fit anyone I know. Then it struck me. I'll just transform it into a nice little beach cover up for my four year old granddaughter.  THE TRANSFORMATION Materials One t-shirt  Sharp scissors for cutting fabric Ruler  Darning needle  Instructions I started with the neck of the T-shirt. It was too big. So I cut it off. I know, cutting it off doesn't make it smaller, but the idea was to add a drawstring. I'll get back to this in a minute. The second step was to cut off the t-shirts small hem at the bottom. Then I cut four thin strips off the bottom of the t-shirt and pulled them tight so it looks mor

Hi there fellow Crafty People. Welcome to my little blog.  Today I want to share something with you that I have been wanting to try for a long time. It's also something that my youngest daughter, Christina wanted me to try. It's a no sew t-shirt transformation! T-Shirt Cutting It is a no sew t-shirt transformation. It's an easy and fun project to do.  Materials One t-shirt with long sleeves Sharp scissors for cutting fabric Ruler or measuring tape and chalk if you want to be precise   Directions For Long Sleeve T At this point I have already lined  up  the sleeves,  cut through all four  layers and pulled the sliced  material  tight. I should have taken three pictures  here instead  of this ONE. 1.)  Fold the T-Shirt in half, lining up the sleeves perfectly. 2.) Measure and mark the wideth of each slice in 3/4" increments on the upper part of the sleeve. A another