Here is Di van Niekerk‘s sweet Mother’s Day gift for you: Mother Goose, a dear watercolor that you can print on paper for a card or framing or on fabric for embroidery and embellishment. Get the free design.… Read More...
San Francisco Bead and Design Show – Craft Gossip Exclusive Interview and Giveaway
The San Francisco Bead and Design Show will be taking place from May 21-23, 2010. For more information about the show itself please see below.
Carole Witt of String Bead in Chico, CA will be teaching a number of workshops, … Read More...
Cool idea & free printable: Covered button bookmarks for last-minute gifts
With the advent of summer, many of us are scrambling for last-minute teacher appreciation gifts. Anna from Noodlehead shares an idea for an easy (and inexpensive) teacher gift – covered button bookmarks! To make this an even faster, easier gift … Read More...
Tutorial: Oilcloth book cover
Prudent Baby shows how to make a book cover out of oilcloth. The wipe-clean surface of oilcloth is a good choice for a protective cover for a book. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Prudent Baby]
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Technique: Looped Ribbon Accent for Cards
Join Nichole Heady for a video tutorial on how to make this pretty looped ribbon accent for your stamped cards. Click here for the video.
-Heather
Aimee got it! Pretty Little Mini Quilts
Thanks for sharing your experiences celebrating Cinco de Mayo to enter my very first Craft Gossip giveaway. I visited RANDOM.ORG and we have a winner. Aimee from Maryland will receive a copy of Pretty Little Mini Quilts. Congratulations Aimee! … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – My Amazing Handsome Little Boy
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
Mother Nature Network: Organic Beauty
These days there seems to be an organic alternative to every product, including makeup, and it can be quite confusing at times. Mother Nature Network has some great information that clears up a lot of questions, such as how can … Read More...
Tutorial: Typeset monogram throw pillow
Kerry from Fabric Therapy tells how to make this cool typeset monogrammed throw pillow. Make one with an initial for your last name. Or if you’re feeling ambitious, you could make several and spell out a short word. Go to … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Make a dolly-sized Mei Tai carrier
Lauren from Owlet shares a tutorial on her blog for making a dolly-sized Mei Tai carrier. If you have a little mama (or little daddy, let’s be fair to the boys) around your house, I bet she’d love to have … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: Make a hip t-shirt from pieced knit fabric
Charity from sweet shop and indietutes shows how you can piece togther a hip t-shirt by piecing different prints and colors of knit fabric. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from indietutes]
Sewing Pattern: Make a bouquet of Forever Flowers from fabric
Jessica from Happy Together shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this bouquet of colorful Forever Flowers. She combines inexpensive artificial flowers with fabric flower shapes and acrylic paint to make a one-of-a-kind flower bouquet. Go to … Read More...
Project: Stamped Stand Up Towel Topper
OMG! How adorable is this?? It’s a stamped stand up “towel topper” and it’s just too cute! Visit the Mel Stamps blog for a step by step on how she made this cutie.
-Heather
Retro Candy
Feeling nostalgic? (I always am.) Take a trip down memory lane HERE at delish with a slideshow of forgotton candy.
Free needlepoint series: Nativity Figures
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, has started a new series of free charts for the Christmas season. Six of her Nativity Figures are available now, and more are coming soon. Get started so you’ll have a sweet new … Read More...
Upcycled Journal that is so pretty you will definetly not get writer’s block!
Make Paper Crafts has this great project and tutorial on how to make a journal out of all sorts of recycled materials and office (and library) supplies you will truly be inspired to write or sketch! Thanks Cynthia for sending … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric fortune cookies
Megan from Brassy Apple shares a tutorial over at the Moda Bake Shop for making fabric versions of a Chinese food favorite. These fabric fortune cookies can be made from small pieces of fabric (plus some wire and some fusible … Read More...
Event: Virtual Stamp Convention
Click here to visit the Rubber Stamp Chat virtual stamping convention. You’ll find over 20 stamp vendors (like Bombshell, MFT, Woodware, Lost Coast, Stamp La Jolla and lots more) with sales and discount galore. Hurry the convention ends on Monday!… Read More...
Tutorial: Felted Wool bracelet
This is an adorable bracelet to make as a Mother’s Day project. Mom would love it and you can make it in her favorite colors. Christine of Treasure Goddess out of Kansas, formerly the Knitting Virgin is giving us this … Read More...
Giveaway: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Here are two chances to win the new release from Adobe.
First from Adobe: Simply visit Adobe’s Twitter page at http://twitter.com/adobeelements and submit your Mother’s Day creation by tweeting a pic to @AdobeElements (include#PSEGift).
Secondly we have a giveaway right … Read More...