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Dec
30
Find tips on throwing a winter wonderland cocoa party with snow-themed treats HERE at Creative Outlet. {found via kara’s party ideas}
[tags]Winter, snow, cake pops, desserts, party[/tags]
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Dec
30
Tracy from Mad Quilter shows how you can create an 8-gored skirt from a pattern you draft yourself. She shows the one she made for her daughter, but there’s no reason why you can’t make an adult-sized one as well. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Mad Quilter]
[via One Pretty Thing]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, 8, gore, skirt, …
Dec
30
Love this simple, clever idea for a wedding (or bridal shower) detail: “tie the knot” straws. Find the post HERE at Martha.
[tags]Martha Stewart, beverages, straws, weddings, bridal showers[/tags]…
Dec
30
Christmas has barely passed, but already Valentine’s Day is at the forefront of many stores and shoppers’ minds. If you are in the market for some fun Valentine’s Day soaps, check out Silje’s Etsy shop for love-inspired, vegan soaps.…
Dec
30
All That Scraps is having a sale, enter code: yearend at checkout and receive 20% off your stamps. Hurry sale ends 12/31!! Click here to visit their site.
-Heather…
Dec
30
My 2-year old is currently obsessed with choo choo trains. Obsessed. So of course I was drawn to this collection of train-themed baked goods from around the web over at the celebration shoppe blog. Find the roundup HERE.
[tags]trains, cupcakes, cake decorating, birthday parties[/tags]…
Dec
30
Imagine a company that takes leftover strands from a viable industry and creates YARN!!!
The company is Darn Good Yarn and I recently acquired a sample of this luscious “left over” stuff. What is the original product? Hand spun fibers made into Saris in Nepal. The “waste” is then spun into yarn and in return, helps to support women and …
Dec
30
What a lovely way to start the New Year indulging yourself with one or several of these Spa-Style Washcloths. These distinctive designs and the luxury linen fiber used in this project will change your mind about washcloths and you will become addicted to the process and begin cranking them out in record time. Find the complete pictorial tutorial on CraftSylish …
Dec
30
Build It! With Pallets is a fun little book. If you are a handy sort and like to build stuff out of found wood pallets this is a great source for how-to projects. There are great instructions with nice little hand drawn sketches and black and white photos to follow. One of the best parts about making projects with recycled …
Dec
30
Here are a few more links to free printable 2010 calendars available online.
Inspirational 12 month Calendar
Dec
30
Sew4Home shows how to make a cover for your sewing machine to keep the dust off of it when it’s not being used. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sew4Home]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, cover, machine, dust[/tags]…
Dec
30
Designing Moms has this printable calendar designed by Gleaux, available for download. The files are in six separate posts. Click each link below to go to downloads.
Dec
30
Jaime from Prudent Baby shows how to make a terry cloth burp cloth. The terry cloth is from a handtowel, which you can find in a wide range of colors at any discount store. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Prudent Baby]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, terry, burp, cloth, rag, handtowel[/tags]…
Dec
30
Novita from Sew I Do shows how to make this makeup bag from a placemat and a bit of pom-pom fringe. Quick and easy! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sew I Do]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, makeup, pouch, bag, placemat[/tags]…
Dec
30
Impress stamps is having a year end sale, from now until Jan 2nd enter code: thankyou at check out and receive 20% off your stamps!
-Heather…
Dec
30
I found this cheery quilt pattern at the Quilt Soup online shop.
Product description:
The appliqué and piecing are both for beginners and what a cute quilt this makes. Quilt finishes at 64″ x 80″. $9.49Go to Quilt Soup’s pattern page.
[tags]quilt patterns, Love Ya, applique, piecing[/tags]…
Dec
30
Don’t Eat the Paste is sharing this calendar template that comes with a second page you can customize with stamps and other materials. Click here to go to download.…
Dec
30
Get templates and instructions to make this 2010 pocket calendar over at Creature Comforts. Click here to go to download…
Dec
30
Michelle Valadez, owner of The Soap Pixie, shares some information regarding the art of blending oils on her blog. This is helpful for those interested in blending essential oils, but are at a loss as to where to begin. …
Dec
30
If you are like me you might be staring at a pile of packaging etc, that arrived with presents before the holidays, and wondering what to do with it.
Well here is a great idea for bangles made from mailing tubes, which was found over on Craft Club…
Dec
29
Here are some blogs that I’ve recently viewed. So much inspiration here!!
I love the garland here – and her great color choices:
http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet/
Always on the lookout for sweet baby afghans. There’s a very lovely free pattern, the Tiramisu Blanket here:
http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/TiramisuBlanket.pdf
Scroll down at this next site to see the necklace and a more detailed picture of it. …
Dec
29
Katie from Katie Cupcake guest blogs at A Beautiful Mess with a tutorial showing how to make a laptop sleeve. Get the how-to.
[photo from A Beautiful Mess]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, laptop, sleeve[/tags]…
Dec
29
Concord Soap Company is currently having their Annual Inventory Clearance SALE! Everything is 50% off at both their Etsy shop and their website. The sale ends when the new year arrives and all items are handmade!…
Dec
29
Whosies from Whosies and Whatnots shares a tip on her blog (Whosies… Written Whatnots) for using dollar store ponytail elastics to tame your bobbins. It’s so simple, and yet so brilliant! See how she does it.
[photo from Whosies... Written Whatnots]
[tags]sewing, tip, bobbin, tamer, ponytail, hair, elastic, holder[/tags]…
Dec
29
If you have fingers that like to fidget, as I do, or just enjoy artwork that has a movement component – you should go check out the “kinetic” gallery at Lisa Pavelka’s website
Click here to go directly to her blog, where she tells us we’ll soon be seeing instructions for these in books and magazines. Definitely something to look …