How about welcoming your friends and family into your home with this lighted canvas artwork. It’s a great festive alternative to a door wreath. You could recycled an old canvas by painting over the old print with black paint. I … Read More...
Tutorial: Child’s convertible neck warmer
Pamela from Sovanisa shows how to make a convertible neck warmer for a child. It’s a fleece neck warmer with a hood sewn into the back. It can worn with the hood on the head, even under a bike helmet. … Read More...
Keep Your Jars Cozy
I have a friend who pretty much only drinks out of Mason jars. She has a little washable lid that makes it like a to-go coffee cup, and she takes it with her everywhere.
Of course she needs a cozy … Read More...
Video tutorial: Gingerbread man softie
Domenica from Easy Sewing for Beginners shares a video tutorial showing how to make a gingerbread softie. His body is made of fleece, with scraps of fleece making the eyes and buttons, and ric rac trim as the icing on … Read More...
Etsy store feature: Design DNA
You know every once in a while we like to feature an Etsy store that we think you you might like. Check out these cool recycled magnets made out of all sorts of cute things. They are available at the … Read More...
Tutorial: Water resistant drawstring wet bag
If you have small children, sooner or later you’ll have some sort of wet clothing incident, whether from an “accident” or a child gleefully stomping puddles or, like my child did on several occasions, straight up sitting down in a … Read More...
Tutorial: Ugly Christmas sweater throw pillow
If you have an Ugly Christmas Sweaters, Heather from The Sewing Lofthas a suggestion for you. Why not turn it into a throw pillow? The same knit designs that looks ridiculous when worn as a garment, look cute when … Read More...
Tutorial: Paneled pencil skirt with a yoga waistband
This paneled pencil skirt is all kinds of awesome! Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shares a tutorial showing how to make one. Her post is part of the 12 Skirts of Christmas series at Sewing In No Man’s Land. The … Read More...
Project: Stamped Angel Plaque
Decorate your home with a beautiful stamped angel plaque or make one as a gift for that special guardian angel in your life. Find all the directions over on the Clearsnap Ink blog.
-Heather
Deck Those Crochet Trees
Now that you’ve crocheted all those cute tiny trees I’ve been showing you, you might need a quick, simple pattern to add some embellishments. What about these? Tiny red ornaments and a teeny golden star for the top of … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Octobers
Christmas Goodness in Clay
With the last push into Christmas clayers are still making super stuff – decorations, cake toppers, seasonal jewellery…
1. Recycled Filigree Tree, 2. Frosty 2 – Earrings, 3. IMG_6457, 4. Christmas Hens
Justine’s answer to handcrafted holiday guilt
Christmas is a stressful time for us crafty types. We set such high expectations for ourselves. We cruise blogs and see perfectly decorated homes, and think we need to craft a new mantelscape for our own living room. And we … Read More...
Tutorial: Machine embroidery lettering on faux fur
Eileen from Eileen’s Machine Embroidery Blog shows her solution for machine embroidering on to faux fur. Often the thick pile of the fur will hide the stitching, especially if what she’s stitching is letters. Her solution is to use her … Read More...
Idea file: Long Christmas skirt for a baby girl
Sometimes the best Christmas dress is actually a Christmas skirt. That’s what Shauna from Shwin & Shwin made for her baby daughter. She made the taffeta skirt extra long and pulls it up so it fits more like an empire … Read More...
50 No Bake Holiday Dessert Recipes
Life around the holidays can get really hectic. I usually plan on baking lots of desserts, but next thing I know Santa has to have store bought cookies or worse he has to share the carrots with the reindeer. I’m … Read More...
Last Minute DIY Gift Idea – Homemade Playdough
Tick tick tick, that’s the sound of the Christmas Bomb about to go off. If you need a last minute gift for the neighborhood kids then this little gem is perfect. Once you have made the dough print off the … Read More...
Christmas Party – Christmas Tree Centerpieces for under $5
Your Christmas Table doesn’t have to cost a fortune, let’s face it Christmas is expensive enough. These DIY tree’s all came in under $5. My favorite would be the spoon tree as I can just see Aunt Dot asking about … Read More...
Freebie: Christmas Cat Digital Stamp
Download this super cute Santa Cat digi stamp for free over on the Opal Manor blog.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Looking for more paper crafts ideas and supplies? Check some … Read More...
Last Minute Crocheted Ornament
Well, I guess you could wait til Valentine Day to make this so it wouldn’t be ‘last minute’ by I’d like to slip it into a special Christmas card or hang it on a tree. How about offering it as … Read More...