If you are a fan of this ever-popular musical, then this is the kind of Halloween decor that you just can not pass up. Not only is it adorable and so fitting for the season, but it is so easy … Read More...
DIY CHALLENGE
The ladies at Adventures in Making have started a new monthly DIY challenge that all crafters are invited to participate in, so I Wanted to spread the news!
This month’s theme is Fall Leaves. They are asking people to get … Read More...
Hocus Pocus ~ Doll Witch Hat {American Girl Doll Clothes Pattern}
KC of “The Real Thing Coake Family” didn’t want to leave their dolls out of the Halloween fun, so she searched through her American Girl Doll clothes patterns and found she had a free pattern to make witch hats for … Read More...
Child’s travel pillow + free pattern
This wonky house pillow has a robot greeting you at the front door, making it a perfect companion for little travelers on the go. Made by Bonnie at Sew Fishsticks, she shares there how to make the quilt block that … Read More...
Creepy House Luminaries DIY
Kat of “just crafty enough” shows us how to make her Creepy House Luminaries that would make your Halloween look very spooky. She held an “Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #20 – Creepy House Luminaries” and there are some very fun … Read More...
DIY Tie Dye Jeans
This is an easy DIY for making tie-dye effects on your favorite denims! I love how Aimee has taken an idea she borrowed from an Elle Magazine spread and made it her own.
The effort is minimal and the design … Read More...
Cynthia Morgan Casting Tutorial Part 3
Cynthia has finished the tutorial so I’ll post back to back posts for each of the last two parts. This is a beginner pate de verre project that is so lovely and can be customized to whatever you’d like. She’s … Read More...
Sweater Sleeve Pumpkins — NO SEW!!
Angie of “the country chic cottage” is a full time working wife and mother of 3 kids and she loves to craft and change out the decor in her home. Angie’s “Sweater Sleeve Pumpkins — NO SEW” has to be … Read More...
I Love to Create Recycled Denim Book Covers
Margo of “the impatient crafter” Has an excellent tutorial for “I Love to Create Recycled Denim Book Covers”! Follow her instructions and make a designer book cover for schoolbooks or a book you’re reading or maybe a sketch pad cover … Read More...
Make Your Own Food Storage Shelf
You’ve worked hard all Summer to tend your harvest and grow the perfect garden. Now what? You can preserve all of that produce through canning and freezing, but some of them will actually keep for quite a while if you … Read More...
Make Yarn and Cardboard Tube Bracelets
“MollyMoo” has several wonderful things for our kids to make. She has complete instructions and pictures showing us how to make these “Make Yarn and Cardboard Tube Bracelets” with tutorials. These are projects that can be done by children with … Read More...
Make your Own Inspiration Jar
I absolutely love this idea! When I was young, I loved to write stories but sometimes wouldn’t know what to write about so a jar like this would have come in handy. I think it would also be handy for … Read More...
DIY Tinkerbell Pumpkin Carving
Admittedly, you can’t really make out what this is till it is lit up. But I think it is a swell idea and something that will make an ideal decoration for Thanksgiving or maybe Halloween. And of course, I also … Read More...
DIY Tea Pot Fountain
File this under quirky, or clever. I really can’t make my mind up. But there is no denying that this is actually a working, with decent instructions, of how to set this up in your own garden.
The use of … Read More...
Save with kid’s washable markers
Talented quilter, Geta of Geta’s Quilting Studio, now spends 33 cents on a single washable colored marker instead of 12 dollars. This is yet another example of what happens when we think outside the box marketed and labeled ‘for quilters’. … Read More...
12 Ugly Knitted Christmas Sweaters?
Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Or in this case, the person who knits these. Or is given as a gift.
This collection of what Collectors Weekly describes as 12 of the Ugly Christmas Sweaterss is … Read More...
An Igloo in the backyard using milk bottles
This is an amazing use of time. And 100’s of milk bottles. And well.. lots of snow?
Daniel Gray, built this in the backyard of his girlfriend’s house while visiting her family. And boy, just based on what he made … Read More...
Wine Bag Repurpose – from pant legs to wine bags
Kelly of “my soulful home” puts her heart, mind & soul into all she does and this makes her happy & sharing it makes her even happier. She was an attorney and now is a wife and mother. Today she … Read More...
Garlic Ghost Pumpkins ~ Has she Flipped?
Debi of “Cameo Cottage Designs” husband think she may have 🙂 She spent all this past week making all the pumpkins that she had planned on making for the last two years and never got around to doing them. So … Read More...
For Halloween: The Squid Ink Burger from McDonalds
Yes, it is real. No, you can’t get it in the States. To get this awesome Squid Ink burger, you will unfortunately have to travel to Japan where McDonalds has introduced this burger just in time for Halloween!
The Internet … Read More...