With the first night of Hanukkah tomorrow night you may find yourself in need of a menorah. Why not make one out of pretty recycled salt shakers. See how to make a recycled salt shaker menorah over at the Brass … Read More...
Free Pattern: Tiny Sweater Christmas Ornament
Clearly I have a thing for holiday decor that looks like clothes, because here’s another one!
This tiny Christmas sweater ornament from Kat at Just Crafty Enough is especially cute because it’s worked in one piece, meaning it will knit … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruched velveteen belt with gathered flower embellishment
Sew4Home shows how to make a fancy ruched velveteen belt, embellished with a large gathered flower. The statement belt may be just what you need to take a dress from plain to something suitable for a holiday party. You could … Read More...
Sewing Tips – Larissa’s favorite cutting tools
Larissa from mmmcrafts dishs on the her favorite tools for cutting felt and fabric. Her post is in response to question from one of her readers, who asked what she used to cut felt. Obviously, she uses scissors – but … Read More...
Tutorial: Pants leg purse with a necktie strap
Sheri from Awesomesauce, and author of Confessions of a Refashionista
(check out my review here), shows how you can create a cool new bag for yourself using a pants leg and a vintage necktie. Go to her blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Tea Party Tuffet
Vanessa from Lella Boutique shares a tutorial over at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her Tea Party Tuffet. It’s pretty with a patchwork top or with a top cut from a single piece of fabric. Get the tutorial… Read More...
Reminder: Giveaway Ends at Midnight!
Our giveaway of the two digital Christmas kits ends tonight at midnight! Click here to go to the rafflecopter widget to enter.
Are you looking for more Christmas Holiday papers and supplies? Check out these printable designs we found … Read More...
Technique: Stamped Sparkly Snowflake Background
The pretty shiny background on this cute tag was made using a resist stamping technique using Perfect Pearls and Distress Markers
. Find out all the details from Chari on the Mossy Made blog.
-Heather
From Junk to Jems
You know I love to take lowly, throwaways to make something cool, preferrably using crochet. Here are a few ideas I’ve run across recently. Hope you’ll like them.
Use a cereal box for the tag and crochet a tiny wreath … Read More...
Tips for Scrapbooking Christmas
Noell Hyman from Paperclipping shares a series of posts with tips for helping you to scrapbook the holiday season. Among them, she explained how she is batch processing some of her scrapbooking tasks, and shared ideas for album covers. Click … Read More...
Photo Booth for an Ugly Sweater Party – Family Ever After
Ugly sweater parties are all the rage. So much so that Ugly Christmas Sweaters are actually hard to find this year in my part of the country. So, if you want your sweater party to stand out, you might want … Read More...
Rudolph Candy Bars
I’m loving this idea to easily doctor a store-bought chocolate bar with more store-bought candy to come up with this crazy adorable Rudolph. Find the how-tos HERE at Hungry Happenings.
Tutorial: Use tailor tacks to transfer sewing pattern markings
Gretchen Hirsch from Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing shares a tutorial over at Coats & Clark’s Sewing Secrets blog showing how you can use tailor tacks to transfer pattern markings on to your cut fabric. You can use them … Read More...
Tutorial: Layers of Lace pillowcase style dress for little girls
Kirstin from Kojo Designs shows how she made her Layers of Lace dress for her little girl. It’s covered with row upon row of pretty, girly lace, but the shape of the dress is a simple pillowcase style so it’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Pretty pleated Christmas tree skirt
The Petite Sewist shows how to make this pretty pleated skirt for your Christmas tree. She made hers out of a muslin with a bright red trim. The simple lines show off the pleated trim around the hem. Go to … Read More...
Holiday Roundup: Hanukkah Baking and Party Supplies
It’s time to pull out the blues and the whites. Here are a bunch of baking and party wares for Hanukkah from around the web.
1. Above is a Hanukkah cupcake ornament from the etsy shop, Amy Miller Designs… Read More...
Burlap Christmas Stockings
Oh burlap, how I love thee! Aren’t they fun and festive and rustic too? Whether or not you partake in the ritual of stuffing stockings, these would still make for marvellous Christmas decorations. Get the scoop over at Design, Dining … Read More...
Giveaway Winner (Times Three) Announced!!!
Here are the books that were offered for each Giveaway and the entry for each. Congratulations to each winner – and thank you to all who entered. There are some great links on a couple of the Giveaway Comments, so … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: Confessions of a Refashionista by Sheri Pavlovic
Confessions of a Refashionista
: Life on the Zig Zag
is a collection of 50 DIY fashion projects. It’s brainchild and self-published book by Sheri Pavlovic from Mensch T’s and the blog Awesomesauce. She’s pulled some of her most … Read More...
A Giveaway of All the Crafting and Cooking Books You’ll Ever Need
At least it feels that way. Yowza to the bundles of books being given away from Quarry Spoon and Craftside. All your holiday baking, candy making and DIY gift giving is covered in these book prizes. For the first giveaway … Read More...