One of the complaints I hear most often from new sewists is that printed sewing patterns intimidate them. Any why wouldn’t they, with all that folded tissue (that NEVER goes back into the envelope right), and those charts and tiny … Read More...
How To Make Rose Gold Letters For Your Wedding Or Party Decor
Gold is a pretty trendy color in the wedding area right now, but if you are having a hard time getting on board with the latest fad, you may want to take a look at using rose gold. It gives … Read More...
How to Make Inexpensive CLAY KNOBS!
Are you looking to update your dresser, cabinets, or desk but don’t want to spend lots and lots of money? Why not make your own Clay Knobs for under a dollar!? Amy from Delineate your Dwelling has challenged herself to … Read More...
Tutorial | 15 Minute Spring Garland
Pressed for time, but still need some fresh Spring decor? You can whip up this garland using felt stickers in about 15 minutes! Drag out your stash of flet flower and leaf stickers, some baker’s twine and mini-clothespins, and get … Read More...
10 Tips For Shopping Your Local Thrift Store
We all love to find a good bargain on something, and shopping the local thrift store can sometimes be the best way to get a good deal on something. However, keeping an eye out for a few details while doing … Read More...
Video Tutorial – Faux Turquoise Stone
I know everyone enjoyed Mark’s video we featured last week, so I thought I would share another. This time it is for making Turquoise stone using paper and paints. I think smaller versions of these jewelry pieces would look more … Read More...
Project: Paper Purse Card Holder
A set of hand made greeting cards makes a terrific gift and of course you need something cute to put them in, right? How about this adorable paper purse? Linda Bauwin will show you how to make one using just … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Foldover tote with faux leather handles from a plain canvas tote
Sara from Radiant Home Studio shows how you can upgrade a simple canvas tote, giving it a foldover top and faux leather straps. The foldover top is made from a contrasting fabric, creating a color block effect. The plain canvas … Read More...
Drawing with Gouache and a Nib
Alison from Adventures in Making is sharing a fun technique from her toolbox: Drawing with gouache paint and a nib! I’ve never tried this technique, but I’m in awe of Alison’s lovely art!
She says: “There is a little learning … Read More...
Tutorial | Flower Card
Let’s keep those flower projects coming! Flowers are good at any time of year, but they really explode during spring. Deb Duty shares how to make this stamped flower card using a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. She used … Read More...
Tip: Die Cut Background
Add some interest with die cuts. Melissa Phillips shows how to make a beautiful background design for tags and greeting cards using various die cut borders cut from different pattern papers. Visit her blog LilyBean Paperie for more info.… Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric checkbook cover
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can make a fabric checkbook cover. The fabric cover is much prettier – and more durable – than the cheap plastic covers that come from the bank. It even has … Read More...
DIY Paper Butterflies
How pretty are these paper butterflies? And they are amazingly easy to make as well.
All you need is some colored paper and scissors. Of course, you could use plain paper and then color them. 🙂
Innova Crafts shows you … Read More...
The Secrets To Growing Your Own Herbs
If you like cooking (or eating), then you know how much of a difference a nice helping of fresh herbs can make to a dish. Have you tried growing your own herbs? If not, you should start. With these great … Read More...
Tutorial | Scrapbook Paper Covered Pencils + Printable
Looking for sweet and simple teacher’s gifts? Here’s a neat idea from The Casual Craftlete and The Crafting Chicks. They show you how to cover pencils with patterned paper, and gift them in a coordinating pencil tin. The circle gift … Read More...
Tutorial | Embroider a Scrapbook Background
The Paper Curator shows how simple it is to add a custom touch to a scrapbook page with an embroidered background. First you sketch your desired pattern, in her case diamonds, then punch holes, and finally stitch it up! Such … Read More...
Project: Stamped Domino Key Chain
Stamp some funky images on dominoes for a fun key chain. That’s Blogging Crafty has all the details.
-Heather
Tutorial: Ruffled oven mitts
Sew4Home shares a tutorial for making these scrap friendly ruffled oven mitts. The quilted oven mitts have a ruffle trimmed pocket for your hand. You can hang it on a hook using the grommet tab. It’s a fun project for … Read More...
Brilliant Ways You Can Reuse An Old Wine Barrel
We are all looking for a way to save some money in decorating and furnishing our homes, and with a little creativity and an open mind, it’s now more possible than ever to do so. Upcycling items can be very … Read More...
7 Ways To Get Rid Of Dark Eye Circles
Dark circles are one of those beauty things that keeps coming up again and again. There is so many different ideas on how to get rid of them and even how they got there in the first place. This article … Read More...