Turns out there’s a little more on educational projects with polymer clay. The kids I’ve worked with have always enjoyed the clay even when we snuck in the educational bits. This project is for a mini solar system – which … Read More...
Tutorial: Color blocked zippered pouch
Ellen from The Long Thread shares a tutorial in the Holiday Bake Craft & Crochet Series at Skip To My Lou today, showing how to make a simple color blocked zippered pouch. Zippered pouches are a good all-purpose gift to … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make Roman shades for French doors
Cynthia from Meringue Designs and Deep Thoughts by Cynthia shows how you can make a Roman shade for your French doors. They’re made just like regular Roman shades, though with French doors you can’t use a 1″ x 2″ header … Read More...
DIY Shaving Cream & Aftershave
With Christmas time sneaking up on us it’s time to think of gifts that are “out side of the box”. We love this aftershave and Cream combination. It’s perfect for the man in your life. With coconut oil as it’s … Read More...
DIY Sugar Skull Shirt
Since today is Dia De Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, I thought it was the perfect time to feature this cute sugar skull shirt made by Dora at Plenty of Paprika! Learn how to make a sugar skull shirt … Read More...
DIY: Felt Sugar Skull Sachets
I have a friend who would just love these felt sugar skull sachets made by Rachel from Adventures in Making! Rachel shared the tutorial for these cute sachets so if you want to make your own, you totally can! You’ll … Read More...
DIY Reversible Tote Bag with pockets
Although the site is in Spanish, the pictures should be enough to help guide you through making this beautiful reversible XL Tote Bag.
Sara’s Corner has created this bag because she didn’t like carrying heavy bags for grocery shopping, and … Read More...
Project: Christmas Elf Flip Flop Card
How cute is this elf card? I love cards with movement! Kristine will show you how to fold a cardstock base and partial cut a die cut label shape to make a fun flip flop card over on her blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Airplane Tray Activity Center
If your holiday plans include traveling with small children, this Airplane Tray Activity Center might be what you need. Trina from Will Cook for Shoes shares a tutorial at Sew Mama Sew showing how to make one. It slides over … Read More...
Deodorizing Your Home
Soon enough the weather will be cooling down and we will be spending a lot more time indoors with the heat turned up and the dreaded cold/flu bugs going around. All of these are conditions that cause our home to … Read More...
Tutorial | Holiday Happenings
I’ve got news for you scrapbookers and crafters: if you’re planning on sending out handmade cards this year, you need to start soon! Here’s a video tutorial from Dedra to help jump start you. She shares a simple Holiday scrapbook … Read More...
Thankful Tree
Start noting down what you’re thankful for every day in November and hang your thoughts on this Thankful Tree. This simple but impactful idea from Domestically Blissful needs some dry twigs, a vase, fall patterned papers and string. … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a keyhole neck to a blouse pattern
Jen from iCandy Handmade shares a tutorial for making a blouse with a keyhole opening at the front neck. You’ll need a basic blouse pattern. She shows how to adapt that pattern to give it a keyhole neck. It takes … Read More...
DIY Origami Vampire Lips
How amazingly cool are these vampire lips? And they are so easy to make as well!
Casey of VitaminiHandmade has a step by step and picture by picture way of explaining how to make these beautiful lips, just in time … Read More...
Project: Artsy Kitty Card
Need to make a card for someone in your life who is artistic? This adorable card from Asia King combines stamps and stencils for a fun card with an artsy flare. I adore the cat in the beret stamp from … Read More...
How to make an easy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Costume
This just made me crack up laughing! I have never seen a better repurposing of a turkey baking pan! So clever. Pop on over to the blog Crafts By Courtney for the tutorial on how to make a recycled turkey … Read More...
DIY Birdseed Wreath
I am loving this amazingly easy and picture perfect Birdseed wreath by the team at Martha Stewart Crafts. They have made clever use out of a Bundt pan by creating a pretty suet-birdseed feeder for your feathered friends.
Some baking … Read More...
Make Your Own Moss Planted Ampersand
The ampersand is a classic symbol that we have all come to use as an abbreviation. It has recently taken over the home décor trend and you can find it in most all home stores in many different forms. This … Read More...
Tutorial: How to sew a recessed zipper
A recessed top zipper is a nice feature for a bag. Instead of the zipper being flush across the top of your bag, it’s set into a panel that’s sewn an inch or so below the top of your bag. … Read More...
Building Speech and Language with Leaf Man
You might look at the picture here and think it is just a simple craft project using construction paper and leaves. Katie, from Playing With Words 365, looks at it and sees an opportunity to work on speech and language … Read More...