The Natural Beauty Workshop created a recipe for a Cooling Cucumber & Mint Body Oil that was designed with shaving in mind. The essential oils, Chamomile & Spearmint, will soothe & cool skin that may be irritated as a result … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Sew a French Coffee Press cozy
Sew4Home has a project for all you coffee connoiseurs out there. They show how to turn a placemat into a French press cozy. Get the how-to.
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These cup cozies make wonderful gifts at Christmas time, pair … Read More...
Video tutorial: Marking and sewing hems
Threads Magazine Senior Technical Editor, Judith Neukam continues the Teach Yourself to Sew video tutorial series with a short video showing how to mark and sew a hem. She shows how to do three different hem stitches: the catch stitch, … Read More...
Tutorial: Colorblocked petal top
Bethany from Craftopia shows how she made this colorblocked petal top from a sleeveless ribbed knit shirt and a plain t-shirt. What a pretty top!! I love the black and white color combination and the simple petal detail at the … Read More...
New Release: The Greeting Farm Stamps
Loads of new rubber stamp from the Greeting Farm have just been released including 3 new Critter Crew, a full sheet of Sprouts (10 in all) and 5 new Chibi digital stamps with musical themes. Click here to see what’s … Read More...
Picnic Dilemma…Serve it in a Jar
I love this idea from the kitchn to make picnic-ing ever so much more convenient (what with bugs and portability and the like): serve it in a jar. Find salad recipes to serve in a jar HERE.
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Make and send a card that can be recycled into the earth that is so pretty
Every once and a while I post a project that isn’t from a recycled material but is meant to be recycled after use. Today’s does both, make your own paper with recycled scraps and seeds from a great tutorial over … Read More...
The Joy of Cold Working with Johnathon Schmuck
More about my trip to Portland…one of the evenings we had the pleasure of a tour at the home of the owners of Bullseye glass to see their glass collection. Everyone’s cameras were clicking as we captured images of the … Read More...
Giveaway from comfortstitching
Dash right over to Aneela‘s comfortstitching blog to get in on her outstanding giveaway. You could win your choice of three embroidery patterns from the comforstitching Etsy shop. Go to Aneela’s blog post to enter before 8:00 p.m. … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiered twirly pettiskirt for little girls
Kitschy Coo shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this tiered pettiskirt. Oh, the twirling possibilities of all those layers of tulle!! The dropwaist reduces the bulk of the gathered tulle, and the lining layer provides coverage … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Bodacious Bow
shares a free tutorial on her blog for making a big Bodacious Bow. Add an big bow like this to the neckline of a dress (as shown in the example), or to the back waist of a dress, … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Roll-up chalk mat with pockets
Maggie from Maggie Muggins Designs shares a tutorial showing how to make this fun roll-up chalk mat. It even includes little pockets next to the drawing area for storing chalk and a small eraser. How cool! Get the how-to.… Read More...
Sale: Shalana Stamps
Shalana stamps is having a spring clearance sale in her Artfire store. For a limited time all her nature and character unmounted rubber stamps are 60% their original price, just $2.60 each and her tagging and labeling unmounted rubber stamps … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy workaround for a busted zipper
Polly from Helping Little Hands shows an easy fix for a busted zipper that doesn’t involve ripping out the zipper and putting in a new one. Instead, she adds hook & eye closures to the zipper flap. Granted, that doesn’t … Read More...
Cupcake Flag
Learn how to make this flag from cupcakes for Memorial Day with a step-by-step photo tutorial HERE at cookies and cups.
[tags]cupcakes, Memorial Day, flag[/tags]
Inspiration du Jour – Places of Happiness
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Spring Inspiration
This soap from Goddess In A Lather just screams spring! More colorful spring inspiration can be found on Soap Queen’s blog.
Tutorial: Making cording the easy way
Jen from Jen’s Bags and Just another day in the life of… shares a tip for cording that is so simple and yet so clever that you’ll think to yourself, “Why haven’t I been doing this all along???” At least … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a set of tabletoppers for flexible table decor
Dana from MADE joins in Noodlehead’s Spice Up Your Kitchen series with a tutorial showing how to make a simple square tabletopper. Used with a traditional white tablecloth, these smallish tablecovers give maximum flexibility for decorating your table. They can … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Skullcandy-inspired boy’s tee and hoodie
Lookie what Cheri from I Am Momma, Hear Me Roar put together for her nephew! She used bleach and simple embroidery to recreate the look of her her nephew’s favorite clothing brand in a plain tee and damaged hoodie. I … Read More...