Link Love No 41!

Let me tell you how grateful I am for all of your kind comments about my ruffle shirts feature on Altered Couture. You guys are so supportive and awesome! :) Thank you so much everyone!

This link party I saw lots of Valentine projects. Hmm... Something must be in the air.

Here are my picks for this week!

Nette is new to the TRH link party, I am so happy that you came! She made this pretty house sewing box. I love the color combinations; it is all happy and cheerful. Go visit her blog; she posted a video of how she made this sewing box. It was so cool.


How cute are those?! Obsessively Stitching shared a step by step tutorial on how to make this covered notebook. I saw these mini notebooks at a dollar store a couple weeks ago; I knew I should have grabbed them. These notebooks will make the perfect gift for any occasion!


JAQS Studio shared a Kohana quilt with us. To show off the pretty fabrics, she made a simple square quilt. I love the fabrics used in this quilt, and I was looking closely at the picture, and noticed that this is hand quilted. I love quilts that are hand quilted. I know machine quilting is quick and amazing too, but there is something about hand quilting. I love looking at how the stitches go in and out throughout a quilt. I feel like there is warmth you can't express with a machine. Beautiful!


I LOVE this shirt! It is not a question; it is a statement exclaiming, "He loves me". Flamingo Toes shares a wonderful tutorial in her blog on how to make this He Loves Me Valentine shirt. I love projects like this, it is not over the top difficult to do, but it has the "wow" effect. So fun!


This beautiful lamp was shared by Mama Says Sew. This lamp appeared in the crafting with the stars, and it was one of my favorite projects. I want one for my home! Thank you for linking Terra!



Thank you all for coming over to another link party! See you at my next post!

TRH in Altered Couture

When you are in a book store next time, please take a look at Altered Couture’s Spring issue...


The big news I wanted to share with you all was that my ruffle shirts are featured in the magazine!!

I was contacted by the editor sometime last year. They wanted to feature a couple of my shirts. I was sooo excited and couldn't believe it. I had to pinch myself. I couldn't spill the beans, but it was so hard not to type it out loud!

My most popular ruffle shirt...


and accompanied by this ruffle shirt...


I actually haven't received my artist copy yet, but I couldn't wait. I had to buy a copy for now. I am going to send one to my mom soon.

There are so many amazing projects in the magazine. I am very humbled that my ruffle shirts are even in there with them...

Thank you, Beth, for the opportunity. Also, thank you everyone for visiting my blog, linking, and spreading the word. I don't think this would have happened if it wasn't for you. Yes, you my blogging friends!

I am really thrilled for the year 2011. I will keep sharing ideas that make my life a little bit brighter, happier, and prettier on my blog. So, drop by to say hello sometime, I will be happy to have you. :)

Link Party No. 41!

I love the scrap book section at the craft store. Even though I am not a big scrap booker (I used to do it a lot, but my scrap book stopped at where Christopher was 9 month old and he is now 10 years old...).
They are always coming out with such cute products, especially embellishments, and I use them for other things besides scrap booking all the time.

I bought those bright colored roses several weeks ago, and have some ideas of what to do with them. For now, I am enjoying just looking at them.

I know my posts have been a little "blah" lately (sorry girls, I seriously could not squeeze out any time for creating lately, and being sick all of January didn't help the situation) but I have exciting news to tell you in my next post. I couldn't take good pictures today, but it is coming!

Meanwhile, show me what you have been working on, my creative friends!

Here are the rules:

1. Please post something YOU made. It doesn't matter if it is crochet, quilt, clothing, anything would be fine. I want to see it! If you use someone's idea or patterns please give them the rightful credit.

2. Link to your specific post, that way it is easier for everybody to find and read it.

3. Please grab the "Tea Rose Home" grab button, and link back from your post. If you can mention the party in your post or place the button on your side bar, that would be great! I want more people to have a chance to come and show off their creation.


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Thank you for your participation, and making this link party sucssesful and fun!

Lots of Felt and a New Project

I told you about how I have been SLOWLY reorganizing my house in the last post. Why slowly? Well, I get distracted sometimes, especially when I am working in my hobby room...

I found lots of felt from different places in the room. I guess I collected them over the years little by little. I started to line them up and color-coordinate them.

Look at all these colors!



and some more...



Looking at them made me wanna make something...and I actually started cutting them today. I will post the finished item with a tutorial soon!

Link Love No. 40!

