Melony from Mel Designs shows how she used layered felt flowers and stamped words to embellish a plain button-down blouse. She used the Sizzix 3-D Fringed Flower die to save time on cutting out all of those flowers. If you … Read More...
Acorn Hershey’s Kisses and Cookies (and Labels, Labels, Labels!)
How very perfectly Fall are these acorn cookies… Learn to make them from Hershey’s Kisses and store-bought cookies HERE at the My Own Ideas, the blog for MyOwnLabels.com. Find more DIY ideas for Fall entertaining at the blog, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Mummy and Mummy Princess Halloween costumes
Melissa Mortenson from The Polkadot Chair guest blogs at U Create with a tutorial showing how to make awesome mummy costumes. Her tutorial includes instructions for making a traditional mummy (good for the guys), as well as a Mummy Princess … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Take in the waist on a pair of jeans
Suzannah from Creative Dressmaking and Adventures in Dressmaking shows how to take in the waistband on a pair of jeans. She picks the side seams and resews them so you can’t tell that they’ve been altered. Get the tute.… Read More...
Freebie: Fairy Mushroom House Digital Stamp
Lili Shrimp shares a cute Mushroom House digital stamp for free. This would be perfect to go along with gnomes, fairies, forest critters, etc.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to … Read More...
Brilliant: Inchie bookmarks
Simple but, oh, so effective. Make some inchies with scraps of canvas and tapestry wool. Attach them to craft sticks. Voila! Bookmarks, perfect for tucking into a Christmas stocking. Check out more beautiful little needlepoint creations at the Pin Pals… Read More...
Tutorial | Purple People Eater Treat Bags
Hollie from The Seven Year Cottage came up with these Purple People Eater treat bags, inspired by the song of the same name. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial: Machine stitched and bound buttonholes
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin recently shared a tutorial showing how to make hand-worked buttonholes. She follows that up with tutorials showing how to make a simple machine-stitched buttonhole, and also a bound buttonhole. Get the tutorial … Read More...
Vacuum Cake
As one is often made fun of for vacuuming every day (I have three cats!), I can appreciate a Vacuum Party. Learn to make a vacuum cake HERE at Sisteroo. Love the clever use of supplies and donuts to … Read More...
Freebie: Halloween Chevron to print
Kara at Mine for the Making shared a spooky Halloween printable in her guest post at Tatertots and Jello, perfect for adding a crafty touch to your Halloween decor. The chevron background, which is a popular pattern in quilting, makes … Read More...
Free! Weave App for Craft Businesses + 50$ Giveaway!
Intuit has a new iPhone app for business owners called Weave.
I have only just downloaded it and entered some things that need to happen for me this week. So far it has been easy to figure out and … Read More...
Tutorial | Sewn Journaling Cards
Linda Tieu of Back to Paper shows how you can make your own sewn journaling cards in a rainbow of colours. She even includes a free printable template! Click here to go to the tutorial.
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Inspiration du Jour | Take a Break
Winter Scene Gel Candle
Those beach scene gel candles were getting old (for me anyway), so I was delighted to find this sparkling snowflake candle project. For an added holiday feel, scent your winter gel candle with Jack Frost (peppermint & vanilla) or Holiday … Read More...
Bullseye Glass App for the iPhone!
I feel like such a glass geek sometimes! Hanging with some of my favorite glass girls today I heard there was an app for the iPhone from Bullseye Glass and I squealed with delight. Wouldn’t you? So as soon as … Read More...
Embroidered Postcards – Teach Kids To Sew
This could possibly be my favorite project of the year! What a great way to teach your children sewing techniques while using their imagination…the possibilities are endless. You are going to want to head over to The Magic Onions right … Read More...
Nature Crafts : Autumn Leaf Mobile
One of my least favorite things about Florida is that Oak Trees are few and far between, at least where I live…. I must say that I am having acorn envy as I look at Donni from The Magic Onions’ … Read More...
Ghosts in a Jar
This project is perfect to (in the words of Homemade Mamas kids) ‘Halloweenify’ your home. Your kids will love making these ghosts ‘float’ catpured in the jar…head on over to Homemade Mama.
Check out more fall fun with … Read More...
Paper Plate Fish
I have definitely posted about Paper Plate Fish before, but I had to post about these because they are so bright and actually look like fish you might find in the coral reef. Fun Lab Blog has more photos for … Read More...
Favor Pouches for Halloween
I guess when I think of Halloween, I always think of a trick-or-treat bag, not favor pouches. But I must say that these cute little crafts will make your kids want to create as many as you can so they … Read More...