Charm Stitch shows how you can sew up scrap felt and ribbon to create these pretty Valentine flower barrettes and brooches. Get the tute.
[photo from Charm Stitch]
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Project: Winter Girl with Bird Card
This winter greeting card is just adorable, I love the pretty velum snowflakes! Find directions for making it over on the Stampendous blog.
-Heather
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Homemade Hostess Cupcake Hearts
If you’ve a love of Hostess cupcakes, you can make them yourself and manipulate them for any holiday. See? Hearts. (I’m not picturing Christmas trees and bunnies.) Make homemade Hostess cupcake hearts HERE at Sugar Swings!.
Football Field Taco Bowl and more Football Food Links
Hey there! You know my husband, he loves tacos. So, when I mentioned the “taco bowl,” he was all in. But throw in a football theme, and this idea just hit it out of the park for him. I mean, … Read More...
“Love” That Wreath
Sher has created yet another crocheted wreath in her series. This one hides a secret. Before you make this one for your sweetie for Valentine’s Day, you can make the one on the other side to celebrate the snows of … Read More...
Tutorial: In Love pincushion
Nati of Nati’s Little Things did a guest post at Riley Blake’s Cutting Corners blog showing how she made her tiny pincushion. She paper pieced the pillow front using fabric from the Sweetest Thing collection. Lovely. Get the tutorial.… Read More...
Tutorial: Handmade Hearts
The sweet sentiment behind the making of these hearts is perfect for Valentine’s Day! And this is one of those tutorials that goes to show you can get a lovely visual result with simple techniques and careful choices of colours … Read More...
Giveaway: 12 fat quarters of organic Micro Mod fabric line
Maureen Cracknell Handmade hosts a giveaway for Stash Modern Fabric this weekend. They’re giving away a 12 fat quarter bundle from the MicroMod line by Rob Bancroft for Cloud9 Fabrics. The collection is 100% certified organic cotton printed with low … Read More...
Tutorial: Hanging dish towel using your scrap fabrics
Donna from Once Upon A Sewing Machine shows two ways to make a hanging dish towel. One method is sewing a topper from fabrics in your fabric stash. The other uses crochet to create the topper. Go to her blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric stamping makes awesome jeggings
Katy from No Big Dill shares a tutorial over at It’s Always Autumn shows how some simple stamping turns a pair of unloved, plain jeggings into awesomeness. It’s a no-sew project because she starts with a pair of store-bought jeggings. … Read More...
Freebie: Mermaid Digital Stamp
A.J.’s Digi Shoppe has a lovely mermaid digi stamp to download for free, click here.
-Heather
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12 Lessons for Selling at Shows and Fairs – Resin Obsession
This is an older post, but I love sharing this kind of thing when I find it in case anyone missed it initially. Resin Obsession blogged about the 12 lessons learned from selling jewelry at art shows and craft fairs… Read More...
Floral Bookplate {Free Printable}
We have a large children’s book library in our home, and these bookplates are perfect for them! You can get these adorable book plates from my poppet…and print as many as you need! You will probably also want to … Read More...
Groundhog Day Craft {Free Printable}
Groundhog Day is almost upon us, and this craft is a great way to teach your children about the day and the history behind it! You can get this free printable craft over at My Very Educated Mother.
Kids Craft – Simple Flower Lollipop Valentines
These flower valentines are perfect for your children to make for their classmates. You can find the simple tutorial over at We Made That. Just pop a lollipop sucker in and you have a very quick and easy … Read More...
Tip: Keep your fabrics from fraying and tangling when prewashing
Don’t you hate it when your prewashed fabrics come out of the washer in a giant tangled up, frayed-edge mess? Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts shares a tip to keep it from happening. Go to her blog to see what … Read More...
Tutorial: Measuring tape bracelet
Haley Pierson-Cox at The Zen of Making shows how to turn a measuring tape into a fun piece of wrist jewelry. If you don’t already have a couple of extra measuring tapes in your sewing box (mine tend to reproduce … Read More...
French Herb Painted Pots
These pretty pots were made by Carolyn from a dollar store ceramic pot. Using craft paint and stencils she transformed this dollar store look into chic little herb containers for your kitchen or garden. You can get the supply list … Read More...
Project: Stamped Sucker Flowers
Here’s a cute, quick project for Valentine’s Day! Add a little stamped flower around a sucker to give to your sweetie. I think this would alos be a great kids craft idea too. Find more info on the Obsessed with … Read More...
Rainbow Powdered Sugar
I’ll never tire of rainbow-themed foods, I don’t think. To bring some rainbows to your every day, here’s an idea for tinting powdered sugar to decorate French toast or cupcakes or cakes, or whatever needs a little rainbow and sugar. … Read More...