This week’s Purple Project is so simple, you’ll just adore it! I have these old white, leather tennis shoes with old (what used to be white) laces.  I never wear them anymore because I have a much nicer pair of tennies.  I had an idea […]

I was getting a bit discouraged.  I made a pledge to do one purple craft a week from my birthday in September of 2009 til my birthday in 2010.  It’s been rather difficult to come up with new ideas each week especially when a few […]

Ok Purple People!  I have learned a grape lesson this week.  You want to know what it is?  It’s going to positively change your crafting life!  You ready?  Brace yourselves… sss SHAKE YOUR CLOROX BLEACH PEN TIL YOUR HAND FALLS OFF! sss Yes, I have […]

Some of you are a work at home moms or run a small business from home of some sort so I just HAD to show you this!  In my day job, I’m a speaker and an author on the topic of speech communication skills.  My […]

I thought I took a before picture, but I guess I didn’t.  This is a picture of a similar shirt I have.  It’s a bit thinner and longer than the one I redid, but it’s the same bright red color exactly.  Usually these reds don’t […]

This week’s Purple Project is a story that took me several weeks to write and illustrate.  I hope you enjoy the story of:  Little Purple Riding Hood! Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl whom everyone called Little Purple Riding Hood because […]

I had such a hard time deciding what craft to do for you this week.  I started several of them and kept vacillating back and forth.  So I’m sorry this is late. I usually post this early in the morning. After I bought the Clorox […]

You may remember that a few weeks ago I tried to do this craft with the wrong supplies.  My Tide To Go Craft was an epic failure!  But I’m nothing if not persistent and so I’m back again with my Clorox Bleach Pen Craft.  And […]

If you’re new to For the Love of Purple.com, you may not know that on my 47th birthday in 2009, I made a commitment to do one purple project per week for a whole year.  It’s hard to believe, but I’ve already completed 34 out […]

This week’s Purple Project takes a plain cream colored towel and transforms it into an elegant purple bath decoration! Ingredients: Purple RIT Dye Two fancy buttons Needle and thread ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Elegant Purple Towel Recipe: Dye towel according to directions on the RIT bottle Sew fancy […]