Jess is a wife and the mother of three and loves crafts. She has a stunning “Christmas tree skirt DIY” for us to make with an excellent tutorial. Jess was inspired by a tree skirt from Garnet Hill and she … Read More...
Tutorial | Easy Washi Tape Storage
Here’s a nice idea for storing washi tape rolls from Jamie at Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom. She explains her thought process for coming up with this idea, then shows you how to put one together. Get all … Read More...
Pearl Fiber Class
If you have ever wanted to learn how to make your own pearl cotton and other pearl fiber, such as pearl silk, now is your chance. If you aren’t familiar with pearl fibers, you don’t know what you are missing … Read More...
Make an Advent Calendar using Paper Bags
Use strings, pegs and some brown paper bags – and you have a wonderfully easy advent calendar idea for Christmas this year. Your kids will love opening the bags everyday till Christmas and find a new surprise everyday.
Get the … Read More...
DIY Magazine Paper Rosettes
If you’re looking for a thrifty-chic way create paper rosettes for your bridal shower or wedding decorations, be sure to check out this tutorial at The Pink Doormat for magazine paper rosettes! Old magazines are easy to find at thrift … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bow collar using a shirt facing pattern
Veronica from SewVery shows how you can use a shirt’s neck facing pattern piece to make a bow collar instead. Brilliant! The construction is very similar to putting in a facing, though turned to the outside of the shirt rather … Read More...
Tutorial | Hand Stitch a Title Without Needing Special Templates
Nathalie at An Ounce of Creativity shares how she hand stiched this scrapbook page title without using a special template or cutting tool. You will need to have a program like Word, some tracing paper or vellum, and a … Read More...
Project: Card with Stamped Wooden Accent
The Bolton House blog has a tutorial fro making this pretty layered mat card with stamped wooden embellishment, click here to check it out.
-Heather
Tutorial: Kid’s travel art folio
Michelle from The Paper Vine shares a tutorial for making a kid’s travel art folio. It’s a take-along tote with pockets to hold a junior legal pad and a selection of pencils or crayons to color with. It would make … Read More...
Gifts From My Grave (Heart)
Onecklace contacted me regarding a review and I jumped at the chance to have them create a necklace with my daughters name on it for her Birthday. The thing is, I didn’t want it for her upcoming 6th birthday I … Read More...
Making a Pallet Wall
It’s been a while since I have posted anything related to pallets. I am suffering from Pallet withdrawal symptoms.
So I went ahead and searched high and low for some exceptional pallet feature and found this gem from 3 years … Read More...
Soap Recipe – African Black Soap
The raw-ness of this rustic soap really appeals to me. This is not exactly a traditional recipe but it is as close to it as one can get. African black soap is a bar of medicinal goodness helping to cure … Read More...
Dala Horse Ornament – DIY tutorial
Raphaële of “La Creature and you” has a sweet Christmas ornament with a pictorial tutorial and I think she is off to a charming start with her “Dala Horse Ornament”. Her Christmas tree ornaments this year will be in red … Read More...
Tutorial: Dyed doily tablecloth
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff is over at A Subtle Revelry showing this colorful dyed doily she made. She collected doilies in various sizes and shapes, and then used fabric dye to make them in shades of pink, orange, red, … Read More...
Tutorial: Decorative stitch felt Christmas tree ornament
Karin from Leigh Laurel Studios shares a tutorial showing how to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine to make a felt Christmas tree ornament. The lines of decorative stitches become strings of lights or garlands on the little … Read More...
Project: Stamped Calendar
Tutorial: Sew an invisible zipper when the pattern calls for buttons
Just because a dress pattern calls for a button closure on the back doesn’t mean you have to do it that way. You can change it to an invisible zipper if you prefer that type of closure. You’ll need to … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt teddy bear tissue pouch
Nikki from WhiMSy Love shows how to make a cute felt teddy bear tissue pouch. This is a super easy sewing project, a good one to make with the kiddoes. The teddy bear face is put together with glue. There … Read More...
How to make a recycled necktie brooch
Neckties are made from some of the most beautiful and interesting print fabric. And most of us crafters don’t wear them the way they are intended to be, so that’s where us recycled crafters come in! Pop on over to … Read More...
Free patterns for a felt and sequin Rudolph and penguin ornaments
Sarah is the “Thrift Store Crafter” and has two delightful Christmas crafts for us with complete tutorials “felt and sequin Rudolph and Penguin ornaments”! These are so cute and will add a touch of bling to your tree, packages or … Read More...