Beaded Gifts

These gifts are perfect for Mother's Day!

"Beaded Gifts" Ebook Step-by-Step Instructions with Pictures!

This comprehensive 16 page ebook is full of easy detailed instructions for making a Mother's Bracelet, Bookmark, Beaded Pen, and Beaded Lavender Sachet.

The step-by-step instructions with pictures make it easy for even beginner crafters to follow.

On a personal note: The beads I used to make the pen were taken from my Mother's Wedding Dress. At least ten years ago my Mom's Wedding Dress was damaged by water and mildew and wasn't salvageable. Before it was thrown away I spent hours taking all of the beads off of it. I used some of the beads for my wedding veil, now for this pen, and I still have more left!

Earth Day Crafts

Remember tomorrow is Earth Day.

We all have moral obligation to make our environment healthy and strong not only tomorrow but every day.

Even the littlest things can make a big difference. For the last two weeks I have been saving recyclable items that my daughter's kindergarten class can use for crafting tomorrow. Simple things like water bottles, toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, juice containers, tissue boxes, and yogurt containers make for the best crafts.

Piggy Bank Water Bottle - Unscrew the snout and place your money in!


Desk Organizer - Perfect for Father's Day

Quick Changes From a Boy Jacket to Girl Jacket

For me it is not about buying new but rather using what you already have on hand. With a little imagination and a little crafty know-how you can turn nothing into something.

Boy Jacket with racing stripe (original jacket):

Transformed into: A Girl Jacket with purple flower ribbon and gem stone ribbon zipper pull.
I used fabric-tac to glue purple ribbon onto of the racing stripe. Then for the zipper-pull I used metal snaps to attach ribbon. And then glued gems onto the snap with the same fabric-tac glue.


Wallah, boy jacket transformed to girl jacket. I had the fabric-tac and the snaps on hand the only thing I bought was the ribbon, in a clearance bin for $1.00!

Helpful Hint: For attaching snaps I use a snap attaching tool (pictured below).

A Need to Blog

When I started my business Sarah Forhan Enterprises and my website http://sarahforhan.com I decided to end this blog. My thought process was that I would be so busy I would not have time to blog. Little did I know blogging had become such a part of my life that I would feel a huge void without a blog.

Three years ago, I started to blog for Cafemom formally Clubmom. When I began blogging it was out of a need for income. My children were very young and I didn't want to work out of the house. At that time even the little that Clubmom was paying me was a Godsend to me (literally). It gave me the freedom of earning my own money while still being at home taking care of my children.

When Clubmom abruptly ended I started this blog; Sewing and Crafting with Sarah. I needed a place to display all of my craft projects that I had designed over the past three years. However, this blog formed out of a need not a desire. With Clubmom ending I lost my income. I needed to find a way to continue to make money, unfortunately this blog could not do that. It was basically a warehouse for my projects; not the nice shiny new home with the white picket fence I so desperately needed to put my projects in. So I resented this blog, even grew to hate it. All my ideas thrown into one place with not much thought or love put into.

Then last year, I began to write for Bowdabra. I started writing their craft projects, Home Decor. Ebooks, and crafts for their tv segments. Finally, I had a purpose, a way of earning income. My creativity was earning me money again. As I started to earn more money I realized that I needed to start my own business. I no longer could be an Independent Contractor but rather a real live business owner! It has been a scary starting my own business but has been a wonderful learning process for me!

And now I have come full circle. I no longer need this blog; I think that is what makes it so special to me. I get to take a deep breathe and just write, live, laugh, and love.