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Hold on to your hats all the ladies (and men) of CraftGossip. We have one of the best giveaways to come through our days in a long, long time, right here!

Josh Groban probably needs no introduction. Suffice to say, he is starting a North American Tour called “In the Round“. And we have 2 tickets for you …

  This minimalist necklace was made my the creative Stephanie from Henry Happened.  In this tutorial Stephanie shares why she chose to make this simple, yet beautiful necklace and how you can make one for yourself. Check it out! …

These lovely glasses have beautiful, time-consuming details. Art-ioma has picture steps on how to make them but some details are missing. I often adhere clay to glass without an adhesive but for this, with the open work and the tiny beads, I’d probably either make sure my flowers and vines touched or fill with a little TLS here and there.…

This week’s featured Etsy shop is Drops of Color. Drops of Color specializes in custom made baby mobiles and other home décor accessories. Each mobile is made to order and they’ll match it to your nursery colors and tastes. The choices of mobile themes are amazing–each set is handmade from felt and completely adorable. Whether you like owls, sea …

PersonalisdWeddingGifts.co.uk  are giving you the chance to win a $50 voucher to spend on anything you like from their website.

They pretty much have every gift/favor imaginable to enhance your perfect day. Checkout their blog for informative wedding related articles as well as updates on new products.

For your chance to win simple comment below and tell us which wedding favor…

Holes in jeans can be good in some places, and bad in others.  In the right places, they give a wonderfully distressed look.  In the wrong places, you end up showing everyone what color panties you’re wearing that day. The Renegade Seamstress shows how to mend the holes you don’t want.  Go to her tutorial.

[photo from The Renegade …

As I clean through the piles in my sewing studio, I’m realizing exactly how much vintage fabric I have hoarded.  I think I’m much better at acquiring the vintage fabrics than actually using them in projects.  Are you in the same boat?  Alida from Alida Makes has some advice for us for incorporating a vintage fabric in our sewing projects.  …

Make this “darling mobile” for your home and do it together with the kids and make a few! Make one as a great handmade gift like a baby mobile for the nursery. She has a complete tutorial to for us to recreate this project. Sara, the “creative Jewish mom” was born and raised in California, educated in New York and …

Joel from Made By Joel, and author of Made To Play, shows how to sew up a fabric football.  He stuffed it with strips of old t-shirt fabric rather than a polyester stuffing in order to give it a good weight for tossing.   Go to his blog for the DIY.

[photo from Made By Joel]…

 

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Prickley Pear stamps has directions for making this “tweet” birdhouse card.

-Heather…

Home accessories are really fun to knit for people of all skill levels. For beginners, it’s nice that things for your house don’t have to come out an exact size as a garment for a person does. More advanced knitters can use fancy stitches and skillful swatching to make a cover that perfectly fits a chair or another accessory that’s …

 

Beer, ties and mustaches. Always the same thing for Dad. Here are a few ways to make beer, ties and mustaches awesome.

 

DIY beer bread mix packaged IN a beer bottle, complete with free printables is awesome. Find it at Designed by Dawn Nicole.

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I’ve seen and shared a lot of different ways to sort, store and display yarn through the years, but this has got to be one of the coolest and cleverest solutions I’ve seen. Bonus: it doesn’t cost a lot, makes all your yarn accessible and turns your stash into a giant work of wall art.

Lorna at Knits for Life…

I have to admit, I’m totally out of the Star Wars world now. I’m about old school Star Wars. The original, unenhanced trilogy. Playing Princess Leia in the backyard, my brother was Luke, or maybe Han. We probably made my sister be Darth or Jabba the Hutt. But apparently the whole massive Star Wars complex is alive and thriving. Here …

Thanks to everyone who shared their moments of organizational embarrassment; I feel a lot better.

Our winners this time around are numbers 1 and 4: Constanza, who shared a story about a scheduling mishap that happened when she had surgery; and Maryanne, who can only find things after she buys a replacement.

She’s not alone, a lot of people said …

Ari from Max California guest blogs over Shaffer Sisters with a tutorial showing how to make her 12 Parsecs Dress.  It’s a t-shirt mini-dress with a retro sweetheart neckline.  Love!!  Go to her tutorial.

[photo from Max California on Shaffer Sisters]…

Alexandra from Kalinka Handmade shows how to make tablecloth weights.  They clip the bottom of a tablecloth to keep it  from blowing away when you’re dining outside.  The ones she made are shaped like fish, but you could sew them in any shape you like.  Go to her blog for the how-to.  (The post is in Russian, but you …

Bridgit  from Wag Doll made a new summer tote bag for herself.  The striped fabric came from a table runner that she fussy cut so that the printed words would appear on the front of her bag.  She shares a tutorial showing how she made the bag.  It’s a roomy tote, with finished dimensions of approximately 18″ x 14″.  (I’m basing these numbers on …

Amy from Positively Splendid shows how to make a pretty scalloped sunglass case.  They don’t take much fabric to make, so you can use up some of your scraps of favorite fabrics.  Go to her blog for a pattern and tutorial.

[photo from Positively Splendid]…

The difference between a plain pencil skirt and a tuxedo skirt is just a couple of strips of contrast down the side.  Kristina J. shows how you can update a plain skirt to give it the tuxedo stripes, in the form of wide grosgrain ribbon.  Go to her tute.

[photo from Kristina J.]…

Here’s a super cool idea using stamps that I’ve never seen before!  Wendy Price used her stamped images as a design base for wood burning, how fun is that? She has details on how she made this photo frame over on the There She Goes stamps blog. Wouldn’t one of these make a perfect Father’s Day gift?

-Heather…

 

Sometimes the most humble crochet project can really make a difference in the quality of one’s life.  That’s crochet genius!  In this case, Sheila has invented a potholder we weren’t smart enough to know we needed, but will not find it impossible to live without!  Check it out.  You’ll be as impressed as I was with Sheila’s crochet genius …

The Sharpie® marker was introduced in 1964, the first permanent pen of its kind, coveted for its ability to write on almost any surface. Fifty years later, Sharpie is still coveted for its ability to write on almost any surface. I’ve seen a resurgence in the past few years of crafters re-claiming the tool. Sharpie designs are showing up in …

Lia Griffith designed a matching set of summer themed gift tags and wrapping paper, that would work well for those occasions coming up: Graduations, Bridal Showers, Father’s Day and of course birthdays! Click here to download the tags and coordinating papers.…

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