FYNES DESIGNS

Father’s Day Photo Frame

Virginia — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:57 +0000

With my hectic May schedule (3 weddings and counting) I thought I better get busy on a Father’s Day Gift, before it creeps up on me. The Scor-Pal was very handy to turn a $1.50 Michaels frame into a sweet Father’s Day Photo Frame. This week May Arts Ribbon and Scor-Pal have teamed up to bring you some ah-mazing projects. I hope you’ll hop along! For this project you will need: cheap wood frame, 12 x 12 sheet of pattern... Read more »

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Weekly Dry Erase Calendar

Virginia — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:47:33 +0000

If you follow along on Facebook you’d know a couple weeks ago I was the featured crafter on the Canadian Living Magazine craft blog. It was so fun to sit down and do a little Q&A with them, really makes a girl get to thinking about your craft past and present! I was also asked to share a craft tutorial with their followers. I chose to share my Weekly Dry Erase Calendar. This is my favorite wedding shower gift to... Read more »

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Mother’s Day Cards

Virginia — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:22:13 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day weekend to all you Mama’s out there! It just so happens I have a few special ladies in my life too! I was so pleased to receive the Grace collection from Authentique to create my special Mother’s Day cards. Grace has the perfect sentiments to show Mom how much they mean to you. The Grace collection is chalked full of beautiful sentiments to compliment any lady in your life. It may be too late for you to get ahold of... Read more »

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Craft Room Organizing Ideas

Virginia — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:49:08 +0000

Thanks for all your lovely comments last week about my beautifully bright Craft Room. You guys are awesome! Today I’m sharing some more details about the craft room nitty gritty. I want to show you how I put those thrift store finds to good use. (P.S. this is a picture heavy post). Lets start with the pegboard. I love having everything in my reach from my chair, having it visible makes me actually use what I have! I used pegboard hooks to hang the larger... Read more »

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Craft Room Reveal

Virginia — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:19:41 +0000

Today is the day!! I’ve been waiting 6 long months to share my dream CRAFT ROOM with you! I spent so much time planning (check out my pinboard), building, painting, and creating, I am ready to rest and reveal what you’ve all been waiting for… the best craft room on the east coast (in my humble opinion)! Insert drum roll heeeere… I had so much fun creating this space from the ground up. I gave my old desk a coat of paint and added... Read more »

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Building My Craft Room- The Ugly Bits

Virginia — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:24 +0000

I’ve been building my craft paradise for the past 6 months. Urgh, Oh Em Ghee, did it really take that long? The story goes like this… building a room from scratch takes a lot of time (period). I had a great team to help me; My main man master carpenter brother - Neil Shannon, my wickedly awesome hubby-Justin (whom some of you know as craft slave), and my awesome-possum neighbour friend (who seems to get roped into everything)-Darrel. I could not have done it... Read more »

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DIY Thread Storage Rack

Virginia — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:10 +0000

I knew when creating my new craft space I was going to need to dedicate more space for thread storage. I came up with this DIY and had to show you how easy and functional it really is. The total cost to make this thread storage rack was under $5, and if you can move your arm back and forth you have all the skills required! By using quarter round moulding you already have the proper angle to achieve a slanted thread rack which is ideal... Read more »

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Shoes Too Big? Quick Fix Shoe Inserts

Virginia — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:52:55 +0000

Last month three of my gal pals and I set sail for a crafty weekend getaway. I picked up a pair of cheep shoes to wear around the hotel and hadn’t got the chance to try them out before going. Guess what? After about a half hour of wear, I realized the shoes were a touch too big and I was getting a nasty blister (my alternative foot wear- a lovely pair of clunky winter boots). I needed emergency shoe inserts! I... Read more »

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Ribbon Storage Rack

Virginia — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:23 +0000

I’m sure you can imagine the amount of ribbon a Ribbonista would acquire. But what do we do for ribbon storage? We decided to share all our ideas with the May Arts Ribbon Organization Hop. Welcome aboard! Today I have a special ribbon storage idea to share. A while back I picked up this VHS movie stand at a thrift shop for 10 bucks! It was a little shabby looking, but sturdy. With a little TLC and elbow grease I whipped it into craft room... Read more »

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Craft Room Workbench

Virginia — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:01 +0000

I have a collection of crafting tools that take up a fair amount of desktop space. I don’t want them hidden away, if they aren’t out in plain sight chances are they will go unused. When building my new craft room I knew I would need a workbench for them, in my old craft space they were on a small table, but they were crammed together, it had no storage space and it was always cluttered. On one of my frequent Pinterest... Read more »

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