Blog Lovin Love {1}

What we loved on Blog Lovin this week :)

Living Room Round Up > Smile & Wave

Patchwork e-reader sleeve > Craftzine

Print > Design*Sponge

BHLDN party dress and accessory collection > Oh Joy

Red  Velvet Cupcakes > The TomKat Studio

Knitting and Strawberry Tarts

Home sick today :(  Instead of moping, I decided to work on a knitted hat for a co-workers daughter (that's kinda work related, right?) and bake strawberry tarts (which have nothing to do with work). 

The pastry crust is a recipe from here and the filling is macerated strawberries and melted apricot and passion fruit  jam.... before I put the tart shells in the oven I sprinkled them with sugar, and they are soooo good!  Totally makes up for my bake fail from other night when I read 1 1/2 cups as 1/2 a cup :P

Mini Blythe Dolls!

Cassie found Maya the cutest birthday present - Littlest Pet Shop Blythe collection! I had no idea these even existed, let alone could be found at the local Wal-Mart. She even comes with a little display stand - how cute is that?

I kinda want to go and buy some more... for Maya obviously... not for me at all...

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Trilobite Specimen Display

I've always thought that specimin displays we're really interesting, if sometimes a little creepy, so I put together a knitted one for the nuggets nursery.  

The pattern was found on Ravelry and knit up really quickly and the shadow box was a wedding gift. 

 I looked up the genus/species and viola!  I hope it sufficiently creeps him out :P

Blythe Wig

I'm currently customizing a fakey Blythe I picked up off of Ebay...I've done lots of work on her so far, but getting new hair for her is making ALL the difference!!!

Straight out of the box.

After the first round of customization. Looking good!

With new hair!  Really, soooo much better!!!

New Year New Ventures!

Welcome to Sparrows and Arrows! A new venture for Cassie and Jessi of Common Threads.

We're super excited to have pretty new place to blog and explore new ideas. Make sure to stop by for all your favourites (DIY'S, craft posts, internet round-ups, etc.), as well as lots of new exciting features coming soon!

Is there something you'd like to see? Send us an email, we'd love to hear your ideas!

-Jessi & Cassie

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