Little boys (and girls) around the world seem to have an unspoken fascination with pirates. They love to dream up big adventures on the sea, and find that buried treasure. What better way to help your pirate-lover have an unforgettable … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric shoe laces
Randi from Fresh Squeezed Fabrics shares a tutorial showing how you sew your own shoelaces. You’ll need to use a quilting weight cotton for this project. Small prints will work best because the laces are so narrow. They’re fast to … Read More...
Raining Cloud Craft
Are you having April showers where you live? Next time you are stuck in the house because of rain, why not make one of these cheery mobiles to brighten up your day?!
Kids will love the wide variety of supplies … Read More...
Tutorial: Starched fabric flowers, no sewing required
You can use fabrics from your scrap bin to make these happy spring blooms. Emily from Jones Design Company shares a tutorial showing how. Though it’s made from fabric, it’s a no-sew project put together with hot glue. She starches … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt and fabric Easter bucket
Zaaberry shows how you can make a felt and fabric Easter bucket. The outside is made from felt, with the binding and the lining from quilting weight cotton fabric. She added a bunny applique on the outside of the bucket. … Read More...
Project: Die Cut Easter Egg Card
The Cut at Home blog has a video tutorial for making this lovely filigree Easter egg card and stand using die cuts.
-Heather
Crochet Mystery Piece
That’s not a very good picture. Blurry and overexposed. Sorry. But, I wanted to let you see what I found in my stash the about 20X20 inches and I have absolutely no memory of where I was going with this! … Read More...
Freebie | Cat Doodle Vector Files
I’m a confirmed cat person. I like dogs too, but cats totally have my heart. So I practically squealed when I saw this collection of free cat doodle vectors from Daniela at Curlymade. You can get them in PNG … Read More...
Tutorial | Baby Wishes Mini Album
Nothing says baby like a baby elephant! Learn how to make this cute baby wishes album from Virgina Fynes. She used her Xyron Creative Station to cover her chipboard covers with patterned papers. The perfect gift for a baby … Read More...
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Tutorial: Decorated Eggs
Meg of Creators Joy posted a tutorial for adding lovely curls and spirals to eggs for Easter decorations. If you click the first photo in the tutorial to enlarge it you can see how strips of Skinner blend are used … Read More...
Easy Jelly Bean Bracelets
Fun kids craft with jelly beans!
Artzycreations has created a fun craft to do with the kids using jelly beans and some jewelry stretch cord.
If you are working with younger children, then I would help them by piercing the … Read More...
Free pattern: Strawberry pincushion
Sedef from Down Grapevine Lane shares a free pattern for this pretty strawberry pincushion. It’s small enough to tuck in a project bag to take your sewing with you. Or, add hanging loops and make them as spring ornaments. You … Read More...
Tutorial: Adapt a sewing pattern to add an inverted pleat
Jodie from Sew School Online shares a downloadable tutorial showing how you can adapt a garment pattern to add an inverted pleat. She shows how to adjust how you cut the pattern to add extra fabric for the pleat, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Curtain from a drop cloth, no sewing required
Allison from The Golden Sycamore shows how you can make a curtain from a drop cloth, no sewing required. The drop cloth is an inexpensive source of yardage, while a contrast panel across the top adds a splash of color … Read More...
Easter Egg Planters
Like all good things, this project will take time – approx. 5-7 days. Oh – but the end result is so spectacular. Why won’t you try it?
You also need to plan several of these in advance because things happen … Read More...
Freebie: Easter Bunny Digital Stamp
Diane’s Digital Designs blog has a cute bunny in a basket digital stamp to download for free, click here to get it.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Get Rid Of Those Hats! It’s Time for Easter ‘Bonnets’!
Well, maybe not exactly bonnets. Not sure little girls still wear those with their new Easter dresses. But, headbands are perfect to wear now that Winter is fleeing and Spring will soon be here. Time to show off the … Read More...
Little Houses in Clay
A popular trend in art and craft (along with all of the owls!) has been little houses – cottages, gnome homes, beach houses, rustic cabins, castles… and, of course, polymer clayers have their spins:
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Easter Egg Cupcake Topper
SugarTown Sweets has created these cute cupcake toppers using canned frosting, Twizzler’s, jelly beans and Airhead Xtremes attached to cookies shaped like eggs. They used a boxed cake mix for the cupcakes. She gives the recipe for the cookies and … Read More...