Over at Malia’s blog, Yesterday on Tuesday there are a whole bunch of great ideas for transforming green glass bottles into charming and festive shamrock themed decorations perfect for St. Patrick’s day. Check out the great St. Patrick’s Day recycled … Read More...
Flaming Strawberry Margaritas
I missed National Margarita Day yesterday (sorry), but I can’t resist sharing these amazing flaming strawberry margaritas from babble. Find the recipe HERE. They were inspired by one of my favorites, Sprinkle Bakes. (Remember these?)
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Oscar Cookie Basket
Check out this amazing Oscar cookie themed basket from Bundles of Cookies (ie where I learned to decorate cookie so many years back). Find it HERE.
Sherry Serafini earrings
Lark Jewelry and Beading recently featured a free earring project from the newest book in their Beadweaving Master Class series: Sherry Serafini’s Sensational Bead Embroidery
. Get Sherry’s free project called Arizona Sunset Earrings from Lark Jewelry & Beading. … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make a button fly
Trula from Trula Kids helps out with Celebrate the Boy 2011 with a tutorial showing how to make a button fly for the next pair of pants that you make. Get the tutorial.
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There’s an App for That!: Sketches 2 Scrapbook
If you own an iPod, iPhone or iPad you may be interested in these sketch applications for scrapbookers. The Sketches suite by Kihaku Design includes Scrapbook sketches and Card Sketches and comes in free as well as paid versions. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Owl potholder
Sunni from Love Affair With My Brother shares a tutorial for making an owl potholder. Not only is it soooo cute with its big owl eyes and owl feathers and owl ears and owl toesies, but it’s also practical. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Shirred fleece scarf
Fleece Fun has a tutorial showing how to make a simple fleece scarf. A bit of shirring gathers it near the ends and gives it shape. Get the tute.
[photo from Fleece Fun]
Tutorial: Make your dog a new collar
Jordan from Blueprint Crafts shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a dog collar. She got the hardware from an old dog collar, but created a new strap and an embellishment. What a cool idea! Get the … Read More...
Flower Enamelware
I looooove love this flowered enamelware. Find it HERE at VivaTerra.
St. Patrick’s Day Kabobs
Here’s a way to add green and veggies to your St. Patrick’s Day shindig… Make veggie Irish flags with (green!) ranch dip HERE at Make the Best of Everything!.
Freebie: Hot Air Balloon SVG File
This hot air balloon is available as a free SVG file download from BeaOrginal. Click here to go to the download.
Check out more SVG files and bundles over at Design Bundles
Inspiration du Jour – Be Mine
Be Mine by ZaCola3. Get even more inspiration from her gallery.
Tutorial: Turn a t-shirt into a pieced scarf
Ginger Hendrix from Wiener Dog Tricks shows how to turn a t-shirt into a pieced scarf. This is a quick, easy project and it works great with a t-shirt with large words or graphics printed on it. If you don’t … Read More...
Free pattern: Spring Fever dress for girls
Jessica from Me Sew Crazy shares a pattern and tutorial for making her Spring Fever dress. I’m showing the back of the dress here because it’s so pretty, but with a tiered ruffle skirt and a fabric rosette at the … Read More...
The Ultimate Jeweler’s Guide goes to…
…Jeanne (four jacksons)! Thanks to everyone who entered and especially to Lark Books for giving me the opportunity to share this fabulous book with you. I’m posting new reviews and a new giveaway from Lark later tonight! Check back soon … Read More...
3 craft gadgets plus a peephole
Nikki from Nikki in Stitches spills, giving us her three must-have sewing/quilting gadgets. See them at 3 Craft Gadgets You Really Don’t Need, But You Can’t Live Without! But wait, there’s more.
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Technique: Embossing on Wood
Learn how to emboss on a wooden surface, perfect for decorating wooden boxes and pictures frames. Click here for a how to video from Stampendous.
-Heather
Free Pattern for Knit Felted Daffodils
Louise of “knit one bake two” has this wonderful pattern for her Daffodils to share with us. She says that it’s not the most elegantly written pattern but hopefully it makes sense. She’s really would be interested to hear of … Read More...
9 St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
Well here it is. The first of many St. Patrick’s Day round ups for the coming weeks. I love the thought of St. Patty’s because that means spring is on the horizon!
1. Rainbow Scarf
2. St. Patty’s Countdown Calendar… Read More...