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Jacinda from Prudent Baby shares a free pattern for a pincushion shaped like a porcupine. The pins become the quills! How cute is that? Go to the tutorial and free pattern.
[photo from Prudent Baby]
[tags]sewing, tutorial, porcupine, … Read More...
Bunny Zoe’s Blog is celebrating two years of her blog and to celebrate she’s having a big giveaway (stamps, Nesites and more), visit her blog by clicking here and linking to her blog from your blog using Mr. Linky to … Read More...
Amy Teets is giving away a membership to ScrapHD, the online digital scrapboooking site which features digital designs from paper manufacturers. Click here for more details and to enter.
Learn how to make this nifty wrist strap that fits a DSLR on the Instructables website. Click here to go to tutorial.
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
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!
[tags]recycled plastic bottle flowers[/tags]
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 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...
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...
Ever wondered how to make your own stamps….out of potatoes? Noe Place Like Home shows you how!
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...
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
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...
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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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...
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...
Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine interviews Becky Fleck of Page Maps sketches. Click here to go to interview
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...
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...
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]
[tags]sewing, … Read More...
