Heather from Dragonfly Designs shares a tutorial over at seven thirty three showing how to make her Camping Toiletries Bag. It’s a drawstring bag from a heavy canvas fabric. Use it to carry your toiletries when you make the trek … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Leather cord strap
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shows how to make a cord wrap out of leather (or faux leather). The short leather cord wraps around bundled cords and then Velcroes together to keep the corders from getting all tangled and unwieldly. It … Read More...
Tutorial: Pom pom trim throw pillow cover
Anna from Plan B shows how to make a throw pillow cover edged in pom pom trim. A zipper in one of the side seams serves as a closure. It’s an easy project to refresh the look of a couch … Read More...
DIY Perfume Bottles
I just spotted these pretty perfume bottles over at Green Wedding Shoes and had to share them right away! Check out the fun tutorial by Christy of One Handspun Day to see how to decorate them and fun ways … Read More...
Technique: Ombre Stamping
Why just stamp your sentiments in one color? Add some wow with over lapping text in gradating colors for a cool ombre effect. Head over to the Capture the Moment blog for a video tutorial on this simple but fun … Read More...
New Pattern Fusers from Colour de Verre
They’ve been tempting us with something new over at Colour de Verre and here it is! Pattern Fusers…so cool! There are swirl patterns which leave a great impression. You can use frit or sheet or both and the results are … Read More...
Tutorial: Summer Breeze quilt
I adore the movement in this quilt made by Julianna of Sewing Under Rainbow. A gift for her young daughter, she explains,
The Summer Breeze quilt was part of Mo Bedell’s booth during Spring Quilt Market in Portland.
The … Read More...
Photo Booth Party Prop
Sometimes the simplest things are staring you in the face. Lovelyindeed.com created this photo booth. You guessed it right – it is made up of Post-it notes.
You will need quite a few and getting them in line could be … Read More...
Popsicle Stick Containers
Here’s a great project just in time for Father’s Day! What dad wouldn’t love to place his belongings at the end of a hard days work into one of these popsicle stick containers? To find this awesome tutorial with beautiful … Read More...
Melted Bead Keychains
Have your kids gotten into melted beads yet? You can buy them in a big container and do so many different types of projects! I have never seen a project using them and a muffin tin, but it looks so … Read More...
Project: Flower Journal Page
The Clips N Cuts blog has a video tutorial for making this stunning stamped journal page, click here to watch.
-Heather
Rikka’s sewing confession
Palak from Make It Handmade has started a new series called Handmade Confessions, which will feature guest posts from other sewists sharing their “confessions.” It could be a deep dark sewing secret, a handy tip, or a funny story. First … Read More...
Homemade Fishing Lures
Father’s Day is almost here. If the man in your life is anything like mine, then he loves to fish. My husband has been fishing since the day I met him, 31 years ago. When we were teenagers I remember … Read More...
{Monday Moods at DIY Weddings} Hot Air Balloons
This high-flying inspiration board at Postcards & Pretties inspired me to search the web for more weddings with a hot air balloon motif. I love the vivid poppy red paired with soft blue in this board. Very striking!
Get sweet … Read More...
Kissable Lips – Lip Exfoliator
Cuegly.blogspot.com shares not only this great recipe but this great info-graphic showing you just how to go about making your own lip ex-foliate. Every girl and guy needs to have soft kissable lips and this is the way to get … Read More...
Tip: Toni’s very smart (and mess-free) bobbin storage
Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts shows her very smart organization for her bobbins. She keeps them handy underneath the matching spool of thread, with plastic covers to keep the threads from unwinding. Instead of spending $$$ on the covers from … Read More...
Project: Stamped Steampunk Tote Bag
Holy Cow, this amazing Steampunk inspired tote bag blows me away! Darcy Wilkins made it using a little hand drawing, paint, charms and loads of different stamped images from Paper Artsy. She shares lots of step by step photos and … Read More...
Up Up and Away
Isn’t this the most adorable ode to UP the movie you have ever seen?
Francine our very own Scrapbooking Editor created this adorable UP party and photo prop for her sons birthday. Check out the rest of her creative ideas … Read More...
Free pattern: Baby doll diaper with felt poo
Baby doll diaper changes are fun for little kids. They’re even more fun when there’s something to remove from the diaper. Over at Made By Joel, you can find a free pattern for a baby doll diaper you can … Read More...
Tutorial: Anthropologie-inspired flounce skirt
Shino from Nutta! shows how she made this flounce skirt, inspired by a similar skirt she saw at Anthropologie a while back. (The Anthropologie skirt is no longer available for purchase.) She recreated the look by making a straight knit … Read More...