May
9
Amy Warden at Great Cakes Soap Works is running weekly soaping challenges. This week the challenge is to make a salt bar, something she describes as “its very own category of soap.” She offers up 3 sample recipes, a video tutorial, and links to other online tutorials. Read about all the fun here, and don’t forget to look at …
May
9
What a gorgeous rainbow of colors Jello makes, and a smart idea for kid-friendly cookie making. Find the how-tos to make JellO cookies HERE at i heart naptime.…
May
8
I am in awe of this block created by Anna T of the Ukraine for the Crazy-Quilt Journal Project 2012. Because the post is just the photo–no text–I’m not sure whether Anna embroidered the motifs at the center of the block. Regardless, her combination of lamés and laces is gorgeous, and her tiny close quilting takes full advantage of the …
May
8
I lamely only just learned The Avengers was a movie, and now I’m seeing Avengers Avengers Avengers everywhere! Check out this Hulk dinner HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons. I don’t know about this newfangled movie stuff, though. To me the Hulk will always be Bill Bixby.…
May
8
Roslyn at Sew Delicious shares how she altered a plain exercise book and made this lovely notebook decorated with washi tape. This would make a lovely gift, or use it to keep note of your scrapbooking ideas. Plus you can also use this technique to inspire a scrapbook page! Click here to go to the tutorial.…
May
7
Perfect for prom or your little black dress, this stunner from Sarah at the Bowdabra Design Team is sure to wow. Take a look at Sarah’s tutorial at the Bowdabra Blog and see how easy it is to make your own.…
May
7
Kate from Scrapsation shares a tutorial and free template for creating a tri-fold card like the one shown above. You can adapt this for any occasion, like Mother’s Day. Click here to go to the tutorial.…
May
7
Grrr. How great would these be for a Jungle party? I’m also thinking lions with the yellows. Find the how-tos HERE at Creative Food.…
May
7
Any camping plans for this Summer? (I for one, do NOT camp, but I’m not averse to a backyard firepit. Or grill.) Anyway, loving this great idea for a campfire treat: Basically an ice cream cone s’mores but with other good stuff, too. Find the how-tos HERE at Come Together Kids.…
May
7
Something even the littlest of kids can make for mom: Fruit flowers on her morning bagel. Find the how-tos HERE at B. Inspired, Mama!.…
May
7
Linda from Party Craft Secrets shows you how she took quilling large-scale, and made a quilled bow for gift wrapping. She calls it her Big Bertha version of quilling! Click here to see more.…
May
7
Jenny from Craft Test Dummies shares a tutorial for making a decorated clipboard for Mom. She used items from the Martha Stewart Collection by EK Success. Click here to see more.…
May
5

So yesterday I was in the Bay Area of California. First in the San Jose area for a new client meeting (which went very well) and then I headed over to see the new Bullseye Resource Centerover in the East Bay, Emeryville to be exact. First off, Emeryville is like a brand new town. Everything looks so fresh and …
May
4
Heidi from Sew.Craft.Create is sharing these free printable cupcake toppers for Mother’s Day. These could also work well on a scrapbook page. Click here to go to the download.…
May
3
Your apple eat, you will. Hmm, I’m not very good at Yoda speak. But these Yoda apples are pretty dang cool, yes? Make them HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.…
May
3
Sam from Cook Quilt Make and Bake shares a step by step tutorial for making this Americana themed pinwheel garland. She even made the patterned paper herself! Click here to go to the tutorial,…
May
2
These flowers are so beautiful, and all you need are a few materials you probably already have around the house! Perhaps I’ll leave this post open on my computer so my husband can get the idea to do it with our kids…I would love to wake up to these on my kitchen table, what do you think? You can find …
May
1
Hey, it’s me again…today has been a great day to pass on cool stuff for you glass addicts and the curious..here’s some stuff for the lampworkers out there. A free pdf of the Greatest Hits of Soda Lime Times. There is more eye candy than a bead maker can handle. Gorgeous florals beads by some of the best bead …
May
1
Joy McC of New Zealand created this blooming landscape block for the CQ Journal Project 2012. Just looking at it gives me enough happy to last all day! Go to the blog post for an image you can click to enlarge.…
May
1
Bullseye’s got a cool quick tip they’re offering up today so I thought I’d share it with you guys. It’s with gold or silver iridized glass and clear powder. The effects that are created are just lovely and super easy to achieve. In the tutorial they use leaves as stencils and even give a cool tip of putting little tape …
May
1
I suppose those don’t reeeeally go together, but you’ll find them in the same great spot. Make kite s’mores HERE and make silly Cinco de Mayo apples with a PB and J sandwich HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.
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May
1
Jené Sigl from Wear the Canvas shows you how to make these silhouette postcards using simple crafting materials like chipboard and patterned papers. Click here to go to the tutorial.…
May
1
Tanya from Nonna’s Craft Corner shares how she updated some older paperclip embellishments using her Cricut die cutting machine. She is also holding a giveaway for a Cricut cartridge. Click here for more information.…
Apr
30
No need to have kids use the oven. They can make mom a cookie bouquet with all store-bought cookies. Find the how-tos HERE at The Mother Huddle.…
Apr
30
This tutorial by Caroline on the Hellobee blog shows how you can print custom text on paper goodie bags using a word processing or photo editing program. This technique can be adapted to any paper embellishment for your scrapbook pages. Click here to go to the tutorial.…







