Barbara of Vintage Spice and Everything Nice gave me the heads up that she shares a vintage embroidery pattern every Friday. The design shown here is just one recent example. Check out Barbara’s blog. And be sure to bookmark … Read More...
Tutorial: A pillow from embroidery
Maminti of Tunderzug shares how she created a decorative pillow around a bit of sweet angel embroidery. Developing a tutorial is a challenge in one language, but Maminti does it effectively in two! Go to her post for the pillow-making … Read More...
Edible Baby Paint
This activity is great for teaching your baby their first experience with colors, textures and art! The best part about the paint is that if they accidentally put their hands in their mouth you don’t have to freak out! You … Read More...
Embroidery tutorial: Simple shading
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny has put together an awesome tutorial to help novices tackle shading in embroidery. She’s sharing a sweet cloudburst pattern that you can use with the tutorial or however you like. See Nicole’s post.
DIY Kids Grocery Game
Sometimes I get a little anxiety as I unload my three children to do a major grocery shopping. This game is the perfect thing to keep them focused and occupied on something other than the exit! Head on over to … Read More...
Fun with Colors
Sometimes the best way to understand something is to dig right in and make it happen right before your eyes! This post is wonderful for teaching little ones how to turn primary colors into all the colors of the rainbow. … Read More...
Tutorial: Travel felt board
Miss Lovie shows how to make a felt board that’s made to travel. It folds up and has handles so it’s easy to carry. When it’s time to play felt board, it unfolds to become a felt board easel. Go … Read More...
Batty felt pillow tutorial
Decorating for Halloween is second only to Christmas. I love to decorate indoors and outdoors. This Batty felt pillow tutorial by Amy of “Ameroonie Designs” will add that touch of Halloween indoors. Amy loves to create and loves blogging. Amy … Read More...
Tutorial: Thread beads
Rachel of Lines Across has posted a tutorial for a fun, practical, pretty project. All stitchers have little nests of threads that are too short for serious stitching but too long to throw away. Use those bits to make colorful … Read More...
Tutorial: Roomy vacation bag
Rikka from Ricochet and Away! created this large bag to carry with her on her vacation to Yellowstone National Park. It’s roomy enough to have held water bottles, sunscreen, binoculars, and the like. Pockets on the inside help keep everything … Read More...
Tutorial: Lined drawstring bag
Jill from Creating My Way To Success shows how to make a lined drawstring bag. There’s a reason why drawstring bags are so popular. They happen to to be very handy. In this case, she’s using the bag to hold … Read More...
Honoring the Sandwich
Did you know August was National Sandwich Month? At least here in the States, apparently. We have only a few more days to go. Ah, the sandwich. Way to revolutionize lunch Earl of Sandwich, with your convenient and delicious method … Read More...
Pasta with Pumpkin Cinnamon Sauce (aka Pumpkin Head)
Oh, I love Fall and Halloween. I welcome the food it brings with open arms. Like a most sophisticated and delicious-sounding dish as pasta with pumpkin and cinnamon sauce. Made into a pumpkin girl with spaghetti hair. Find the recipe … Read More...
So Much You Can Do With Drunken Gummies
It’s been way too long since I posted on drunken gummies, and with so many gummy innovations, that should be remedied. Gummy army men, flowers, fish, sharks, cherries, frogs… Not only are there so many choices to soak in liquor, … Read More...
Tutorial | Accordion Envelope Organizer
Nicole from In La La Land shares a step by step tutorial for making an accordion organizer using envelopes. This would be great for keeping bits and pieces organized in your workspace. Click here to go to the tutorial
Tutorial | Saving Scrapbook Layouts for the Web
Krista Sahlin from Sahlin Studio explains how you can best save your digital scrapbook layouts for display online. She illustrates what a difference it makes by sharing before and after photos of one of her layouts. Click here to … Read More...
Tutorial: Wide-Open Zipper Pencil Case
Joann from Craft Passion shows how to make a zippered pencil pouch with a zipper that wraps around three of the four sides, making it easy to find what you need. Contrast piping makes the edges pop. Get the how-to… Read More...
3 Felt Fun flower tutorials
This is the perfect time of year to get excited about creating felt flowers for head bands, embellishments, wreaths and brooches. Make a headband using the school colors and the girls can swag it at school. You can also think … Read More...
Hot Dog Dog
I spotted this on Pinterest and couldn’t resist sharing. The look on this poor doggie’s face is priceless (and I’m arguing there is a “look on this doggie’s face”. Part curiosity, part wary… Wise doggie. Make dogs in a dog … Read More...
Technique: Faux Metal Background
The main image on this card looks just like it was stamped on metal but it wasn’t. The Bright Side of Life blog show you how to use spray ironing starch (of all things! :)) for a really cool faux … Read More...