Sue of “Giant Dwarf” did a guest post on Martha Stewart’s craft blog you’ll learn how to make “Forever Fleurs”, a simple no-sew project made from Fancy Felt & found twigs. What mother would not love these flowers made by … Read More...
Project: Butterfly Punch Card
Use a butterfly punch and embellishments to make this pretty card, the direction can be found over at the Echo Park Paper blog. I love the 3D dimension on this card!
-Heather
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Mother’s Day DIY: Make A Pompom Bouquet!
Michael of “Michael Ann Made” is sharing a very pretty variety of “Mother’s Day “Pompom Bouquets” with complete tutorials. As you can see from the picture several colors and different stems are used. Michael has the tutorial for making the … Read More...
Freebie: Spring Cupcake
I LOVE cupcakes! I mean really…what is not to love? Small little bits of cake-such the best! Lesley Teare has the cutest little spring time cupcake for you to stitch up. The strawberry is the icing on the cake. HA! … Read More...
Tutorial: Finish a baby blanket with satin blanket binding
Shelly from Giggles and Beans shows how to sew wide satin binding around the edge of a baby blanket. The blanket itself is simply two squares of flannel set wrong sides together. Her tutorial includes how to fold the binding … Read More...
How To: Plastic Canvas Placemats
Yahoo! It’s spring! Warm weather! It’s time to move the party outside and that includes a dinner party. What better way to make a statement than with these colorful Plastic Canvas Placemats by Diane at Crafty Pod. Not … Read More...
Make Your Own Brown Sugar
I don’t bake a lot, especially in the summer. So when it starts to cool or we have a rainy day,and I want to bake. Brown sugar is always my downfall. Either I don’t have it or it is in … Read More...
How to make wooden backdrops
Since so many of you were interested in the faux driftwood project I featured I bet you will like this link Nikki sent in tho the blog Tikkido where there is a great tutorial on how to make weathered wood … Read More...
Free pattern: Girl’s knit tank top
Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a free pattern for a girl’s knit tank top. You can sew them up quickly for a cute and cool spring and summer wardrobe. For a dress, extend the hem down … Read More...
5 Tutorials For Making Beeswax Candles
Candle making has been a beloved craft for centuries, with countless materials used to create the perfect candle. However, in recent years, beeswax has emerged as a popular choice for many candle makers. Beeswax has a natural and pleasant aroma, … Read More...
Free pattern: Tablet carrier bag
Joanne from Craft Passion shares a free pattern for making this tablet carrier bag. It looks and carries like a chic tote, but it’s sized to hold your an iPad or other tablet. The top closure has two options – … Read More...
Tips: How to Use Digital Stamps
Are you new to digital / digi stamps? Heard of them (or not:)) and wondering how to use them? The Some Odd Girl stamps site has a wonderful detailed e-book to download for free showing you how to get started … Read More...
Heavy Duty Crochet Cowl
I’m a serious walker. You can see my other blog to learn more about that. In the St. Louis area, it’s often to cold and blustery to walk outside without protecting my throat from all that cold air. The … Read More...
Show & Tell | Carnival Birthday Card
Jilliene from Jilliene Designing, shares this fun carnival theme birthday card that she made with her Cricut machine. She explained hos she used cut files from a Cricut Cartridge, and from SVG Cuts to make the card and the cute … Read More...
Tutorial | April Showers Watercolor Decor
Learn how to make this ombre watercolor shadow box, and get the free Silhouette cut file for the clouds too. All the instructions are over at Mabey She Made It.
Tutorial: Spring Daffodils
One of the hallmarks of spring is when the daffodils and narcissus begin to show up. Here’s a great, simple tutorial to make your own clay daffodils. I make daffodil and narcissus beads similarly (although I cane my components, the … Read More...
DIY Jewel and Wire Wrapped Ring
These wire wrapped rings are chunky and resemble treasure from the Pirate seas. Use old Jewelry pieces to re-create something new and original with this simple and easy to follow Jewelry making tutorial from Jewelryfromhome.com.
Freebie: Happy Easter Egg
Looking for more Easter themed Cross Stitch Patterns and Charts? Check these out on Etsy.
Looking for DMC Threads Check out DMC’s website
I would love to find this little Easter egg … Read More...
Happy Easter!
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter Day!
Find directions for making this sweet Easter card over on my personal blog P is for Paper.
-Heather
Technique: Copic Marker Sunset Card Background
Markers aren’t just for coloring in your stamped images, you can also use them for fun backgrounds like this sunset technique found over at the P.S. I Love You Scrapbooking blog.
-Heather