There’s something so summery and fresh about watercolors. Belle & Chic shared a wonderful round-up of 10 DIY watercolor projects for weddings here that make it easy to add a splash of color to your big day!
{Real Weddings} Rustic Romance
{Photo by Christina Brosnan}
Real Weddings provide some of the most exciting and innovative images and ideas. After all, they’re a reflection of a real couple and a fusion of their unique styles. Every Wednesday I’ll share real weddings … Read More...
Shadow Paintings – Rashad Alakbarov
If you haven’t yet seen Rashad Alakbarov’s amazing art installations, then I strongly encourage you to take a moment and check these out. Painting with light has been a tagline for many artists, but I think Alakbarov, an artist from … Read More...
Did You Catch the Series on Magazine Publishing at About?
In case you aren’t a devoted follower of my other knitting website, I wanted to make sure you knew that I recently finished up a series written by Creative Knitting magazine editor Kara Gott Warner all about what goes into … Read More...
DIY Perfume Bottles
I just spotted these pretty perfume bottles over at Green Wedding Shoes and had to share them right away! Check out the fun tutorial by Christy of One Handspun Day to see how to decorate them and fun ways … Read More...
New Pattern Fusers from Colour de Verre
They’ve been tempting us with something new over at Colour de Verre and here it is! Pattern Fusers…so cool! There are swirl patterns which leave a great impression. You can use frit or sheet or both and the results are … Read More...
Tutorial: Summer Breeze quilt
I adore the movement in this quilt made by Julianna of Sewing Under Rainbow. A gift for her young daughter, she explains,
The Summer Breeze quilt was part of Mo Bedell’s booth during Spring Quilt Market in Portland.
The … Read More...
{Monday Moods at DIY Weddings} Hot Air Balloons
This high-flying inspiration board at Postcards & Pretties inspired me to search the web for more weddings with a hot air balloon motif. I love the vivid poppy red paired with soft blue in this board. Very striking!
Get sweet … Read More...
[Make] Felt Feathers DIY tutorial
These “Felt Feathers” make the most charming bouquet to display in any of your pretty vases. Make them is any colors that appeal to you (although her white Feathers are lovely) and enjoy! Mel of “Bliss Bloom Blog” has a … Read More...
Project: Stamped Steampunk Tote Bag
Holy Cow, this amazing Steampunk inspired tote bag blows me away! Darcy Wilkins made it using a little hand drawing, paint, charms and loads of different stamped images from Paper Artsy. She shares lots of step by step photos and … Read More...
How to Sew a Felt Envelope Clutch in10 minutes or less!
“Home Heart Craft” is hosted by Honor a working (@ home) mother of two kids. She tries to bring you tutorials that cost a little and reaps so much pleasure. I found this darling sparkle felt Envelope Clutch that Honor … Read More...
Quilt and doll for family of fallen soldier
These are the sewing projects you never forget. Rachael of Rachael Rabbit made this quilt incorporating some pieces from a fallen soldier’s uniform. The doll is for his little girl. Read more about it and see more great photos of … Read More...
Ross Richmond – Glass Artist
Over at Daily Art Muse they’ve profiled another glass artist. Ross Richmond, who combines blown and cast glass to create these figurative pieces that have a flowing feeling about them. People draped in cloth so the figure has a very … Read More...
Crewel-ty in the Netherlands
Jessica Grimm wrote us:
I thought you might be interested in the finished crewelwork projects of the first group of Royal School of Needlework students in the Netherlands. Their work is stunning!
I couldn’t agree more. Lovely! Go to Jessica’s … Read More...
DIY Home Decor – Wall Name Garland
Litsa, Zina,Evi are mothers, employed women who just love creating stuff host “Ef Zin Creations” out of Athens. Today she sharing her Home Decor Project: Create your own “Wall Name Garlands” with felt. She is currently preparing for special visitiors … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Bow Tie Medallion Quilt
Karen of Quilts…etc. is celebrating finishing 140+ hours of hand stitching this Bow Tie Medallion quilt. Whoa, that’s a lot of time invested, but oh so worth it. You can see here she just released it from the quilt frame … Read More...
Wool Felt Duster tutorial
Stephanie & MAV host “3191 Miles Apart” and each week they take photographs on Sundays to be paired together on their blog; MAV is always on the left, Stephanie on the right. They titled this new project, appropriately, A Year … Read More...
Washington Glass School Makes Glass Doors for the Library of Congress
They’ve gotten a write up in the American Craft Council’s magazine American Craft about the stunning glass doors the guys at Washington Glass School made for the Library of Congress. Molds were made from the original doors and glass was … Read More...
Embroidered Suitcase
I love this project from the Craft and Creativity blog. It sounds like it was quite time consuming, so if you want to attempt a similar project you may want to start with something smaller, but look at what a … Read More...
Paris in a Tin – Free Printable
Made by Joel. com Paris in a tin Printable . I don’t think you have to be a child for this one. I can already imagine having a moment to myself where I just need to open my tin and … Read More...