The HodgePodgery, an artisan shop located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, recently announced that a soap making demo will be held on May 21st from 6-9pm. Join Jana MacGinnes and Barbara Kline from Soap Du Jour as they take you through … Read More...
Band-Aid Butterflies
If you are a mom ( or a teacher) then you definitely have these craft/emergency items somewhere in your reach! No Time for Flash Cards has an intriguing idea for butterflies for those children( mine included) who love to play … Read More...
Spring Butterfly Craft
This craft is great for some Springtime inspiration! Perfect to hang around a classroom or bedroom too! Bo Bunny shows you how!
Cardboard Tube Giraffe
This is such a cute project for teaching children about giraffes! Visit Crafts by Amanda to see how she made it! It would be great to make this as a horse too! I love the yarn for the mane!
Margaritas!
Find a gallery of ten margaritas for Cinco de Mayo HERE at the Food Network that make me want to reach into my computer for a cocktail. Pictured: The jalapeno margarita.
[tags]margaritas, cocktails, cinco de mayo[/tags]
Tutorial: Sew a round luggage tag
If you’ve got a plain black suitcase, then you know how difficult it can be to tell your suitcase apart from all the other plain black suitcases in the baggage claim area. Craft Apple shows how to make a round … Read More...
More free cross-stitch charts
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Tutorial: Lace doily coasters
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff continues the Celebrating Mom series with a tutorial showing how to make these lace doily coasters. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Ruffles and Stuff]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, celebrating mom, mother, mom, lace, doily, … Read More...
Tutorial: J.Crew-inspired tee with bow
Cheri from I Am Momma Hear Me Roar shows how she recreated the look of a J. Crew shirt using two plain t-shirts and a bit of sewing know-how. She used one shirt as the base, and the other to … Read More...
Tutorial: MOO Mini Card holder in 3 minutes
I found this adorable felt business cardholder tutorial on Smila’s World. The cardholder was designer and created by Smila out of Austria. Check out her blog for more fun ideas.
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Free patterns: Hand embroidery
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More...
Casting for the Flameworker—An Introduction – Another Flow Article
This issue of The Flow magazine is so full of amazing articles I needed to go back to it for today’s post. This one is about glass casting which rarely gets covered in my blog. Tisk, tisk…this article is written … Read More...
Scarf – Puppy Dog – DIY Craft Project Instructions
Scarf – Puppy Dog – DIY Craft Project Instructions.
Check out the free tutorial for making this winter warmer puppy dog scarf on our sister site Craftbits.com .
Personalized Pot Pies
Whenever I make individual pot pies, I always try to be creative in marking whose is whose with my knife in the crust. I’ve even tried initials, but the jammed knife marks all look the same when they come out … Read More...
Tutorial: Soda Can Jewels
Here is another project that might be fun to try with the kids. This one comes from Polwig and includes step-by-step instructions on how to create jewelry from old soda cans with the easy use of punches in varying shapes … Read More...
Learn filet embroidery
Filet embroidery involves weaving a pattern over a netlike base. The result is lacy — a kind of retro-technology pixel art. If you’d like to give it a try, there’s an excellent tutorial on Elinor’s Website. See the tute… Read More...
Get free monogram patterns at Broderie d’Antan
Broderie d’Antan is one of my favorite sources for free hand-embroidery patterns. Today, I was looking for a pretty monogram, so I clicked over to that section of Mirose‘s site. Now I’m having a hard time deciding among the … Read More...
Tutorial: Cut and Paste Pendants
Aimee at Artsyville recently shared this tutorial on a cut and paste necklace. This project looks like fun and would be a great way to satisfy both your jewelry making and paper crafting urges.
They are so fun that … Read More...