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I’ve got another great tutorial I’d like to share with you.  It comes from Sew Mama Sew — camera case/iPod cozy tutorial.

This is a great project for beginners.  It takes a little amount of fabric and a small investment of time.  I like this project because it takes me as much time to make one of them as it does to make 5 of them, so it’s great to make a ton of them for craft shows.

Here’s one that I made [there's a ton of these in this post as well].

If you make one of these, send me a photo of your finished project and I’ll feature it in a gallery of reader submitted crafts from tutorials I’ve shared.

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I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

As of today, I will no longer be crafting anything (to sell) except my handpainted vintage ceramics.  I will still be taking commissions for other items — such as wallets, camera cases, greeting cards, t-shirts and quilts —  however, I will no longer be producing them on a regular basis.

What does that mean for you lovely people in Des Moines? It means that you have TWO more chances to obtain my fantastic wallets and camera cases. I’m selling today (RIGHT NOW actually) at Market Day from 9-2 and next Saturday at Craft Saturday from noon-6.

It also means that not only do you have two chances to get these things, but I am selling my camera cases at a reduced price — 2 for $10 or $7 each! Camera cases make fabulous stocking stuffers, and the holidays are less than 2 months away.

Anyway — sorry for the shameless plug, but I wanted to let you know that I’ll be focusing on dishware from here on out and that the rest of my lovelies have to sell like hotcakes.

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… a growing pile of new camera cases I’ve been crafting. Look at all those fun fabrics. Lots of my favorites in there … and a lot of them are the last bits of some of my favorites. I’m looking forward to making things from the leftover scraps.

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I finally got around to finishing the camera cases that I’d started a while back. It only took me 2 months …

Honestly, anything with a button on it just gets tossed aside for a while until I muster up the courage to wrestle with it and put the button on. It takes me more time to sew the button on something like this than to actually sew the rest of it together. True story.  It’s kind of sad.

Anyway, I finished these puppies up while I was selling at last month’s Market Day.

I kept one for myself … and a lot of them sold like hot-cakes. These are just what’s leftover and I’m finally getting around to taking pictures of the finished product. I’ll be selling these at the next Market Day and I listed them on etsy, but probably won’t be making more of them for a while. I can’t just keep making the same thing … I have to keep trying new things and playing around with different techniques.  I’m sure I’ll make more of these sometime because they were really fun to make, but this is it for now.

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