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Tutorials & Tips Tuesday {10} {Free Pattern Month}

My tip for you today is to stencil your trash cans!  If you follow me on facebook, then you know that my trash can was recently stolen AGAIN.  So I bought a new one and stenciled it a bit with my new stencil from Royal Design Studio.  (The thieves left my fleur de lis can alone and stole another large one on wheels that was unmarked.)

I had originally planned on stenciling the entire can, but I still have a room to stencil and didn’t want to tire of it.  But I have to admit that the unfinished pattern is totally bugging me, so I’ll probably have to finish it!  For now, I’m hoping the personalization will deter the thieves!

In more exciting news, today I’m over at my friend Kathleen’s from Grosgrain showing you how to change a cafe curtain into an apron.  Kathleen is having a fabulous free month of patterns from the blogosphere’s top seamstresses.  (Yeah.  NO idea what I’m doing in the mix, but I adore Kathleen and her blog rocks so I wasn’t about to miss the chance!)  Stop by, say hello, and check out all the free sewing patterns!  My post goes up at 10am EST.

And now I’m excited to be inspired by your great Tutorials & Tips!

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  1. Your trash looks cute 🙂 Who on Earth would steal a trash can? That is crazy!

  2. Sorry I'm late! Better late than never right?

    First of all thanks for hosting. I love your tutorial link party, because I LOVE tutorials!

    Second, I can't believe someone stole your trashcan. How low can you get? My dad and his wife just had their bikes stolen at the DC metro station. They ended up having to walk 3 miles home.

    Have a great rest of your week.

    Brittany (aka Pretty Handy Girl)

  4. Who steals a trash can? thats crazy! hope this keeps them from stealing them!

  5. siento lo de tu cubo de basura pero vamos me imagino que es pq lo tienes fuera de casa verdad ??? aqui no tenemos ese problema como lo tenemos dentro no lo quita nadie ahora bien no lo tengo tuneado y tan precioso como tu lo haces.Unbeso guapa

  6. Your trash (can) is so much prettier than mine! LOL! What a cute idea.

    Thanks for hosting, Beth!

  7. Not again! What if you saved some time and just stencilled the opposite side to match, or carried the stencil around all four sides.

  8. The hubs always spray paints our house number on the trash can too, but his way looks really ghetto. Your stencil idea is way cuter! Thanks for hosting. I linked up my meal planning guide.

  9. Hey Beth, thanks for hosting. Who steals trashcans??? That is so funny well, not for you of course. Cheers

  10. What kind of a crazy degenerate steals a trash can?!?! I'm glad you put your house number on it, or I would worry you created more of an incentive for the thief since you made the can cute. (I did not know it was possible to make a can cute, yet you did.)

    Thanks for hosting the party each week!
    🙂

  11. See now, that is a GREAT idea!! And they look really nice too!! I'm going to have to remember this one once we have our house! Thanks for hosting, Beth! 🙂

  12. I just found your blog today, trough the grosgrain free pattern month and I love it! It actually isn't my style aesthetically (I'm a bit more minimalistic) but it totally is my style otherwise. Inventive, budget friendly, "why would I buy that if I can do it myself", and yet somewhat laydback. Just my philosophy =)

  13. Hi Beth,
    Thank you so much for hosting! ~Have a wonderful day and keep yourself crafty~ 🙂

  14. Thanks so much for hosting! Love the stenciling on the garbage can. A few of our neighbors have had their garbage cans taken – guess ours aren't nice enough!

  16. Great idea, we've lost our trash cans too….but I'll be doing this to our new ones.

    Thanks for hosting.

  17. Sorry about your trash can again but it looks great. THanks for hosting. Oops, I have two links. SO sorry, you can delete one. Thanks!

  18. Stealing a trash can is nuts. Love the stenciling! Thanks for sharing and for hosting this linkup.

  19. I still can't believe that people would steal a trashcan. That's just low! I do, however, like your new stencil work a lot!

    Thank you for hosting! I linked up the newest post in my Commenting 101 series. 🙂

  20. Thanks for hosting and for featuring my Baker's Rack yesterday! Much appreciated!
    Happy Mother's Day!
    ~Liz

  21. Stealing a trash can!!! What on earth goes through some peoples minds!

    Anyhoo, thanks for hosting another great link up!

    Love the idea of a month of freebie sewing ideas, going to take a peek now.

  22. You are cracking me up about the trash cans. I think the partial pattern looks good but I'm like you – if it bugs me I have to fix it. Thanks for hosting!

  23. Ha! That is a fabulous idea to paint your cans – I'll have to tell my mom, hers are taken a lot too..

    And congrats on Grosgrain! Love both of your blogs.. Will check out the pattern now..

  24. I'm so sorry about the stolen trash cans. The stenciling is an awesome idea and it looks so much better than just a plain one. Thanks for the idea! And thanks for hosting! I'm going to go check out how to make an apron now. Have a great day! 😀

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