This table runner makes my heart sing and I know why. It’s the vibrant fabric used and created by Art Gallery Fabrics’ (AGF), called Utopia. And with colorways like Fantasy City Fervor and Reverie City Winter in this collection, you … Read More...
Creative Ways to “Propose” to Your Bridesmaids
You had that special moment, and he popped the question. Now, it’s time to start planning a wedding. Make sure you have someone by your side, helping you to make some of those tough decisions. This post from Wedding Blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Drawstring bubble romper
Miranda from One Little Minute shows how you can make an adorable little bubble romper for a baby girl. The design is simple, with an elastic casing & shoulder ties at the top and an optional drawstring at the waist. … Read More...
Tutorial | DIY Letterpress Plates
If you have these two old school crafting supplies hanging around you can make your own letterpress plates! So go dig out your manual die-cutting machine, and some shrinky dink plastic, and try this technique out. I can’t get over … Read More...
Tutorial | How to Make Handwritten Fonts
Ever wish you could find the perfect handwritten font for your projects? One that looked a bit more like your own handwriting? Well now you can! Mikko at I Try DIY shares her expertise for making handwritten fonts using … Read More...
Video tutorial: Calculate fabric for any size quilt top
Ever wonder how to calculate how much fabric you’ll need to have on hand to sew up a particular quilt top? Tova from Professor Pincushion has you covered with a tutorial she made on this important and often dreaded subject. … Read More...
Tutorial: Easter egg bunting from burlap and fabric
Bev from Flamingo Toes shows how you can make this burlap and fabric Easter egg bunting. It’s easy to make. In fact, the sewing is all hand sewing with simple running stitch. The edges are left raw to give it … Read More...
Project: Easter Bag
Add some die cut paper shapes and some stamped images to a plain cotton bag and you can make an adorable bag for Easter. This is a fun alternative to an Easter Basket. The Chameleon Markers blog has the details.… Read More...
Tutorial: Take in a jeans waist and get rid of the gap
As much as I try to avoid jeans that gape at the back (you know what I’m talking about), I’ve usually got one or two pairs at any given time that have that annoying gap. Tasha from Glitter and Wit … Read More...
Tutorial: Upcycled Potholder Into a sewing kit
Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how you can make a sewing kit out of a potholder. This is such a smart idea!! You’ll need to get a double potholder – a potholder with separate pockets for your fingers and … Read More...
50 Green Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day
In case you are one of those that like to dress everything up in green for St. Patrick’s Day, here is a round up green colored foods. The only thing we ever did for St. Patrick’s Day was to have … Read More...
39 Totally Gross and Scary Furniture Pieces
As the title of this blog suggests, we are all about candle making and everything related to it. However, we couldn’t help but be intrigued by this list of 39 bizarre and creepy pieces of furniture that we stumbled upon. … Read More...
13 Ways to Recycle your wedding dress
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We’ve all been there—after the blissful whirlwind of your wedding day, you find yourself with a wedding dress that holds a special place in your heart, yet hangs in the back of your closet, waiting for its next chapter. … Read More...
11 cool ways to dress up your stairs
All these cool ways to dress up stairs makes me wish I had a staircase! Pop on over to the blog Decorating Your Small Space to see all the great ideas on how you can decorate your stairs. I bet … Read More...
Spring Will Be Here Soon, Why Not Knit a Bit of Lace?
I know that I should be thinking more about knitting for spring, but I just can’t bring myself to do it when there is still snow in the immediate forecast.
So instead I will just leave this here in case … Read More...
AaBbCc Spoons Busy Bag
If you are like me and save ever piece of plastic silver ware you come across, you just might have enough to make this fun alphabet activity. If you don’t have a drawer full of spoons, this is such a … Read More...
Tutorial: Alphabet Block Pincushion
Staci from Crafty Staci shows how you can make an alphabet block pincushion like this one. The 2″ fabric cube is a bigger (and softer) version of the blocks we all played with as kids. If you have a fabric … Read More...
Tutorial: Reusable snack bags
Carli from Simply Notable shows how you can make your own reusable snack bags. You can wash and reuse them over and over. They’ve got Velcro closures at the top that are easy to install, and easy for young hands … Read More...
Book Review- Materially Crafted
Today I wanted to share info a new book trailer created by A Subtle Revelry blogger, Victoria Hudgins, who has a new craft project book (just released!), called Materially Crafted. Her charming short trailer is so fun and playful!… Read More...
Covering Eggs in Clay
Since polymer clay is great for covering just about anything that doesn’t run away first… it’s no surprise people cover eggs for Easter decorations. Here’s one tutorial – complete with blowing out the egg, building a simple cane and finish … Read More...