Jenni at Snippets of my Family, Faith, and Crafting shows how to make a cover for a shopping cart handle that doubles as a place to hook toys to keep baby entertained while you’re getting your shopping done. Brilliant! And … Read More...
Tutorial: Cascading Ruffles dress for little girls
Nancy from Nancy’s Couture shares a 5-part sew-along showing how to make her Cascading Ruffles dress for little girls. Part 1 shows how to draft the pattern, using a t-shirt as a guide. In Part 2, she shows how … Read More...
Tips: Making Glossy Paper Embellishments
The Simply Stamped blog has some wonderful tips for adding some dimension and shine to your card embellishments using Glossy Accents. Glossy Accents is from Ranger Ink (and is one of my personal favorite products, I use it all the … Read More...
Dr Seuss Lorax Babybels
More Lorax! And I say never stop paying homage to the great Dr. Seuss. Find a round-up of Lorax foods and, better yet, make these perfect Lorax BabyBels from the BabyBel-decorating-master, HERE at Cute Food for Kids.
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Rainbow Trifles
Have your cake and eat it, too…. These rainbow trifles combine the popular rainbow cake with rainbow pudding and just seem so easy to make. Find the how-tos HERE at Come Together Kids.
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Bunny Cupcake Tutorial
Easter’s on its way… Find the step-by-step instructions with photographs to make this cutie Easter Bunny cupcake topper from fondant HERE at Belle Cake Topper and Mould.
How To Crochet – Back To Basics
Some people are really talented teachers. Some people learn best from hands-on lessons, videos, books, etc. Everyone has her own learning style. On her blog, Aesthetic Nest, Anneliese has created an excellent tutorial on crochet basics on her blog. Her … Read More...
Make a Four Leaf Clover
I went looking for a few videos on YouTube about making polymer clay clovers in time for St. Patrick’s day. Here’s one. Next week, I’ll have a tutorial for a four leaf clover cane. At least a tutorial for … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy patchwork coasters
Alicia at Alicia’s Hiding Place shows how to make fabric coasters on her blog. She explains each coaster requires six 5″ squares of fabric, and with four you fold into triangles. Interesting. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Organza rose brooch or fancy dress embellishment
Maya from Little Treasures shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make an organza rose. Made up as a brooch, it’d make a sweet little giftie for a friend. They would also be gorgeous embellishments for a fancy … Read More...
Tutorial: Mixing knit fabrics successfully
One way to squeeze the most use out of your knit fabric yardage is to use up every last bit. Those largish scraps left over from a previous project can be combined with other (perhaps less stellar) knit fabrics to … Read More...
Project: Clothes Pin Note Holder
What a clever way to hold notes (or cards or photos)! This cute note holder is made from large clothes pin covered with stamped patterned paper and a cool stamped vintage typewrite image on the front. Find instruction for making … Read More...
Tutorial: Melt & Pour Easter Egg Soaps
If you need a dash of spring cheer, these easy to make Easter Egg Soaps are three-dimensional and so cute you can hardly stand them. They’re a snap using a melt & pour base, but you could certainly use cold-process … Read More...
Book review: Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts
Pam & Nicky Lintott, mother and daughter team from The Quilt Room, are co-authors of the book Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts
. Out since May, 2011, I just rescued it from my book pile marked “need to review”.
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Altoids® Mint Chocolate Cookie Bites
So Wrigley sent me a bunch of candy (seriously, many pounds of candy) and I made some treats with it, because adding more sugar to sugar is always a good idea. The first thing I made were these teeny, tiny, … Read More...
Homemade Granola
On my to-do list to make: Homemade granola. How yummy does this look? And easy, too. Find the recipe HERE at I Heart Naptime. (Oh, how I miss the naptime in our house.)
Lookie what she made: Extravagent Easter Egg Hunt Dress
Lookie what Kataryna from Chibi Designs and Sew Chibi made her for daughter! It’s her Extravagent Easter Egg Hunt Dress. Wowza! This little dress is packed with color and fun details that kids love! It’s pieced with rainbow colors, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Curling Circles knit skirt
Jen from iCandy Handmade created this awesome Curling Circles knit skirt for spring, and shares a tutorial showing how she did it. The skirt gets its name from the hem detail, which is actually a bunch of circles stitched down … Read More...
Tutorial: Quick and easy burpcloth with a serged hem
Stephanie from The Petite Sewist shows how to make a quick and easy flannel burpcloth, using a serger to finish the edges with a rolled hem. You could make a stack of them in just one evening! Get the tutorial… Read More...
Video Tute: Ryan Gosling Light Switch Cover
Here’s a fun video from the girls at Gurl.com. They’ll show your teenagers how to make a light switch cover. And who knew it might have Ryan Gosling on it! Head over to Gurl.com to watch the video tutorial — … Read More...