DIY Pot Holders With a Hot Glue Gun!

 "I'm cool, I'm really crafty and stuff. I have good ideas, I just don't know how to sew, it's my only downfall. Otherwise I am the perfect human being."
 I hear people saying this all the time.

Antique Gold Frames

I have walls in my room. Four walls. A floor. A bed. A desk. And four walls. "Well that's not anything special," you say, "We've all got walls."
  Ahhhh, but of those four walls, one whole wall was EMPTY. A big, fat, ugly, useless wall just sitting there. That wall was cold. He didn't want anything to do with anyone or anything. He just sat there with his blank expression, and when I spoke to him, it was like talking to a wall. But no more. Now when I talk to him, he replies with my own lips, reflected in mirrors framed by gold.
  Yes, I collected many ugly picture frames and framed mirrors from goodwill of various ugly colors. I hid them and waited for the perfect number of frames to build up under my bed, and then I painted them all Antique Gold, and now I have a Shabby Chic, rustic antique-y wall that is BEAUTIFUL .

  Here are some tips for painting your frames:

   Cover the mirror with a square of paper. Cut a little rectangle tab out before you tape down the paper, that way you'll be able to tear off the tape

Reese's Pieces Ice Cream Sandwiches

 It was in the 80's here in Michigan yesterday, and you know what that means, chumps: ICE CREEEEEAM

Summer Project

In order to actually stick to this project, I decided to post about it. That way if I don't do it I'll feel like an idot. 

Raspberry Crumble Bars

The weather is just starting to warm up. Thank the good Lord. It makes you really hungry for something summery, yet you don't want to spend

DIY Recipe Album

Recipe cards have a way of escaping their boxes. Even if they're in the box, the box itself is a nonsensical wonderland of diso

Toasted Coconut Butterscotch Balls

                        

     Remember those mouthwatering butterscotch concoctions really nice old ladies who smelled kind of bad would make for coffee hour? And then

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Welcome to Thread and Butter!

 This is a blog to train even the most uncreative mind for one task and one task only.
 To transform the most menial, every-day, boring-butt tasks... into the most crafty, delicious, meaningful, life-fulfilling thing you do that day.

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