One little cross stitch project that’s fun to make, use and give as a gift is a cross stitch keychain. There are lots of different styles of keychain you can make with a cross stitch element, so let’s take a … Read More...
Witch’s Brew Halloween Bath Salts Recipe
Some Halloween crafts are wonderfully decorative but, once October is over, they quietly migrate to the back of a cupboard with the plastic spiders and half-used rolls of orange ribbon.
These Witch’s Brew Halloween Bath Salts are rather more useful.… Read More...
Easy Ways to Make Your Home Feel Warmer For Winter
There is a big difference between a house that looks nice and a home that actually feels warm. I do not just mean warm in the temperature sense, though nobody enjoys sitting in a room that feels like a fridge … Read More...
8 DIY Halloween Vase Ideas for Spooky Flowers and Easy Table Decorations
A bunch of flowers can look perfectly innocent until you pop it into a vase with a ghost face. Suddenly, those supermarket blooms are joining in with Halloween, and you haven’t had to turn your entire dining room into a … Read More...
Easy Apple Crisp With Oats: Crunchy Topping and Tender Apples
Warm cinnamon apples underneath a buttery oat topping are a fairly convincing reason to switch on the oven. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you have the sort of dessert that makes everyone linger at the table.
This … Read More...
Handmade with a Past: Tuesday’s Top Recycled Etsy Find
Today’s pick is a charming Handmade Upcycled Vintage Tea Towel, and it’s the perfect way to incorporate a bit of nostalgia and sustainability into your home. Upcycled from vintage tea towels, this piece transforms the old into something … Read More...
DIY Pillowcase BOO Bags: A Halloween Pyjama Gift Instead of a Boo Basket
If you love the idea of a Halloween boo basket but would rather give something cosy and useful, this pillowcase BOO bag is such a sweet alternative.
A plain white or cream pillowcase becomes a friendly ghost, complete with a … Read More...
10 Halloween Paper Crafting Treat Bag Ideas
Soft pastels are super trendy this Halloween and June used them perfectly for this owl-dorable treat box! She used a die to cut the box and used stenciling to create her own pattern paper design on it. She wrapped twine … Read More...
Learning Activities with Snap Cubes
A classic manipulative in the preschool and early elementary classroom is the snap cube, also known as math cubes, unifix cubes or unit cubes. These little one inch cubes often come in a set of 100 in 10 different … Read More...
Easy and Quick Yorkshire Puddings: How to Make Yorkshire Pudding From Scratch
Golden, puffed-up Yorkshire puddings make an ordinary roast dinner feel like something worth gathering around the table for. Those crisp edges, soft centres and little hollows for catching gravy are a rather convincing reason to make an extra batch.
If … Read More...
Easy Egg Bites Recipe With Cottage Cheese: Make-Ahead Breakfast in a Muffin Tin
Some mornings, breakfast needs to involve slightly less thinking. Preferably something warm and savoury that doesn’t leave a frying pan in the sink before the first cup of coffee.
This easy egg bites recipe turns eggs, cottage cheese, cheddar and … Read More...
Crochet Pretty Scallop Pattern Necklace – A Delicate DIY You Can Make With Thread, Wire and Beads
If you love crochet jewelry projects that feel a little bit pretty and a little bit unexpected, this Crochet Pretty Scallop Pattern Necklace is such a fun one to try. It uses simple supplies like crochet thread, a hook, 24-gauge … Read More...
Mini Mending Mondays: Save a Favorite Cardigan with a Small Darned Repair
There is always one cardigan that gets more love than the rest. It lives on the back of a chair, comes on every trip, and gets thrown on for chilly mornings, late-night tea, and “I’m just nipping outside for a … Read More...
Knits for the Table for Thanksgiving and Beyond
As we get into the part of the year with a lot of food-forward holidays, it might be time to start thinking about knitting some new things for your table. While a few of these are more fall/Thanksgiving focused, just … Read More...
Ghost S’mores Favour Bags: Easy Halloween Treat Gifts
There’s something about a marshmallow with a tiny ghost face that makes me ridiculously happy. Two eyes, one surprised mouth, and suddenly an ordinary packet of marshmallows becomes a whole gathering of little Halloween characters.
These ghost s’mores favour bags … Read More...
Clay Studio Series – YouTube Video Review Handmade Ceramic Pour Over – Coffee Meets Clay
For potters who also happen to be coffee lovers, this video is pure joy. The artist takes us through the full process of making a hand-thrown ceramic pour over on the wheel, showing just how beautiful and functional pottery can … Read More...
10 Halloween Wreaths You Can Make in an Hour
There’s always that moment when you look at the front door and realise the Halloween decorations haven’t made it outside yet. The craft supplies are there, the ideas are there, but somehow the afternoon you were going to spend making … Read More...
10 Ways to Upcycle Old Wool Scarves with Felting
There’s something comforting about a stack of old wool scarves — the kind that live at the back of your winter drawer, full of memories but not quite wearable anymore. Maybe they’ve gone fuzzy, shrunk a little, or just don’t … Read More...
BOO Halloween Mini Scrapbook Album
Traci used the BOO to You collection from Bella Blvd. to created this fang-tastic Halloween mini scrapbook album project. I love the cover, it’s shaped like the large BOO die cut letters she used, cut from fun pattern papers with … Read More...
From Trash to Illusion: Thomas Deininger’s Recycled Art Challenges Perception and Promotes Sustainability
If you’ve ever looked at a pile of junk and thought, “This is just trash,” Thomas Deininger might have something to say about that. Based in Rhode Island, this incredibly clever artist has a knack for turning what most of … Read More...