DIY and handmade craft ideas

socksummit

Come one! Come all! To the Greatest Sock Knitting Show on Earth. August 6-9, 2009: Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon

Step right this way where you will find:

Your favorite teachers, designers and knit stars
A marketplace filled to the brim with sock yarn and supplies
Live podcasts
Creative and inspiring exhibits
A sheep-to-sock contest
Sock Hop in the Sunken

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Scar tissue treatment oil

If you have a facial or body scar, try this herbal oil to help soften and decrease keloid scars.

Herbal Oil For Scar Tissue
submitted by HTN President Donna Maria

This combination of herbal extracts may help soften and face scar tissue over time. Don’t give up after just a few applications!! It takes time for herbals to work. You …

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Yarn Garden Priz

yarngarden1 It’s time for major stash enhancement!

Prism yarns go on sale 40% starting Friday Feb. 27th!

Be sure to come into the store early or shop online to get the best selection.

From Yarn Garden, here: http://yarngarden.net/…

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Christy’s Craft Challenge

christy-challenge

Looking for a great way to expand your crafting brain power? Want to get into the whole “recycled crafts” thing, but don’t have any crafts to recycle? Christy’s Craft Challenge is for you!

I was contacted by Christy, who explained to me this great idea she’s got going on, and the growing community surrounding it. Via Etsy, you sign …

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Happy Mundane posted these gorgeous treat bowls, made using old lampshade frames and leftover yarn, from camillahhalvorsen’s Etsy shop! I love this idea, and I “might” have so much yarn laying around it’s ridiculous. Makes me wonder what other sorts of recycling projects I can do with it – bending hangers to make art projects with them (and yarn). …

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Simple STYLE in the STYLE Series by Ann Bud

I run across quite a few knitting books in my travels, excursions and jaunts, most are kind of cool, however since my life and tastes run far, far from the NY runways, and while I can drool over patterns and techniques, a lot of them don’t have a practical use in my daily life.

Enter Simple STYLE. These sweaters, jackets, …

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Recycled Pendant Giveaway

Jesse Janes creates fabulous, colorful pendants on Scrabble Tiles and has over 200 designs offered in their online shop. Pendants make wonderful, affordable gifts for the holidays, wedding favors, party gifts and more.

Jesse Janes does offer wholesale to other retail establishments and custom designs are available on request. Visit Jesse Janes today for all your gift giving needs!

Jesse …

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Recycle Pendants Giveaway

Jesse Janes does offer wholesale to other retail establishments and custom designs are available on request. Visit Jesse Janes today for all your gift giving needs!

Jesse …

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Floral bath salts

These beautiful floral bath salts are from The Bumble Bee Studio. Made of a combination of epsom salts, flowers, herbs and sea salts, use these lovely bath salts to relax and soften your skin.…

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Digi Kit Review and Giveaway!

by Scrapbooking Editor

Jodi Watson has created an adorable digital scrapbooking kit called Oh Boy! I have heard many mothers of boys saying that there aren’t enough boy themed products available, so this kit definitely fits a need. As an about to be mother of a boy myself, I am happy to see this cute kit!

Here is a preview

The kit is …

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Interlocking Hearts Dishcloth – Another Free Pattern

This is perhaps the coolest heart pattern I’ve seen yet. Here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3963101/lockedheartsdishcloth This pattern is copyrighted by Grace Lambie, 2.1.09

Please go visit the site, while I can’t post a picture, you will want to see this one. She’s also got an awesome pattern for a pair of mittens you have to see. That pattern is free also.…

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Knitting Bird Pendant Giveaway

Jesse Janes creates fabulous, colorful pendants on Scrabble Tiles. The brightly colored designs reflect the beauty and unique quality of Jesse Janes owner, J. Foster.

These pendants are a small sampling of the over 200 designs that is offered by Jesse Janes in their online shop. Pendants make wonderful, affordable gifts for the holidays, wedding favors, party gifts and more.…

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Hope on a rope

Dugshop has made a fantastic Hope on a Rope Barack Obama soap! The soap is a very hefty 10.5 oz and worth every penny because best of all, 33% of profits benefit Habitat for Humanity or the Carter Center. The soap is vegan friendly and made of vegetable glycerin.…

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Calendula-comfrey diaper ointment recipe

Does your little one have a diaper rash? Here’s a great, natural solution from Natural Family Online to ease the irritation.

Calendula-Comfrey Diaper Ointment
1 lb. coconut oil (in the oil aisle; do try to buy the organic kind)
2 good handfuls calendula petals (health food section; don’t let the per pound price put you off; the petals are not …

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New Spin-Off Site

Interweave Press announces…. The New Spin-Off Site. Complete with lots and lots of free stuff!

Here’s just one of the free patterns they offer, a free Tea Cosy, made from handspun yarn. Go to www.spinoffmagazine.com and get your free account now. It’s a whole online community devoted to spinners. Forums, advance notice of new books, blogs, contests, and a …

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Jojoba hand lotion recipe

Jojoba oil is well known for helping to fight wrinkles, being antibacterial, and not leaving an oily feel on the skin. It is also beneficial for certain skin conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema. Try this lotion on your hands or any part of your body that needs moisturizing.

Ingredients:
1/3 cup beeswax
4 tablespoons walnut oil
2 tablespoons jojoba …

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Make It Yourself Valentine’s Day Round-Up

I’ve got a metric ton of great tutorials bookmarked, and while I could bombard you with a bunch of individual posts, but that would just get a bit excessive, no? instead, I’m going to bombard you with just a few posts, each full of great Valentine’s Day goodness. And none of these ideas will take very long, so you don’t …

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Exploding Frog Soap

HowardsHome has adorable exploding frog soaps available for only $1.50 each. A great idea for children’s party favors, these glycerin soaps have “guts” made of sea salt, citric acid and other bath bomb ingredients. When the water gets to the guts, they foam up and turn red! What a fun idea!…

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Made By Hand by ME! – byhand.me – a new artisan community site

by Indie Crafts Editor

ByHand.me is a new handmade crafter/artisan community site. This site has everything and could definetly be the next great way to promote your store, find inspiration and connect with other artists, and find great handmade items to buy.

This site isn’t really in competition with sites like etsy as it isnt somewhere you can create a store to sell your …

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Gardener’s lotion bar recipe

This gardener’s lotion bar recipe would be a great gift for any friend, gardener or not. Rich and moisturizing, it is also simple to whip up!

Find the recipe here.…

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Campo Di Fiore

Campo di Fiore is a company specializing in natural soaps made of olive oil. Based in the beautiful Castile region of Spain, the soaps are made from the time-honored and traditional recipes from the area.

With unique scent combinations like carrots and poppies, rose and avocado, and strawberries and spearmint, these soaps are a lovely and affordable treat. Find a …

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Knitting Bird Pendant Giveaway

Jesse Janes creates fabulous, colorful pendants on Scrabble Tiles. The brightly colored designs reflect the beauty and unique quality of Jesse Janes owner, J. Foster.

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Pregnant belly oil recipe

If you are pregnant, try this massage oil from MotherNature.com to help prevent stretch marks. The lavender essential oil also acts as a muscle relaxant.

Pregnant Belly Oil
4 400-International Unit vitamin E capsules
4 ounces almond (or any light vegetable) oil
½ ounce cocoa butter (available in drugstores)
15 drops lavender essential oil

Pop open the vitamin E capsules …

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Maternity Jeans Hack