Delia from Delia Creates guest blogs at Oopsey Daisy with a tutorial showing how to make her easy breezy Paper Bag Dress. It’s a super quick, super easy sewing project. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Toddler’s bloused top from a DIY rose fabric print
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a two-part tutorial showing how to make this fabulous bloused top for a little girl. Are lovin’ that rose print or what? It’s actually a custom design, painted on to knit fabric. She shows … Read More...
Easter Bunny Ideas
Our sister site, Craftbits.com, has some fun creative Easter Crafts for kids and the whole family. We will be showcasing them in different categories.
To start with, look at this adorable crochet pattern for an Amigurumi Easter Bunny. … Read More...
Recipe Card Printable
Gotta love free printables! Especially really nice free printables. Find a set of 12 free recipe cards HERE at Embellish. And check out Embellish’s etsy shop HERE.
Video tutorial: Sewing on stretch fabrics
Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World shares a video tutorial showing the basics of sewing on stretch fabrics. Her video tells what kinds of machine stitches work best on stretchy fabrics. Get the video tutorial.
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Tutorial: Fabric Rosettes
Fabric rosettes are hot in the crafting world and look great on scrapbook pages! Learn how to make your own with this tutorial from Kiki Creates. You’ll need fabric, glue and felt. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Make a spring bouquet that will last
Kimara of Wee Folk Art has treats for us! Her blog post says,
… Read More...Here is a peek at our Spring Bouquet. Tomorrow, we will post the directions on how to make your own, AND Wednesday, we will be hosting a
Tutorial: Needle flowers
Annekata walks us through a basic tatting technique to create these sweet needle flowers. She says they’re “fast and easy to make, perfect for gift decorations, jewelry components or hair pins.” See her tute.
Tutorial: Princess and frog hooded towels
Mama Crafts shares a pair of tutorials for making some really sweet hooded towels. One has a princess crown appliqued on the hood, and hearts added to the top corners. The other (shown here) has a frog face on the … Read More...
Free Printable: Candy Bar Wrappers
Perfect for wedding or party favors, find free edit-able candy wrapper printables HERE at Intimate Weddings.
Carrot Jelly Bean Cake
I admit to mentally calculating how long it’d take to decorate this “carrot” cake with orange jelly beans. But worth it, yes? Find the cake HERE at too blessed to be stressed and the instructions HERE.
{Tutorial} 100 Wedding Invites in a Weekend!
Wow! Zoe Beer sent in a link to her recent card making marathon chronicled on her blog The Making Spot. She created 100 wedding invitations in a single weekend {with a little help from her mum!} Click here to … Read More...
Project: Stamped Box
Find instructions on how to make this stunning stamped paper mache’ box by Tammi Wilson over at the Stampendous website.
-Heather
Paintbox Quilt-Along still on
Elizabeth Hartman at Oh Fransson! says there’s no deadline for joining her Paintbox Quilt-Along. I’ve seen Paintbox quilts across the blogosphere and love them all. Get details for joining and making your own Paintbox Quilt here.
FREE pattern, Molly’s Sketchbook: Felt Hot Pads
This is such a good idea to keep our tabletops free from hot pan scorch marks. Sometimes “The Purl-Bee” gets a new product in that is so universally adored by their entire staff of Purl Soho that they know … Read More...
DIY Mini Cupcake Stand
A-dor-a-ble. Had to break that one into syllables. Find step-by-step photo guide to making these mini cupcake stands HERE at Sweetly Sweet, and find the free pdf HERE, and lastly check out the Sweetly Sweet party printable etsy … Read More...
Bunny Roll Roundup
… from Be Different Act Normal. Check out the collection of cuteness HERE. Shown are bunny buns from Rhodes.
Construction Paper Bird’s Nest
It’s been a while since I did a ‘messy’ craft with my children, and I think this craft is just the thing to get us back in the groove of getting downright dirty! A Tale of Two Moms and the … Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered Pocket Jacket for little girls
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shares a tutorial for making this super cute, super stylish cropped jacket for little girls. I’m loving those gathered pockets!! Get the tute.
[photo from Me Sew Crazy]
Kiln Pointers from Paragon
Flipping through the newest issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly, which I picked up in Glass Craft and Bead Expo the other day, I saw a great article on the Thermocouple, which is a very important part of everyone’s kiln. … Read More...