Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how to add rhinestone bling to a sewing project. It’s amazing how a little sparkle can elevate a shirt from one that a little girl likes a lot, to one that she insists on … Read More...
Free pattern: Missy Cottontail bunny softie
Connie from Clothmatters shares a free pattern for her Missy Cottontail doll. She holds a large Easter egg in her hands. Make this sweet bunny softie as an Easter gift or leave off the egg and make it as a … Read More...
Project: Stamped Paper Easter Basket
Visit the Hot Potatoes stamps website for instructions on how to make this cute stamped Easter basket and eggs.
-Heather
Online Class: Sketchbook
Kelly Purkey will be holding a new online class entitled Sketchbook from March 29th to April 6th. Every day for 12 days you will receive a prompt with a new sketch and one or more example to go along with … Read More...
Tutorial: Paper Flowers
Download a PDf file with a tutorial showing you how to make these paper flowers. The flowers were created by Tiffani Smith of Heartland Paper Scrapbook Store, and is available on the Imaginisce blog. Click here to go to tutorial.
Article: Dialogue in Scrapbook Journaling
Debbie Hodge has posted this article outlining three ways to incorporate dialogue in scrapbook journaling. Click here to go to article.
Inspiration du Jour – hard to come by
Get more inspiration from her gallery.
Brain in a Jar by
Brain in a Jar by yourorgangrinder on Etsy.
This brain is made from wool fleece its quirky enough to be a great conversation piece.
Glass in Nature – Corning Museum
People think glass is only man made. Most of it is but its components come from nature. The Corning Museum has a display of elements from its permanent collection that show natural glass such as volcanic glass or obsidian and … Read More...
Tutorial: Rescue a stained shirt with applique
Sara from Flannel Queen and My Fabric Obsession shows how you can use fusible webbing applique to rescue an ink-stained shirt. Or a chocolate milk stained shirt. Or a magic marker stained shirt. Or a grass stained shirt. Or… You … Read More...
Spring and Easter Desserts. A Lot of Them.
Find a big tall (that’s my two-year old’s phrase for anything not-small) slideshow of Easter desserts HERE at Martha Stewart, including these beautiful bunny imprinted carrot cupcakes, these pink flower petits fours, these ridiculously cute sugar bunnies, and DIY chocolate … Read More...
How to Monogram Cookies
Find a great idea and tutorial for making letter-perfect monograms for your cookies HERE at one of my fave cookie sites, Bake at 350. Perfect if you don’t have a Kopykake projector (which I don’t, hint hint for … Read More...
New Release: House Mouse Stamps
Each moth House Mouse Designs releases a new totally adorable rubber stamp, I absolutely adore these stamps, they have so much detail and they are really fun to color! March’s stamp , available on the 15th, is called “Color me … Read More...
Lacing Cookies and More Things to Do
I love the kid-friendly cookie interaction you get with these cute lacing cookies, found HERE by Filth Wizardry. I spotted the cookies HERE on this fabulous roundup of Spring Break Week– Things to Make, Bake and Take at The … Read More...
Let The Easter Knitting Begin!
Looking for a fun and festive way to dress up your dinner table for Easter? Check out these adorable knitted chicks and eggs from Whit’s Knits at Purlbee.com!
These cute little chicks are … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Blarney Stone from…a stone!
OK this may be obvious but all you need to do is grab a rock and paint it using the fun tutorial found over at Kaboose. Now “recycling” a rock is well, I suppose a bit of a stretch here … Read More...
Free pattern: Strappy top for a Groovy Girl
Last week I showed how to make an A-line skirt for a Groovy Girl. Now let’s make the strappy top to match.
This little top is a quick sew and can be made out of smallish scraps of fabric. Dig … Read More...
Freebie: Sketch Bundle from Get It Scrapped
Download this free sketch bundle from the Get It Scrapped forum. The bundle is available in PDF or as layered PSD templates. Click here to go to download
Tutorial: Turn your boot cut jeans into skinny jeans
Larissa from mmmcrafts shows how to turn last year’s boot cut jeans into this year’s skinny jeans. It’s as simple as sewing two seams. Go to the tutorial.
[photo by Larissa Holland at mmmcrafts]
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Tutorial: Turn your boot cut jeans into skinny jeans
Larissa from mmmcrafts shows how to turn last year’s boot cut jeans into this year’s skinny jeans. It’s as simple as sewing two seams. Go to the tutorial.
[photo by Larissa Holland at mmmcrafts]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, jeans, skinny, … Read More...