When your rotary blade cuts into the surface of your cutting mat, it’ll often trap little bits of fabric lint in the mat. Over time, your cutting mat will get covered in fuzz that can make your cutting inaccurate. Becky … Read More...
Awesome Dino Island Live Action Cake
With a live action cake that has a lava spewing volcano in its midst, what kid will not love this awesome cake!
Bethany of Finding Pins and Needles created this cake for a birthday party and you can see the … Read More...
Galvanized Cake Stand – Ode to Inspiration
Decorating for Thanksgiving? Check out this fabulous tutorial for a faux galvanized cake stand over at Ode to Inspiration. This would be perfect for a traditional or rustic looking set up, either on a table holding a cake (with … Read More...
Style Me Quick – Sunglasses
Sometimes is just nice to be different than every other mum at school pickup or strolling through the grocery store. That is where DIY comes in to my life! I love these adorable glasses made with trinkets and paints to … Read More...
Rotary Cutter Wrap up Tutorial!
Jenelle Montilone: a creative activist and maker behind TrashN2Tees and instigator of the Create Change Movement. By 2013 she will have diverted more than 20 tons of clothing from our landfills. On November 15th, she is hosting the International Create … Read More...
DIY Gold Speckle Bracelet
In this tutorial Amy shows how you can create a stylishly cute bracelet using the new line of decoupage supplies by Martha Stewart. See how she did it in her tutorial Gold Speckle Bracelet.
French Provincial Jewelry Organizer
I like this French Provincial Jewelry Organizer made by Mel-Designs. It is lovely and it features quotes. I like quotes! In this tutorial Mel shows how she used recycled jewelry chain, cup hooks, and pearl beads to make this earring … Read More...
Polka Dot Denim – It’s Always Autumn
Cute fall fashion coming up! How about some trendy polka dot jeans DIY Style? It’s Always Autumn has a great tutorial on how to make your own polka dot jeans with just a couple hours and a bleach pen. Not … Read More...
Felt fall leaf garland DIY
Pam lives with her family in Southern California and hosts her blog “Pam Garrison”! She loves crafts of all kinds and often experiments with color combinations and using everyday materials in new ways. Today I found her brilliant “felt fall … Read More...
How to build a bookshelf
Oh where was this post when I was making a doll house for my daughter? The details would have taught me a thing or two about sizing and cutting wood and oh well..
It is not too late for you. … Read More...
My New Weekly Feature: “Blog of the week”
I decided to do a new feature “Blog of the Week” because I run across the most amazing bloggers and web sites and they give us so much inspiration and I would like to give them credit. I will … Read More...
Death Star Disco Ball – Our Nerd Home
All other tributes to the 70’s may leave now. For the ultimate combination of Star Wars and Disco has arrived in the form of your very own, DIY, Death Star Disco Ball, as created by Our Nerd Home. … Read More...
3 Homemade Cucumber Mask Recipes
Cucumbers come in all different sizes and colors. So it is no surprise that there is hundreds of different recipes for Cucumber facials, scrubs and lotions. These 3 homemade recipes are from Cutediys.com and are a great starting point if … Read More...
Fall Felt Leaf Wreath DIY
Your guests will love to be greeted by this colorful and charming Fall Felt Leaf Wreath created by Kellie of “Nest of Posies”! She has a lovely pictorial tutorial and give “Nest of Posies”! a big Craft Gossip like on … Read More...
Thanksgiving Felt Leaf Bunting Decoration DIY
Well, we are leaving the fun decorations of Halloween and into fall and Thanksgiving. This is my first fall posting and I think it is a winner. Start a new Thanksgiving tradition with this felt leaf bunting decoration. It’s … Read More...
Thanksgiving for Beginners
I know. Halloween has just about finished and here we are starting already on Thanksgiving. One holiday at a time – I hear you saying.
But this post is for the early starters among us who like things planned way … Read More...
Halloween Flashlights: Easy DIY Craft
This is an amazing last minute idea for your little Trick-Or-Treaters. Jessica is part of the creative team on “craftaholics anonymous” and is showing of her creativity. Jessica shows us just how to make these clever flashlights using felt. … Read More...
Homemade Spice Freshner
Henry Happened’s Stephanie show you how to make spice & herbs fire-starters that will make your whole house smell divine. She uses coffee filters to stuff various spices in.
Get all the details here: Homemade fresheners.
Tutorial: Faux fur scarf
Faux fur accessories are a popular look this fall. Over at Trinkets in Bloom, you can find a tutorial showing how to make a faux fur scarf. It’ll be a soft, warm layer around your neck during the cold months. … Read More...
Tutorial: Girl’s spa towel wrap
When Stef from Girl. Inspired. threw a spa-themed birthday party for her daughter, she made a spa towel wrap for each guest. She shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she did it. You can make one for your … Read More...