DIY and handmade craft ideas

Everything is prettier in pink. At least according to my daughter. Make pink glittery pretzels HERE at Rachel Ray.

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New Online Knitting Magazine – Knit Picky

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Love Token Free tutorial by Deborah C. Pope

by Felting Editor

I found Deborah C. Pope in a video on the Carol Duvall Show on the HGTV web site called Handmade Felt Sculpture. In this video Deborah shows us her magical creations and I think that any of you that have wanted to needle felt a character will find inspiration in this video. I also researched Deborah and …

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Soda Box to Soup Can Storage

How cool is this idea? I mean really, the soda companies have this brilliant design for storing their soda cans, why not dress it up and store other types of cans? Brilliant! Amy over at Then She Made is going to show you how she did it.

Go and see the tutorial for this soda box turned soup storage at …

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Folk Art Pillow

Several days ago I shared these fun glass glittered pear bowl fillers from Denise at The Krazy Kraft Lady. Denise has some really awesome designs on her blog, and if you like the real primitive and grungy stuff, she has plenty of that too! Today I wanted to share her folk art pillow with you as it is a great …

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Video Tutorial – Twisted Drop Stitch Knitting

by Knitting Editor

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Fabric Hoop Wall Art

This is a fun and inexpensive way to create some art for your walls. Perfect for a teen girl’s room using flowers, stars or polka dotted fabric. Change them up even more by painting the embroidery hoops!

Be sure to visit Lindsey over at Kindred Spirit Mommy to see her wall art with fabric scraps.…

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Thread LED Tea Light Cover

I’m sure you’ve seen those little battery operated tea lights? They are great for luminary jars on a windy evening or for kid’s projects as there’s no real flame. I came across this fun project at Weddingbee yesterday and knew you would like them.

See the thread LED tea light cover tutorial over at Weddingbee.…

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Casting Call: Be the Next Cake Decorating Star on TLC

Think you could be the next, big thing in Cake Decorating? TLC and the producers of “Cake Boss” are accepting applications now for a new cake competition series. Find details HERE.

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Repackaging Carrots to Look Like Junk Food

Is this a new trend? Tricking us to eat veggies by accepting a junk food mores. According to USA Today, Bolthouse Farms and about 50 other carrot growers are going to try a new marketing scheme to package baby carrots similarly to such chips as Cheetos. Find more information HERE. I, for one, kinda hope it works.…

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Fall Tree Cupcakes

The 95-degree weather we’re having belies the promise of Fall, but I know it’s coming. Check out this chocolate Fall tree tutorial at Crazy Delicious Food. Via Cupcakes Take the Cake. Via Party Cupcake Ideas. That’s a lot of vias.

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Silvered Ivory Stringer Tutorial!

by Glass Art Editor

Over at Torchbugs you can find all kinds of glass bead making tutorials. Today I’m sharing some I really like. Silvered Ivory Stringer is one of the coolest component parts a bead making can make and use. Silver foil is mixed up with ivory glass and the reactions are fabulous. Check out this tutorial so you too can make and …

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Glass Bead Tutorial – Twisties with Strips

by Glass Art Editor

Most of the time I use glass rods to make my glass beads and other component parts. Sometimes I use strips sliced off of sheets of glass. Especially if I’m making dichroic glass beads. Well I found a few tutorials where the bead maker uses strips for her twisties, her striped beads and her encasement. So this is a three …

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Original: SRE honeysuckle

I’m in awe of this honeysuckle vine stitched by Melissa of Honey Bee’s Bliss. She says,

I’ve never done honeysuckle before and none of my books have any that I loved so I made my own idea of honeysuckle! The stamens are twisted pistol stitch in gold 4mm ribbon and then I used a golden yellow 4mm ribbon and

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Free online: 1920 stitching handbook

Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread points out an amazing free online book for stitchers. Get the details.…

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Cookie Giveaway!! A Brown Bag Cookie “Lunch”

Just had to share with you all a yummy giveaway at my other gig. I’m currently running a cookie giveaway, courtesy of the shop where I worked for nearly a decade, Bundles of Cookies. Just CLICK HERE to enter to win all these cookies, plus, a bonus cookie, decided by you. Just answer the question:

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Tutorial: Super cute art tote bags for your creative little monster

by Sewing Editor

Craftster user sadsilver shows how she made these super cute art totes. The lined tote bags will hold pads of paper or coloring books, while the monster appliques on the front are designed to hold the crayons or pencils. The points of the crayons become the monster’s fierce rainbow-colored teeth! Go to the tutorial.

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Inspiration: The Glass Mountain

Kate of The Glass Mountain has been embroidering these darling characters on little zippered coin purses. She says,

I’ve been a little fascinated by the idea of circus skills lately. Not so much clowning but definitely balancing acts — little girls practicing their skills so they can run away and join the circus — balancing and tightrope walking — and

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