This week passed by in the blink of an eye for me. There is something I am working on but I can't reveal it ‘till March. I have been trying to squeeze the time to work on that into my schedule... and it has been fun! When I am focused on a project, I forget to eat or drink. Time flies by so fast! I have to make an effort to keep looking at my watch, so I won't miss my children’s pick up time.

Another thing I have been doing is to slowly reorganize my house. I have been working on each room, going through the closets and cupboards. I usually have three bags for "Sale", "donate", and "throw away". Sometimes if I am in the "zone", it's easy to part with the things and the clean-up goes fast. If I am not so much in the zone, my mind is blank, don't know where to put what. The whole thing takes a long time too.

Well, for the above two reasons, my family didn't eat very nice dinners this week. I felt a little guilty, so I cooked better meals Friday and Saturday. It should even things out, right? :)

I see in this week’s link party, more Valentine’s crafts, and they are fun! I hope you all are getting inspired by them! Well, here are my favorites for this week...

This is one of those Valentine’s crafts I just mentioned...Fast Daze shared a really fun Wreath, inspired by Tatertots & Jello. She also used the tutorial from “A girl and Glue Gun” to make felt flowers. How colorful and pretty!


Holy Cow!! Talk about big project, I mean, really BIG. Backwoods Cottage shared a STUDIO she built with her husband. Yeah, you heard (read) right. A STUDIO! She posted the step by step photos on her blog, so head over there to check them out! I would love to see the picture of it all moved in and decorated studio too! Amazing job!




You Seriously Made That? shared this pretty headband. I have seen many crocheted headbands before, but I really like this style and the colors of the yarn. Great job!


When I saw the picture of this plate, I was in LOVE! I love Jane Austin and Mr. Darcy... Grey Luster Girl was inspired by Pottery Barn and created this plate. Sooo romantic!


This is also a Valentine project, but without the usual red and pink. I love how A Crummy Marriage Blog layered the fabrics for the letters. What a fun way to make it more interesting!



Thank you all for sharing your great projects! See you at the next post!

Cork Flowers

I posted the winner for the Say it On the Wall giveaway on my sponsors' page. Don't forget to head on over there to see if you are the lucky winner!


A few months ago, I found this wonderful item at Tuesday Morning for a really great price.
So many beautiful cork flowers in different colors and sizes...I love the wooden box with a glass top that slides open too. I can use the box for a display box, when I am all finished using the flowers.


I guess I could use the flowers pretty much for anything. Scrap books, card making, making hair accessories, decorating frames and so on. Hmmm... What shall I make?

I look at them, stuck them up, and lined them up to form some ideas for now. I think this is one of the fun parts of making something.


With this many flowers, maybe I can bring an early spring in my house.

Link Party No. 40 and New Basket Makeover

I have been staying low...it's been about three weeks, and I still haven't gotten over this cold! I went through the whole symptoms like, cold chills, aches, fever, and so on. I took antibiotics and thought that everything is over... boy was I wrong. I think I have whole other thing now. Massive cough, and sneezing, followed by aching and fever... Holy cow!

I am still functioning though. Well, three small kiddos clinging how can I not.

I thought if I am up doing things, might as well, do something fun and take my mind off of these annoying flu symptoms.

I decided to do one of the projects that I have wanted to do for a while. I found this basket at one of my usual thrift store trips last summer. It had a yucky liner attached to it. I came home, took that off and cleaned it well...

Before...


After...


I made a new liner with a type of polka dot pattern fabric. It is removable for washing, and has drawstring to close it shut. If I don't want to be bothered by opening and closing the fabric, I can always fold the fabric inside.


Large corsage adds extra character to the basket...


I think it will be fun Spring/Summer basket.



Whenever I do a basket makeover, the hardest part is parting from them. I put so much thought and effort into them; I can't deny feelings of attachment there. Since I don't live in a 100,000 square foot home, I can't keep everything.
I am thinking about putting some of my creations in my etsy shop...

Well, we shall see.

Now, it is your turn to show us what you have been working on! Here are the rules;

1. Please post something YOU made. It doesn't matter if it is crochet, quilt, clothing, anything would be fine. I want to see it! If you use someone's idea or patterns please give them the rightful credit.

2. Link to your specific post, that way it is easier for everybody to find and read it.

3. Please grab the "Tea Rose Home" grab button, and link back from your post. If you can mention the party in your post or place the button on your side bar, that would be great! I want more people to have a chance to come and show off their creation.


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Thank you for your participation, and making this link party sucssesful and fun!