Help keep young hands occupied and young minds practicing their counting at the same time with this quiet book page. There’s a free pattern for this monkey quiet book page at Felt With Love Designs. It features a cute monkey … Read More...
Ocean Waves Layout
This wonderful layout from Ulrike has such an amazing impact. She took a large photo of ocean waves and cut it into smaller squares and then puzzled them back together, offsetting some, lifting some up, tilting others. This added such … Read More...
Free Black Lives Matter Cross-Stitch Style Printable Posters
This is a thoughtful and relevant way to show your support. It’s totally free to download and doesn’t require any email sign ups or private information! You can download it here.
Rainbow Rock Candy
Did you know that you can paint rock candy with food coloring to make it absolutely magical, and fit any party theme? It’s easy, and so much fun! I made rainbow rock candy using this technique, and my daughter made … Read More...
Help Your Kids Get Used to Wearing Masks
If your kids are going to school in person at all for the foreseeable future, it’s likely they will have to wear face masks at some point. Make it a little easier on the teachers and help them get used … Read More...
Heat Embossing with Stencils Two Ways
Heat embossing adds great texture and shine to you handmade cards. Join Lisa as she shows you how to use embossing powders with stencils plus she shares a fun tip on using the positive and negative giving two stenciled panels … Read More...
Little Felt House Softie – Free Sewing Pattern
Felt is a great material to use to make softies! It’s easy to sew, there’s no need to finish the edges, and you can find felt in a wide range of colors. Mollie at Wild Olive has a free sewing … Read More...
Missing Disney? Stitch A Disney-Inspired Cross-Stitch Pattern
I know some people are missing their summer trip to Disney right now, so maybe you should stitch a little something that will remind you of the magic?
This Magical Disney Castle Cross Stitch design from SSaunders shared on Cut … Read More...
Fade Your Pattern with This Fun Sweater Knitting Pattern
I love the idea behind the Igneous Sweater from Knitting Expat Designs. We probably all know about the trend of fading yarns to produce an ombre effect or just to combine colors in a harmonious way in a project, but … Read More...
Knitting Pattern – Stanley the Dachshund
This Dachsund Knitting pattern is available for free via Deramores, all you have to do is select the “Digital Pattern” option in the drop-down menu to grab the pattern for free.
Another addition to the Dera-Dogs collection, Stanley the Dachshund … Read More...
Flower Power Potholders
Potholders so bright, so cheery, you’ll love displaying them as much as you will using them! Crochet these lovely flower designs to give, to keep, to sell! Make the entire 6-pattern set with cotton worsted yarn. You can download these … Read More...
How To Make DIY Polymer Clay Jewelry Projects
Organic clay earrings and jewelry are all the rage right now, and with these tutorials, you can make your own beautiful polymer clay jewelry to add to your jewelry collection!
All of these projects are so easy to make, and … Read More...
Book Review – The Sewing Book
Over 300 techniques that show you how to sew absolutely everything–from clothes to home decor–plus 10 stylish new projects and updated information on more than 100 tools and 50 fabrics, with a glossary of sewing terminology.
Whether you are sewing … Read More...
Book Review – Wedding Flowers: Bouquets and Floral Arrangements
An essential book packed with exquisite photographs and amazing floral displays for planning every aspect of the wedding day and beyond, from London’s leading floral designer. Paula Pryke taps into the desire of every bride to make her wedding day … Read More...
Easy Crochet Pattern for Hugs Pocket Wrap Shawl for Beginners
Here is another version of the Crochet Pocket Shawl that we wrote about a few weeks ago. This one is slightly different with no tassels and the pattern is a little cheaper too. You can purchase it here on Etsy. … Read More...
Dandelion Mouse Card
I used the adorable Make a Wish stamp set from Hero Arts along with some Distress Oxide Ink blending for this fun card. I used a liquid masking solution to mask my stamp and also used a little shimmer paint … Read More...
DIY Fabric Wrist Keychain Sewing Tutorial
This DIY fabric wrist keychain is easy enough for beginners to sew! Chelsea at Sew Simple Home shows how to make it. If you can sew a straight line, you can make this cute keychain! Plus it doesn’t take much … Read More...
Adding Collage Elements to Journal Pages
Michele is sharing some great tips for mixed media art journaling over on the Mixed Media Art site. She’s showing how to add collage papers and transparencies using gel medium to make it look as through they are embedded and … Read More...
How To Make A Christmas Holiday Snowman Mini Album
Are you working on Christmas in July projects? Tonya is and she designed this adorable Snowgirl Mini Album. She used lots of different dies from Sizzix for the cover and pages. I like how she added little extras inside like … Read More...
How to make recycled plastic bottle charms
These are so pretty and pretty easy to make too! They are like the middle stage of Shrinky Dinks. Need some new jewelry making supplies to add to your stash? Why not spend some times just making organic shaped recycled … Read More...