These bookends are just adorable and can be colored to match any decor in your childs room or in their little library book area. You can find the simple tutorial over at We Made That.
DIY Bookends
Craft Stick Helix Face
With the holiday season upon us, many of trying to think of inexpensive ways to decorate our homes, and especially the table. Guests will be arriving and easy projects that make a big impact and always in demand. This vase … Read More...
Chocolate Butterflies with Wax Paper and Books
It’s the book part that got me for these. Oh, I’ve seen chocolate butterflies before. I’ve even made them before. And the arch always perplexed me. Until this stroke of genius to use a book. Love it. Find the how-tos … Read More...
Easy Mini Cinnamon Rolls
So I usually don’t post on straight recipes, no matter how delicious they sound, unless they are somehow crafty. Well, for me, all you need to do is turn regular food into tiny food and I’m sold. Especially when said … Read More...
Candy Corn Flowers
Need something sweet, easy, Halloween-ish and kid-friendly to make? Fast? Oh so right for little hands, make candy corn flowers HERE at B-Inspired Mama.
Project: Narwhal Card
Visit my personal blog P is for Paper and I’ll show you how to turn a whale stamp into a Narwhal to make this cute card.
-Heather
Free pattern: Color blocked cowl neck tee
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free patten and tutorial for making this color blocked tee. The fit is loose and the neck drapes into a cowl. The pattern is in an adult size small (33.5-28-35). … Read More...
Reverse appliqué spangly fish picture tutorial
Holly created this spangly fishy picture with reverse appliqué! It seems I always post Holly’s Tuesday projects a day late; but as they say better late. . . We are both into sea creatures; remember her stunning starfish and she … Read More...
Throwing a Black Light Party – Tikkido
Looking for something crazy and different to do for Halloween this year? How about throwing a black light party? Amaze and delight your friends by having a party that glows in the dark. Tikkido has tons of hard learned tips … Read More...
How to keep metallic threads from breaking
Using metallic threads and blending filaments can be tricky. Kreinik‘s Facebook readers recently chimed in with personal experience and tips for a poster who was frustrated by the tendency of delicate fibers to break. Check out the wealth of … Read More...
How to read a bargello chart
Bargello Needlepoint offers clear, concise directions for reading and understanding a bargello pattern. Check out the post.
And many thanks to Jane of Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure for pointing out this find.
Bargello embroidery patterns are a type of … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s pieced rainbow circle skirt with matching applique shirt
Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection created this happy rainbow circle skirt and matching shirt as a special birthday outfit for her daughter. She created the rainbow for the skirt by piecing together curved strips fabric. She shares a tutorial … Read More...
Ruffle Pillow Cake
Yes, that pillow upon which the shoe rests is a cake. (Don’t worry, it’s a decorative shoe. They make decorative shoes?) Find tips on making the pillow cake HERE at Sew Yummy, by Stef of Girl. Inspired.
Halloween Burlap Art – Havoc to Heaven
In the mood to create some fun and easy Halloween art? Havoc to Heaven‘s got you covered with a tutorial to transform basic canvas into Halloween burlap art. This is one that kids of any age could have … Read More...
Help a Knitter Save a Creative Community
I came across a link to the blog of Woolly Wormhead, a UK knitter who is part of the artists’ commune Mutonia. She reports that the site of the commune is under threat and in order to maintain their … Read More...
Idea file: Add a media pocket to a pair of athletic pants
Becky from Patchwork Posse shows the media pocket that she added to a pair of athletic pants. The pocket is hidden on the inside of the pants just below the elastic waistband. She can easily pull the media player out … Read More...
Tutorial: Lined curtain panels
Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how to make a lined curtain panel. Her tutorial walks you through the process with clear instructions, helpful tips, and step-by-step photos to show exactly what to do. Go to her tutorial.
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Tutorial: Cozy for a cause
Emily of Mommy’s Nap Time designed this coffee mug cozy to raise awareness of childhood cancer and to push for a cure. It’s personal for her as her 6-year-old niece has an incurable form of it. As the wording on … Read More...
Flower Print Shoes – I Have A Deer
Mod Podge and shoes were pretty much made for each other. However, all of my favorite decorated shoes tend to be feet unfriendly. But no more! I Have A Deer used adorable floral print paper to dress up a pair … Read More...
Etsy Find: Be Lucky
Be Lucky artist Olivia draws these whimsical and fantastical illustrations and Tarieli makes some of them into jewelry to share luck through their products. This image called Unlucky at Cards, Lucky in Love is from Be Lucky’s Proverbs series of … Read More...