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Recycled Plastic bottle flowers that are bloomin’ cool!
This is a close up shot of a wonderful Anthropology window display that blogger Grace Violet posted. It does include a quick and easy tutorial to make them yourself!
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A Farewell to the Easy Bake Oven Inventor
Ronald Howes, inventor of the Easy Bake Oven, has passed away. Sigh. I remember my Holly Hobbie version of the oven rather well. Find the story HERE at Serious Eats,
New Tutorial from Fusedglass.org – Fossil Vitra
New tutorials are always a good thing and this one from fusedglass.org is no different. What’s really nice is that it produced a really lovely piece that doesn’t look like a lot of the typical fused glass pieces out there. … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Square flower embellishments for a t-shirt
Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to dress up a plain t-shirt by adding simple square “flower” embellishments. This simple addition takes a plain tee from drab to fab! Go to the … Read More...
Potato Stamp Tutorial
Ever wondered how to make your own stamps….out of potatoes? Noe Place Like Home shows you how!
Creative Wings Journal
This craft is perfect for inspiring your middle school or high school student to journal.
Journaling can be so theraputic as well as help to encourage imagination and personal expression.I Love to Create Blog shows you how to make … Read More...
Free tatting patterns: Dragonfly and swan
Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapades and Jon’s Tatting Patterns is sharing the patterns for these sweet tatted tidbits — a dragonfly and a swan. She says,
… Read More...These two motifs are quite fast to tat up and doesn’t take much thread. They
Freebie: Digital Recipe Cards
Visit Blue Print Crafts to download these pretty blue bird recipe cards for free.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? We love … Read More...
Tutorial: Machine embroidery on towels
The SWAKembroidery.com newsletter says,
… Read More...Want to know some great tips and techniques for embroidering on towels?…Michelle of Abigail Michelle Designs shares some time-tested tips for how to do this!
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Fashionary – A sketch book for fashion designers
I’m a lurking member of the Flickr group What I Wore Today (drawings only!) and I saw people using this cute cute fashion sketchbook.
FASHIONARY is the 1st sketchbook tailor made for fashion designers.
The book is divided into 2 … Read More...
Cirrus, Free Baby Sweater Pattern.
From Petite Purls. This looks to be a quick to knit, nice and easy, last minute project. And cute too. You can’t discount cute! Or free, you can’t discount free either!
Go here: http://www.petitepurls.com/Winter09/winter2009_pcirrus.html
Specifically for knitters, you can join … Read More...
Interview with Becky Fleck
Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine interviews Becky Fleck of Page Maps sketches. Click here to go to interview
Tutorial: Make a child-sized toolbelt
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making a child-sized toolbelt. Make one to hold all of your child’s play tools. Now they can get busy “fixing” all your cabinets and couches and bookshelves around your … Read More...
Tutorial: Split Twirl Skirt for girls
Char from Crap I’ve Made shares a tutorial for making this “Split Twirl Skirt”. The upper layer is has a gap in the gathers to allow the underskirt to peek out, for a super girly-girly look. Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Spring Pieced Coasters
Ellen from The Long Thread shares a how-to for making these pieced coasters. Make them in bright pastels to add a bit of spring color to your home. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from The Long Thread]
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Giveaway on ELP: Photo Template
Erin Leigh Photoshares has a sweet giveaway! Three lucky winners will each win this Sweet 16 Fleur template from Design Aglow. It’s perfect for photographers and scrapbookers! Click here to go to giveaway. Hurry! Entries close today February 23rd.
Free pattern: Cowboy Stars quilt
I like the simplicity of the Sawtooth Star quilt block. Maywood Studio uses it in this plainly handsome pattern Cowboy Stars. It features the Cowyboys & Indians fabric collection by Perry Wahe. Download the free pattern here.
Via … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Template from Cathy Zielske
Download this free layered template by Cathy Zielske. It comes in both 12×12 and letter size. In her post she includes a video tutorial showing how she used the template to create a page. Click here to go to download
Tutorial: Creating an Action in Photoshop
Karla Dudley has posted a video tutorial showing how to create an action in Photoshop. Actions help you to quickly do repetitive tasks like resizing photos for posting online. Click here to go to video.