Continuing on with my polymer clay miniatures mini-obsession – here are some great Easter sweets:
1. Miniature Easter basket, 2. Miniature Easter chocolate eggs, 3. Easter table, 4. Chocolate Easter Eggs – dollhouse 1/12 miniature
How to make foiled Easter decorations
This is a great idea to dress up an old decoration into a spiffy new one thanks to Sasha for sending her link in! Pop on over to her blog House Dressing Style where she featured a tutorial on how … Read More...
Let’s Smell the Flowers! Lots and Lots of Cookie Flower Tutorials
I hope you have a cup of coffee or tea (or whatever your poison) by your side, because it will take awhile to get through all this cookie flower cleverness. Haniela organized a cookie blogger event, Let’s Smell the Flowers… Read More...
Giveaway | Spiral Peek Minibook
I am giving away this blank handmade minibook over on my personal blog Callaloo Soup. The mini is made using my special spiral peek method. You have until Thursday April 5th at midnight to enter, and entries are open … Read More...
Easter Project: Bunny in a Basket
Download the pdf file for making this adorable bunny candy cover hiding in a basket using cardstock and stamps from Inky Antics.
-Heather
Tutorial: Use cut out shapes to create textured fabric
Kristina J. shows how to create a lovely textured fabric by stitching together cutout fabric shapes. She used her cutout fabric as an accent for the collar and cuffs on a jacket. Gorgeous! She used a Sizzix to cut out … Read More...
Chunky Beaded Necklace for Easter
Michelle at Daydream Believers shares her tutorial for this chunky necklace. Michelle says this tutorial is great for beginners and fun to make with your kids, too. This tutorial from Michelle is one of her series of DIY ideas for … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled Wrap Dress for girls
Jessica from Bits for Baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to make her Ruffled Wrap Dress for girls. The criss cross bodice is trimmed with ruffles and ties in a pretty bow at the side. The fabric requirements … Read More...
The Beatles Bunny Peep Pops
And it’s only the beginning, the first of seven days of crazy Peeps pops. Find the Beatles HERE at Sugar Swings! and check back all week!
Pretty Easter Cookies
A little bunny cookie inspiration for ya’. Aren’t these gorgeous with the flowers? Find them HERE at Lizy B. And learn to make the royal icing with step-by-step how-tos HERE.
Tutorial: Kerchief with pom pom trim
Susan from Living With Punks shows how to make a kerchief to pull your hair back. Elastic at the bottom makes it easy slide on and stay snug. I’m loving the pom pom trim!! Get the tutorial.
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Inspiration du Jour | Dare To be U
This Shouts Spring!
Sher from FlyTheCoopCrafts has created this charming wreath that just Shouts Spring! Don’t you love it? You’ll have fun reading Sher’s article about how she came to create this fusion design. I absolutely love one of the wreaths that inspired … Read More...
Clay Blogs and Easter
Here’s a quick little peek into what folks are up to with their clay and the upcoming Easter holiday:
- Susan rounded up some fabulous Easter clay finds from Artfire on her blog
- A couple of good posts about Easter crafts
How to make recycled tin can Easter chicks and bunnies
Over at Erin’s blog My Very Educated Mother there is a darling tutorial on how to make recycled tin can bunnies and chicks perfect to decorate for Easter, fill with goodies or even hid and Easter egg or two!
Free Pattern – 4 Seasons Cowl
Four seasons cowl. Fingering weight yarn, light and easy enough for a beginner stitches and one skein of yarn and you’ve got a winner! I love the blue variations, very pretty!
FREE pattern from the Dairy Godmother blog, HERE… Read More...
Easter Eggs, Bright, Wrapped and Needle Felted!
No it’s not knitting, but it IS yarn. Yarn wrapped, or needle felted, these Easter eggs are just waiting to be included in a basket.
The tutorials are HERE as well as tuts for lots of other eggs, over … Read More...
Peep! Easter Peeps Take On A New Look!
Peeps! We love them in yellows, purples and pinks. We love them white and speckled, big and small, we do love our Peeps!
This latest project pays homage to this obsession with a true Easter project.
Quick Knit these little … Read More...
Free With Sign-Up – Eyeglass Cord Pattern!
I totally want one of these! And all you have to do if you want one too is go to the MaddyCraft website and sign up for the newsletter! It’s that easy!!
Click on over to HERE
Tutorial: Beanbag easel for an iPad or other tablet
Teresa Down Under shows how to make a beanbag easel to prop up an iPad or other tablet for easy reading. She uses hers in the kitchen so she can easily read the recipes on her iPad. Brilliant!! It’s made … Read More...