This project would be g
reat for a lesson about the world, or specific regions of the globe. What a perfect combination of learning and crafts! Love it! Head over to Design Mom for the inspiration! All pieces can be … Read More...
Neta goes small
Oh, look! Neta Amir (Doll Stories) is making her sock creatures in miniature sizes! See more photos on her blog.
Knitting With Ramen Noodles! Really!
You’ve got to see this!
Knitting with Ramen Noodles on YouTube
Beautiful book binding
I love this beautiful intricate detailed hand bound book by Jana Pullman of Western Slope Bindary.
You can read about the binding process for this book and all kinds of other interesting stuff about binding on her blog About … Read More...
DIY: Candles In Tins
I was recently reading Crafting A Green World and learned about some great craft projects posted by Country Living. One great recycling craft project is one showing how to create candles in tins. Find a variety of other … Read More...
Felt Pillows with Pizzazz will instructional video
You are going to fall in love with these embellished pillows (Featured on Studio 5). Many of the embellishments are created using felt. Several of the other flowers were created using organza. Let your imagination run wild and come up … Read More...
Lori and Kim and Their Murrini
When you make glass beads you eventually find what you’re good at and capitalize on that. Cupcakes are one of my things which means I make a lot of cupcake beads. Well, Lori and Kim make fantastic murrinis and sell … Read More...
Inspiration: Melissa Crowe
This ring-bearer pillow made me laugh out loud with suprise and delight. Of course it’s by Melissa Crowe (Checkout Girl)! She designed it especially for her sister-in-law’s wedding. Get the details from Melissa’s blog post.
Sprinkler recycled into a towel bar
What a charming recycling project the clever upcycler of the blog Junk Camp turned an old sprinkler into a cute towel rack. Pop on over to her blog to see more recycling ideas.
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Make a kid pup tent
I already have a store bought kid tent that is pretty rad. It pops up in like 5 seconds and breaks down in another 5 seconds and ends up being a little larger than a folded up umbrella. It’s good … Read More...
Rock on!
Custom headphones
Originally uploaded by Mommysaurus
Isn’t this fun?
Custom decorated headphones by Mommysaurus.
The finishing touch: Tatted hearts
A pearl-embellished, tatted heart edging is the perfect finishing touch for the ring pillow created by Tatskool for her son’s upcoming wedding. See more delicious photos on the blog post.
Inspiration: Salley Mavor
Salley Mavor‘s stitchy take on gardens will have you huddled up to your screen, clicking and studying. Go look at her sprinkling garden hose. Really. See the post.
More about swaps
I linked to Swap-Bot and the Flickr swap page and this site, Swapdex is another great swap resource. She lists all the swaps she finds so you don’t have to go searching for them!
Swapdex links you to many indie … Read More...
ISGB.org – Time for The Gathering Again
It’s that time of year…The Gathering of The International Society of Bead Makers. This year it will be in Rochester, NY on July 29 through August 1. If you haven’t gone to a Gathering and you’re a bead … Read More...
Decorate-my-home-part-18-flower-wall.hanging, by Ashley
Ashley of” Make it Love it” is sharing her house décor redo and making everything herself. She has all the projects under parts such as (part 1 etc.). The one that caught my attention is her flower wall hanging… Read More...
Inspiration: Judy’s Fabrications
These fairy slippers by Judy of Judy’s Fabrications make my heart flutter. So many gorgeous techniques and colors applied to such a tiny canvas! And fairy slippers aren’t all she makes. See more on Judy’s blog.
Susan Lenz makes so much art!
I’m so pleased to see that Susan Lenz has completed and posted her portrait of our beloved Susan Elliott‘s mother as part of her Decision Portrait series. It’s a worthy and beautiful work. You can read about Susan Elliott’s … Read More...
A WEE BIT OF INSPIRATION
I ran across these recently and thought I’d share them with you. No pattern available – but I bet you could crochet one without a pattern. Measure your phone or ipod and crochet a couple of rectangles. Join them and … Read More...
Swap-bot: Swaps for all seasons!
Swap-bot is a great online resource for the indie craft swapper! This is a moderated site that enables people to sign up for preexisting swaps or start their own . Users get profiles and the swaps are rated so you … Read More...