Trish from Uncommon shares a tutorial on her blog for using a strip of lace to embellish a onesie. It’s a quick, easy project and would make a sweet gift for a new baby. I’m loving the white on white … Read More...
Tutorial: Beat the heat with a cooling neck scarf
Feeling the heat this summer? Jona from Fabritopia and Jona G Pattern Co shares a tutorial on her blog, Stop Staring and Start Sewing, showing how to make a cooling scarf. Get the tute.
[photo from Stop Staring and … Read More...
Tutorial | Season Keeper Mini Album
Here’s another idea for a travel journal! Josie at Fine and Feathered shares her take on making a mini album to document a trip and also keep paper ephemera. She calls it a Season Keeper. Click here to go to … Read More...
Tutorial: Nautical tote with grommets and rope
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how grommets
and rope can turn a plain tote into a nautical-themed tote. The bag she started with was made from a recycled canvas sail, but you could use an inexpensive canvas tote from … Read More...
Tutorial: Positioning Digital Sentiments
When using a digital stamp sentiment it can be really troublesome to get it printed exactly where you want on your card. Jenny from I Dream in Paper has a great step by step tutorial for using MS Publisher to … Read More...
Rock Candy JellO Shots
Speaking of shots, make these supercool “rock candy” JellO shots for the 4th of July HERE at the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen.
4th of July Cocktails – Red, White, and Blue Cocktails That’ll Make Your Party Pop
Whether you’re hosting a sizzling backyard BBQ, lounging by the pool, or planning a sparkler-filled soirée, these red, white, and blue cocktails are the ultimate way to toast to freedom, fun, and festive spirit. Each drink is a vibrant celebration … Read More...
Tutorial | Travel Journal Cover
Join Melissa from Bursts of Creativity as she shows you how she created the cover for her travel journal using a vintage book. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Looking for supplies for journaling? Check these Art, Junk and … Read More...
Tutorial | Folded Mini Album
Katie at Punk Projects shares this tutorial for making a cute folded mini album. This would be nice to use as a travel journal for a short trip! Click here to go to the tutorial
Mini albums are great … Read More...
What’s Happening at The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet
A good place to go if you want to know what’s happening in the glass world is The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet. Some of the things they’re writing about include the glass painting by glass artist Gregory Grenon that … Read More...
Mosaic: The Wedding Season
It’s that time of year – summer weddings, brides in fabulous dresses, lovely flowers… How do you clay it up? Here’s a few goodies:
1. Beautiful Floral Necklace, 2. Polymer Clay on Glass 005, 3. Day of the … Read More...
Free patriotic pattern
Just in time for Independence Day in the USA, here’s a patriotic doodle for your embroidery pleasure, thanks to Primitives by the Light of the Moon. Go to her blog post to get the design.
Ed. note 7/6/12: Many … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: Ruffled linen shorts for little girls
Jill from Handmade by Jill shows how she adapted a child’s shorts pattern to make these absolutely adorable ruffled shorts. She used the Class Picnic Shorts by Oliver + S, but any basic shorts pattern will work. Go to her … Read More...
Tutorial: Color blocked D-ring belt
Kate from See Kate Sew brings the color blocking trend to a belt with her tutorial showing how to make her Candy Colored Belt. It’s her guest post in the Sewlebrity series at Family Ever After. Go there for … Read More...
Shopping Organization Board
I’ve seen quite a few organization boards, and they are all great, but so many of them look the same. This one caught my eye because of the fun fonts, shapes and colors that were incorporated. You can see … Read More...
Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton on Sale
Summer is the time for knitting with cotton, if you ask me, and Lion Brand has a limited time sale on its Kitchen Cotton yarn happening right now.
At 15 percent off a ball of this beauty costs just over … Read More...
Innocent Drinks’ Big Knit is Back
Here’s one for all you Brit knitters out there: Innocent Drinks recently announced that it will be doing the Big Knit again this year.
There aren’t yet a lot of details, but the project was announced on the company’s Facebook … Read More...
Share Your Thoughts with Knitting Fever for a Chance to Win a Louisa Harding Book
Knitting Fever, the American distributor of all sorts of great yarns including Debbie Bliss, Noro, Sublime and many more, is celebrating the release of the latest Louisa Harding pattern booklet with a Facebook contest.
Check out the Marguerite booklet… Read More...
Book Giveaways End this Week!
Don’t miss your chance to enter for a copy of Simply Stylish Crystal Jewelry
! The giveaway ends tomorrow July 3 – hurry to the original post and comment for your chance to win!
If metal is more your … Read More...
Getting Elemental with Berroco
Have you seen Berroco’s new Elements yarn? This wool/nylon blend is new for fall and hasn’t actually been released yet, but I’m super excited to try it out.
In the slideshow for the Elements pattern booklet, the yarn … Read More...