When I saw these, I instantly thought about the Swiss Rolls
! Who knew that you could make an easy alternative. Plus, you can fill it with whatever you desire. How many versions can you come up with? The creator … Read More...
Travel Beauty Tips And Hacks
Travelling means you can’t always take your normal stock pile of beauty supplies with you. Here are some simple beauty hacks and tips to maintain a beautiful regime on holiday. These tips and tricks make the most of what … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric mini crown that stores flat
This fabric mini crown is sooo cute! Above just the cute factor, it has a clever feature. It stores flat so you can tuck it away in your purse or store it in a dress-up bin without it getting smushed … Read More...
Tutorial: Romantic beaded headband
Vanessa from Café Craftea shares a tutorial for making a beautiful beaded felt and tulle headband. The tulle and the beads are soft and romantic, especially in the winter white palette she used. This would also be gorgeous in jewel … Read More...
Tutorial: Convert a plain tank to a pull-down nursing tank
Nicole from In-Lala-Land shows how she converted plain tanks into pull-down nursing tanks. The straps of the tank attach to a pull-down nursing bra, so you can pull down the top of your tank and your bra cup with one … Read More...
Tutorial | Easy DIY Thank You Cards with Sharpies
Here’s a classy yet simple way for you and your kids to send thank you cards for your Christmas presents. Autumn shares how she and her kids made these simple but impactful cards using metallic sharpies, white cardstock, stickers … Read More...
January Freebie | 4×6 Journal Cards
Time to grab the first freebie of the year! Use these 4×6 cards in your Project Life, or other pocket page systems, on regular pages, or in your journals. Click here to get them.
Looking for more Art … Read More...
Tutorial: A Valentine’s Day Book
Ginger Burrell generously offers a tutorial for creating a handmade book complete with a polymer clay cover. The heart mosaic design makes it perfect for a Valentine’s Day gift but as she points out, you could use any motif you’d … Read More...
Little Bird in Flight: A Free Sewing Pattern!
Abby of “While She Naps” is so creative and she has a number of darling projects with tutorials. Abby made a “little felt bird in flight” and she thought we might like to make one, too. Pretty as ornaments for … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Banded hem t-shirt
Autie from iCandy Handmade shows how to adapt a basic t-shirt to give it a banded hem. The addition of the band will extend the length of the shirt. You can do this trick with a shirt you’re making from … Read More...
How to Create a Valentine cat with a heart
Alena of “Live Internet” created any cat lovers Valentine gift. This is a Russian site and you will have to use Google Translate; but I think you can make this FOLLOWING the amazing pictures provided. There is a cat pattern … Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered skirt with a color blocked hem
Angelina from JoJo And Eloise shows how to make her Borderline Skirt. It’s a classic gathered skirt with color blocked stripe around the hem. She shows it as a girl’s skirt but it would also be pretty for an adult … Read More...
Idea file: Melissa’s genius fabric scrap storage system
Melissa from Melly Sews and Blank Slate Patterns shows a way you can organize and store your fabric scraps that is nothing less than genius. I don’t want to share here what she does, but I’ll give you a teaser … Read More...
Diamond Cable Baby Hat Pattern Free Until 1/31/14
The Sweater Babe’s free pattern download for January is a cute one! This diamond cable baby hat usually sells for $3, but you can get it through the end of the month for free.
It looks like a pretty easy … Read More...
Stash-Busting Afghan Projects
The first thing I think of when I think of stash busting is a really big blanket. I guess that’s because I’m working on a really big blanket, and have been on and off (mostly off, admittedly) for about a … Read More...
Shakespeare Inspired Wood Plank
Dawn from designedbydawnnicole.com has created this Shakespeare inspired sign using her Silhouette cut pieces and a plank of wood.
She uses chalk paint and acrylics and also shows us how to “age” the sign with dark wax.
Pretty nifty … Read More...
Printable – Candy Jar Label
One of the easiest gifts to give on Valentine’s Day is a jar of candy. You can make it that extra special with a free printable label from Kojo-Designs. Pick up a decorative vase or jar and layer colored candy … Read More...
Fortune Cookies
The Chinese New Year is January 31st and it’s the year of the horse. How about making some of these cute fortune cookies with well wishes inside. These cookies can be used for other holidays or special events too. You … Read More...
Edible Maths Pie YUM!
Maths in our house is one of the lessons my kids fight me on before I even get the paper and pencils out. It’s a shame because they are actually quite good at it. (Well some days). This would be … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Make a child’s bathrobe using a t-shirt pattern
Emily from Nap-Time Creations shows how you can adapt a child’s basic long-sleeved t-shirt pattern to make a bathrobe instead. It’s her play-along project for this week’s Winter Wonderland challenge at Project Run and Play. She used the Hangout Hoodie … Read More...