Check out this fun tutorial for a glittery star garland featured at Green Weddings Shoes! The tutorial was created by photographer Meg Ruth as part of this ultra cool Modern Star Wars Wedding shoot. May the force be with you … Read More...
{Monday Moods at DIY Weddings} Modern Rainbow
What makes a rainbow modern? Adding pops of bright neon colors of course! Burnett’s Boards shares inspiration and tips for taking your rainbow wedding over the top!
KaiserCraft – 3D Wall Art Bird
KaiserCraft sent us out some of their new craft kits to have a play with and this is what we came up with.
Kaisercraft Kit: 3D Wall Art -Bird
Kaiser Paper: Hopscoth – Peachy Paper
Yellow Acrylic Paint
Black Flat … Read More...
Soo Sunny Park at Rice Gallery – This is colossal
It may be plexiglass and not glass but imagine what this would look like made with dichroic glass. Soo Sunny Park, who’s showing at Rice University Art Gallery in Houston, TX has made this gorgeous installation out of chain link … Read More...
Carved Gourd Lamps – Przemek Krawczy?ski
Gourds are always a popular canvas for different craft projects. But I’ve never seen anything like Polish artist Przemek Krawczy?ski’s carved gourd lamps. Each lamp is unique, hand carved, and has a halogen bulb inside that projects the designs onto … Read More...
Felt Flower DIY Tutorial
These “felt roses” are ones I would love for mother’s Day, they look so soft and real and will not dry up and have to be discarded. Ashley @ A Crafty House is a stay at home mom of two … Read More...
New in Clay
Usually I sneak my mosaic in earlier in the week but I’ve had a heckuva cold and got all mixed up this week – so here’s a little of what’s showing up in polymer clay:
Wire for armatures for doll making and other sculptures
Edwina of “doll street dreamers” is sharing some interesting new ideas about what type of wire to use for armatures whether you are using it for felting, doll making or Papier–mâché. Go over to “doll street dreamers” … Read More...
Fabulous Line Up of Classes at Pacific Art Glass
For those of you in the Southern California area check out the current line up of glasses at Pacific Art Glass in Gardena. Roger Thomas and Patty Gray and Michael Dupille and all the way from Italy, Lucio Babucco. And … Read More...
Simply Stunning Cake Stands
Images of these gorgeous cake stands landed in my inbox recently and I loved their elegant simplicity! These beauties are a limited edition collection from Sarah’s Stands and can be purchased here. These lovely stands come in a variety … Read More...
Super Easy Glass Jar Picture Frames
Some craft projects are so easy you may ask yourself, why didn’t I come up with this. This could be one of those that I found through Facebook and then Inhabitat and finally over at Photojojo. You use glass … Read More...
Mixed-Media Travel Journal {Michael’s Scrapbook Challenge}
As promised, here’s the mixed-media travel journal I created for the Make Every Moment Count Scrapbook Challenge sponsored by Michael’s. I had so much fun playing with the Heidi Swapp Color Shine collection! I was very impressed with the … Read More...
Make Every Moment Count {Michael’s Scrapbook Challenge}
My local Michael’s store is practically my second home, so I was thrilled to be invited to participate in the Make Every Moment Count Scrapbook Challenge sponsored by Michael’s Arts & Crafts! I received a gift card for the … Read More...
Mohair wrapped vase & Fuzzy yarn sheep tutorials
Carolyn is a freelance marketing manager and a blogger and she hosts “homework; today’s assignment: be inspired” has two lovely decor accessories for us to create with her tutorial with pictures. First is her charming “mohair wrapped vase” and secondly … Read More...
Updated Colour de Verre Box Mold Instructions
Colour de Verre’s box molds are one of their most popular items they sell. I know that every time I make fresh glass boxes they sell. They’re unique and easy to stylize so that no two are alike. Well, they’ve … Read More...
Fringed Tassel Escort Cards
Escort cards embellished with colorful crepe paper tassels are a festive addition to your wedding celebration! Confetti Pop offers a DIY tutorial and free templates to download here.
5 Free Projects for Handmade Bridal Jewelry
Create your own handmade bridal jewelry with 5 easy projects from Beading Daily. Visit this link to download your free copy of Beaded Wedding Jewelry, and get tips and patterns to help you make stunning jewelry pieces that … Read More...
Glass Speakers from Instructables
Here’s a different kind of DIY with glass. Today it’s about speakers. Yeah, speakers, for your stereo. They’re pretty cool looking. And appears fairly simple to make. The creator of this DIY is by Randolfo and it’s brought to you … Read More...
Inspiration: Robin Atkins
This bit of bead embroidery made me gasp a little. Its creator, bead-embroidery goddess Robin Atkins, says,
… Read More...Getting back to bead embroidery definitely makes me happy, although this piece really isn’t about being happy. It’s my Bead Journal Project
They’re heeeeeeeere
Olisa of Cocoa Eyes the Stitcher saw that artist Amy Sheridan produced two different stitched interpretations of this classic scene from Poltergeist, so she had to ask why. See the answer (and both works) at Olisa’s blog post.