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Burgers and Bees Cake Pops
Visit bakerella to learn how to make these burger and bee cake pops (and get a sneak peek at her upcoming book HERE).
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Inspiration du Jour – Favorite Photo
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DIY: Homemade Laundry Detergent
Great Cakes Soapworks recently blogged about a Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipe. She suggests using a recipe found at Modern Cottage, but replace the Fels-Naptha soap with some Great Cakes Soapworks Old-Fashioned Orange Essence Lye Soap.
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Tutorial: Make unique wall pegs from vintage spools of thread
Old spools of thread are easily found at estate sales or thrift stores. The wooden spools and the vintage printing are visually appealing, but the old thread shouldn’t be used in an actual sewing project. Design*Sponge shows how to turn … Read More...
Sunday Blooms
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Originally uploaded by verdevescica
Found these lovely blooms by Flickr member veredvesccica while surfing through the Craft Gossip Flickr pool. Aren’t they gorgeous?
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Tutorial: Make a fabric cupholder for a stroller
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how to make a fabric cupholder that hangs from a stroller. I remember back in my stroller-pushing days this was something I wished for just about every time I was out taking my daughter … Read More...
Tutorial: Vinyl I-Spy and reusable gameboard placemat
Sheri from Childmade shows how to make this I-Spy Activity Placemat. One side is pieced with various novelty fabrics for an I-Spy game, while the other side has printed with different kinds of game boards (Hangman, Tic-Tac-Toe, etc.). Both sides … Read More...
Tutorial: Make some felt corn on the cob
Head over to Cook Clean Craft for a tutorial showing how to make a felt version of an ear of corn. The “kernels” were created with a bit of simple weaving. Brilliant!! Get the how-to.
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Tie Dye Pendants
How cute is this project? And who doesn’t love using glitter every chance we can? The Sparkle Studio is where you can fin out how to make these cute pendants with your kids!
Looking for Tie Dye kits? Our prefered … Read More...
Technique: Color Layering with Your Stamps
Check out this great video with Shari Carroll as she teaches you the lovely technique of color layering with your stamps.
-Heather
Too Cute! Woodland cake pops
Woodland cake pops
Originally uploaded by papertreats
These woodland creature cake pops are blowing my mind. How is this done?! It’s so fancy and complicated looking. They are so cute that I’m not sure I would be able to eat … Read More...
Recycle a CD rack into a fabric display stand
Rebecca of the blog This Present Life sent in this great idea for turning a CD rack into a pretty fabric storage and display stand. I love looking at my fabric so this would be a great project for me!… Read More...
DIY: Garden Stars and Stripes table runner
Tracey from Traceyjay Quilts created the patterns for these two quilted tablerunners, both in a softly patriotic color scheme. She used fabric from the French General and Rural Jardin collections. Get instructions for both versions at the Moda Bake Shop… Read More...
Tutorial: Use French seams to avoid raw edges on your seam allowance
If floppy raw-edged seam allowances on the inside of your sewing projects seam messy to you, why not give a French seam a try? A French seam encloses the raw edges and stitches them down to the underside of the … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage Hankie Dress (or shirt) for baby girls
Tanya from Trey and Lucy gives the how-to on her blog for making this sugar sweet baby girl’s dress from a pair of vintage hankies
. The sewing is simple – just three seams and three snaps and you’re done. … Read More...
Tutorial: Refashioned jeans skirt with tree applique
The Sewing Dork from Redemption reveals her response to the Sew What? skirt challenge. She made a skirt out of a pair of jeans, and then appliqued it with an awesome tree motif. She’s written up a tutorial showing … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy Sweet Summer Top for little girls
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make this easy summer top for little girls. The gathering and the tie top straps make this an easy shirt to fit. The chest measurement is the only measurement you’ll need. Go … Read More...
Sale: Impress Rubber Stamps
Impress Rubber Stamps is having a sale! From now until June 8th get 10% off your entire on-line order, use coupon code: hello summer. Click here to visit their website.
-Heather
A NEW WAY TO REVIEW PRODUCTS
I ran across this video review recently. Youtube.com is great for tutorials. I thought that was what I would be viewing. Turns out, it was a review. The nifty thing is that the reviewer is shown using the product, so … Read More...