You can make jewelry from a variety of objects that aren’t found in the jewelry section of your local craft store. For example, the feature of this necklace can be found in the sewing department of craft stores. Sally … Read More...
Tutorial: Letting out a pants hem
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how she squeezes out an extra inch or so from a pants leg. It’s a timely post, as many of us are digging through our kids’ closets and assessing the school wear. … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Fabric Halloween Trick of Treat bag with boxed corners
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial over at the Therm O Web blog showing how to sew a special Trick or Treat bag. She pieced together three coordinating prints for the outside. Inside, it’s fully lined. Boxed corners … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Wrap shorts made from a scarf
Anna from Plan B shows how to make these wrap shorts out of a scarf. They’re actually very easy to make, as they’re made from two simple pieces plus long strips for the waist ties. You’ll need a large scarf … Read More...
Tutorial: Triangular zippered pencil pouch
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar shows how to make a triangular zippered pencil pouch. This is such a cute case to keep your pencils and pens together!! The sides are patchworked together, making this a good project for using … Read More...
Wet Felted Beads; Pictorial Tutorial
You can get very creative with this type of bead; with your color choices and roving’s. I have made these wet felt beads and the tighter you roll them and the more colors you use the more exciting your beat … Read More...
How to make a recycled denim storage container
This is so cute and easy and I bet would make a cute way to give a gift as well as for storage. Pop on over to the blog Buttons and Paint for the tutorial on how to make a … Read More...
Freebie: Gift Tags
Echo Park has some lovely free gift tags to download, click here to get them.
-Heather
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Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? We love using … Read More...
Beginner Crochet Tutorials
Beginners are a necessity for our beloved art of crochet! Without newbies, this yarn work would die out in only a few years. Enthusiastic beginners bring new life into crochet, redefining how we look at yarns and shapes, how … Read More...
Tip: Have a Washi Party
You know how it is when you fall in love with a paper crafting product, you want it all, every style, every color, every brand! But that gets costly and crowded in your space so why not share with your … Read More...
A Touch Of France With FrenchBazaar.com.au
My Children and I had the enjoyment of reviewing this 3D coloring box from FrenchBazaar.com.au $24.95. You color each scene and stack them into the holder to create a dimensional set like an old-fashioned playhouse. Even though it was basically … Read More...
DIY Wood Ceiling
An excellent photo tutorial – this DIY comes from the blog “Our Small Town Idaho Life”. The transformation is dramatic with the stained wood look.
Get this DIY Wood Ceiling transformation tutorial here.
Tutorial: No-sew waterproof placemats
Over at Disney’s Spoonful blog, Dariela from Dari Design Studio shows how you can make these waterproof placemats. The geometric design is made with stamps and paint, a step you could hand over to the kids if you wanted. Her … Read More...
Tutorial: I-Spy hidden object game
Gemia from Phat Quarters shows how to make an I Spy hidden object game. It’s a fabric pouch with a clear plastic window, filled with rice and a smattering of small objects. The game is to moosh the rice around … Read More...
Project: Shimmery Butterfly Card
The Sakura blog has a great technique for adding lots of shine and sparkle to your stamped images by coloring them with Crystal Lacquer and metallic pens.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. … Read More...
Craft Shows: Designing a Display
One of the hardest parts of the craft show business is displaying your wares. After all your hard work in creating your product, whatever it may be, you must now decide on the best way to create an appealing shop. … Read More...
Tutorial: Burlap and ribbon roller shades, no sewing required
These roller shades are made from burlap, with a wide printed ribbon for a border. Maryann from Domestically Speaking shows how you can make them. The burlap and ribbon are glued to an existing roller shade, so there’s no sewing … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Phrase
Oh, behave!! Hahaha, I love this funny free phrase (say that 3 times fast!) from Create with TLC, jump over to their blog and grab this free digital stamp phrase.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check … Read More...
Learn to Knit a Center-Out Shawl
Triangular shawls are a lot of fun to knit, and a little scarf or shawl worked in this way is perfect for this time of year, while a bigger version will be great when the weather is cooler.
Either way, … Read More...
What to Look for in Sock Yarns
I finally finished up a toe-up sock knitting pattern this week (which you can find at About, along with a ton more sock knitting resources), so it’s appropriate to me that Knitting Daily took some time this week to talk … Read More...