About Gabrielle Krake
Jill of all trades...mastering some! I am a mom and wife as well as a business owner. I juggle the daily life that many of us mom's do. Aside from my blissfully domestic duties I am a full time artist, designer and creative blogger. I write about craftiness, repurposing, food and the daily life of a women in our culture.Website: http://www.beewisegoods.com
Posts by Gabrielle Krake
T-Shirt Skirt
By Gabrielle Krake on September 17, 2010
This is a great way to use a favorite T-Shirt and make something new!
Happy Sewing!
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By Gabrielle Krake on September 17, 2010
Embellished Summer Napkins
By Gabrielle Krake on July 19, 2010
These were created as a thank you gift but I love them so much I am going to make more for gifts, some for Modern Gingham to sell and a tutorial for Bee Wise Patterns. It is a great use of small doilies for a vintage yet modern interpretation of the {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on July 19, 2010
Fabric Covered Buttons
By Gabrielle Krake on May 25, 2010
As I was digging through my Great Grandmother’s button tin I found the sweetest little fabric covered button. It was not like the modern ones where you buy the metal shanks and press them together with the items provided in the kit. It was simpler {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on May 25, 2010
Button Cards
By Gabrielle Krake on April 12, 2010
I have a vintage button collection that has been passed down from my Great Grandmother and we have continued to add to it for years. There is something therapeutic about sorting buttons. This past week my daughters and I decided to put each color {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on April 12, 2010
Homemade Old Book Notecards
By Gabrielle Krake on March 9, 2010
I love note cards to use for a last minute encouragement to someone, or as a gift to give as a set. I often throw together several sets to keep for future presents. These particular cards are postcard style, meaning they are not a folded card but 1/4 {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on March 9, 2010
Recycle, Repurpose, ReCONSUME
By Gabrielle Krake on February 25, 2010
We are all creative at some level. I have heard so many people say, “I don’t have a creative bone in my body.” When I go to their home or see something they have made for a friend and know that they are just creative in a different way than someone {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on February 25, 2010
Ribbon Broach
By Gabrielle Krake on January 22, 2010
I was so inspired by the recent Anthropologie catalog. Toward the end was this gorgeous sweater with an accordion folded ribbon sewn on the sweater front. It made me want to create something from this inspiration. What actually happened was a broach. {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on January 22, 2010
Flour Sack Apron
By Gabrielle Krake on December 18, 2009
This was fun, it had all of the elements of the things I love to do. First was the concept. Second, I went to all my favorite “junk stores” in search of flour sacks, feed sacks and seed sacks. I actually found 15 before I decided to stop looking {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on December 18, 2009
Yo-Yo Christmas Garland
By Gabrielle Krake on November 25, 2009
I love these little cute circles of fabric. I have never even made one until this project, but I have coveted them from afar forever. I was inspired by someone who put a tutorial for a similar garland on Sew Mama Sew recently – I knew I had to make {read more}
By Gabrielle Krake on November 25, 2009
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