…and the site dedicated to this artistic pursuit. The Nutropolitan Museum of Art. Spotted on CakeSpy. Shown are Sweet and Tart and Nutty, You Say Tomato, and Peanut Buzzer Sandwich.
Mini Paper Lanterns Garland
A garland of mini paper lanterns adds a festive touch to weddings, bridal showers, or any party! Visit Intimate Weddings for a complete DIY tutorial and learn how easy and inexpensive it is to create your own.
Tutorial: Scraps to birdie wall art
Rebecca from Chasing Cottons made this wall art for her sewing space using left over fabric scraps. Brilliant! Get the know-how.
Free DIY Felt Chick Clip by Craft Snob
Sara of “Craft Snob” has the most adorable “Chick Clip” for your little ones hair and I can see a tween wearing this. She offers a wonderful pictorial tutorial for you to follow. Sara crafts when her babies are sleeping, … Read More...
Memory Quilt from sister’s clothes
Alix of Mamaka Mills Quilts just finished this memory quilt for a family who lost their 5-year old daughter. The parents are giving the quilt to their younger daughter. Alix made the quilt from bits of the sister’s clothing. What … Read More...
Love links to Red and White quilt exhibit
Pat Sloan of PS Let’s Sew has created a special web space for bloggers to share their experiences attending the recent exhibit Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. See a photo of Joanna Rose, who along … Read More...
The Kitchen in Cottage #8
There’s a good possibility you’ve already seen the glorious photographs of the revamped kitchen in cottage number 8. There’s the amazing refrigerator with paneled doors and barn handle hardware. The huge farmhouse sink and the beautiful back splash of subway … Read More...
Beautiful in Blue Cabinets
Making the decision to paint a perfectly good piece of wooden furniture can be quite daunting. Some would say leave it, why ruin that beautiful wood finish. Others might say go for it, everything deserves a face lift! Ultimately though, … Read More...
Turn an Old TV Into a Console Table
Here’s an amazing transformation project from Becky over at Infarrantly Creative. She took a vintage console television set and repurposed it into this stylish console table. After removing the television innards, she added some shelves, painted it and glazed it. … Read More...
DIY Felt Carrots for Easter
Why not make a bunch of these charming felt Carrots; I plan on making several for my Grandbaby. The host of “I Make Stuff” Is sharing this pattern and tutorial with us. There is a downloadable pattern on how to … Read More...
Fun video about a recycled art workshop that is fun and inspiring
Over at Alma’s blog Create Out Loud she posted a fun video to promote her aptly named “Child’s Play Workshop“. While there you can check out her fun tutorials for making beaded beads with a cotton ball base… Read More...
Easter Bunny Ideas
Our sister site, Craftbits.com, has some fun creative Easter Crafts for kids and the whole family. We will be showcasing them in different categories.
To start with, look at this adorable crochet pattern for an Amigurumi Easter Bunny. … Read More...
“Saturday Glass” from Bullseye
Bullseye’s glass makers have a very important job to do. They have to make gorgeous glass for us to work with. Well when they’re done with their regular tasks they get to have glasstastic fun. They make what is referred … Read More...
The mystery of embroidered eggs
Holy smokes! Look what Mary Corbet found: ribbon embroidery on eggshells! Really. Stitched right through the shells. How? Read more and see more photos at Mary’s Needle ‘n’ Thread blog post.
Embroidering disappointment
This amazing work is by Gina Dawson. Her blog post explains,
… Read More...These are funeral wreaths with text pulled from my personal rejection letters. I created these pieces after stitching some of my rejection letters and becoming fascinated with the
{Tutorial} 100 Wedding Invites in a Weekend!
Wow! Zoe Beer sent in a link to her recent card making marathon chronicled on her blog The Making Spot. She created 100 wedding invitations in a single weekend {with a little help from her mum!} Click here to … Read More...
Paintbox Quilt-Along still on
Elizabeth Hartman at Oh Fransson! says there’s no deadline for joining her Paintbox Quilt-Along. I’ve seen Paintbox quilts across the blogosphere and love them all. Get details for joining and making your own Paintbox Quilt here.
From my studio last week: April 4, 2011
My sewing plans for last week included a home dec tutorial and a little something for myself. That plan only partially worked out.
The home dec item was the ridiculous TV Tutu that I shared with y’all on April Fools’ … Read More...
Kiln Pointers from Paragon
Flipping through the newest issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly, which I picked up in Glass Craft and Bead Expo the other day, I saw a great article on the Thermocouple, which is a very important part of everyone’s kiln. … Read More...
Inspiration: Stitch up some fishy fun
Mrs. Lacer at Feeling Stitchy found this humorous needlework of a fish combined with a quote by Ron Swanson at Completely Cauchy. Brilliant.