Here's the tutorial I promised a while back for the little drawstring pouches. These little crochet and leather drawstring pouches can be used as coin purses, notions bags, dice bags, or given to a child as a place to keep special

Oh, how I love overalls. Comfy, easy, a little bit different. I'd wound up without any and had been on the lookout for some. These are from Wal-Mart (you've seen me wear them here before) and while they are supersoft

No outfit post today - though I'll hopefully get one up later this week - because last week I got super sick with the same thing my husband had the week before, and was still recovering this weekend. This means

Some neat and inspiring things I have found around the internet recently - This gorgeous high low dress crocheted by Ashlee Elle of Dream In Vintage. I've shared her work before here. Her designs are so creative and inspiring, please go

Some cool and inspiring things I've found around the internet recently - This tutorial from Melody of Melmaria Designs on using crocheted flowers for printmaking. So cool and clever, and the resulting prints are just lovely! This crochet top from Silvia66

crochet pleats tutorial 1 Several months ago I was searching online for a guide to making crochet box pleats, but all I found was guides for stitches that were more like gathered fabric than pleating. The closest I found, and it is a very great tutorial, was this post on crochet pleats from April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio. It goes along with a pattern of hers for a girls jumper that was published in Interweave Crochet, Winter 2010. It was very, very helpful and I'd recommend a look at it. However, since there is a lack of tutorials for this crochet skill online where there are multiple guides for many others, I thought I'd try making a basic guide including two ways of making crochet box pleats. The first way is basically the same as Banana Moon Studio's guide, while the second is different. This post is quite long, so click through the jump to see the full post.

A list of neat or inspiring things I have discovered around the internet lately - This leather high-waisted skirt from Otte. I think this may be from an old line, but it was super expensive, anyway. Would be totally possible to

made by me A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to try making some collar necklaces. In particular, ones that drew from pointed or Peter Pan style collars. I'm really loving the look of these, lately, and my affinity for