Laura, at Jimmy Beans Wool shows how easy cables are in her Youtube video!
Seashore Sweets
A round up of recipes and how-tos for sweets inspired by the shore…
1. Rose water Madeleines from Martha.
2. DIY fondant shells from My Romantic Home.
3. Make your own sea glass candy from Intimate Weddings.… Read More...
Eye Candy: Cartoon Cupcakes
Check out Cupcakes Take the Cake for a roundup of cartoon-themed cupcakes from their flickr pool. Shown are Adult Swim cupcakes by death by cupcake.
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Cupcake Liner Giveaway at Sweetopia
Visit Sweetopia to enter the giveaway for cupcake liners from the renowned Vestli House. Click HERE for the details.
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Tutorial: Reusable lunch sack with vinyl lining
Is it nearly back-to-school time already? Really? Summer has just flown by!! If you’re looking for a fun back-to-school sewing project, why not make a reusable lunch sack? Pretty fabric on the outside makes them fun, and vinyl on the … Read More...
Video tutorial: Sew a drawstring pouch
Vanessa, the Crafty Gemini, shows how easy it is to make a drawstring pouch with a video tutorial. This is a great project for a beginner sewist! Go to the video.
[photo from Crafty Gemini]
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Giveaway: Paradise scraps from Pat Bravo
Pat Bravo’s soon-t0-be-released line is called Paradise, and she’s offering a bag of scraps from this lovely line to one lucky reader at her blog. Get the details and enter at her blog. She’ll announce the winner on Monday, … Read More...
Tutorial: Do-Rag Sports Headband for girls
Brown Paper Packages continues their Sewing for School series with a tutorial showing how to make this Do-Rag Sports Headband. The wide fabric headband will keep hair out of the eyes during sports activities – AND it will look cute, … Read More...
Freebie: Art Nouveau Book Plates Download
Click here to visit Dover Publications to download some lovely art nouveau book plates and backgrounds for free.
-Heather
Felting Your Crochet Projects
Felting (or, to be proper, fulling) is a fantastic technique to add to your crochet skill repertoire. If you’ve never tried felting, now is a great time! All it takes is your hook, some yarn with a … Read More...
Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks 3
Creating Keepsakes has just released the third issue of Scrapbooking Tips and Tricks. The issue retails for $5.99 in the Scrap and Paper Corner store. Plus get free US shipping when you spend $20 or more, by using coupon … Read More...
Floor Candlesticks
Why pay Pottery Barn over $100 when you can make your own floor candlesticks for just $12.00? I know. It’s a no brainer! Katie, from Impatiently Praying for Patience, was guest blogging over at seven thirty three and shared … Read More...
Mason Jar Solar Lights
There are quite a few tutorials around the internet telling you how to make cool solar lights. Amanda at The Hand Me Down House made some really pretty ones from Mod Podge and food coloring.
See Amanda’s solar light tutorial… Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Reluctant Little Fashionista
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog
DIY: Cupcake Soaps
Soap Queen never fails to post tutorials on how to create the cutest soaps, including cupcake soaps. This tutorial utilizes Bramble Berry’s new cupcake mold.
Tutorial: Fast and easy reversible drawstring bags
Holly from Domestic Dork and The Year of Sewing shares a tutorial for making a reversible drawstring bag. This project sews up fast and can be made in just about any dimension. You can use the bags to store small … Read More...
Video tutorial: Sew easier buttonholes with a buttonhole foot
Buttonholes in sewing… they can’t be avoided. Sooner or later you’ll encounter a sewing project that requires at least one buttonhole. Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial that shows how a special buttonhole foot can … Read More...
Project: Stamped Acetate Pocket Card
(image by Hero Arts)
Join Shari Carroll on the Hero Arts blog for a fun video tutorial and learn how to make this lovely stamped acetate pocket card. Click here for the video.
-Heather
New Feature! Recipe Tuesday. And What is “Edible Crafts” Anyway?
Trying to define “edible crafts” is part of the fun of this job. But it’s tricky. I often opt for foods that are manipulated to look like other things, foods made for gifts or with clever packaging, unique kitchen tools, … Read More...
Cute, Cute, Cute!
This free pattern for a dinosaur sweater will be a favorite for your young-in’s!
And an awesome stash buster project.
And think of the fun you’ll have shopping for buttons.
And how cool would it be to come up with … Read More...