This Free Shock Wave Crochet Lap Blanket Pattern from Mary Maxim looks like one of those wonderfully satisfying projects that gives big cozy payoff without fiddly detail. Mary Maxim lists it as a free download, designed as a crochet … Read More...
DIY Halloween Glass Platters With Fabric: An Easy Reverse Decoupage Tutorial
If you’ve ever spotted a plain glass platter at a thrift store and thought it needed a little personality, this is a lovely way to give it a seasonal makeover. A piece of Halloween fabric attached to the underside turns … Read More...
14 Lazy Keto Meals for Busy Nights: Easy Low-Carb Dinners Without the Fuss
Some evenings, dinner needs to happen with very little enthusiasm from the person making it. You’ve worked all day, answered everyone’s questions, possibly started three different projects, and now somebody wants to know what’s for dinner. Preferably before you’ve even … Read More...
DIY Mini Cotton Bag Ghosts: Easy No-Sew Halloween Decorations
You know those little cotton drawstring bags that seem to accumulate in the craft cupboard? The ones left over from party favours, jewellery packaging or a project you were absolutely going to finish? They make surprisingly charming little Halloween ghosts.… Read More...
3 Free DMC Nutcracker Embroidery Patterns for a Beautiful Christmas Table
If you love a Christmas table that feels a little bit special, these free Nutcracker embroidery patterns from DMC are well worth a look. The collection includes a Nutcracker napkin pattern, Nutcracker tablecloth pattern, and Nutcracker table runner … Read More...
23 FREE Peeking Dog SVG Cut Files
If you’re creating paper crafting projects for your pooch you’ll want to grab this amazing collection of peeking dogs. These FREE cut files feature so many different breeds of doggies from small to large, all peeking over an edge making … Read More...
Books to Read for Dia de Los Muertos
Explaining Dia de Los Muertos to kids can be difficult because most of us don’t generally talk about death or what happens when we die a lot with our kids. But Dia de los Muertos is actually a happy, not … Read More...
Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe With Canned Pumpkin and Warm Spices
There’s something about a pumpkin pie cooling on the kitchen bench that makes the whole house feel ready for autumn. Perhaps it’s the cinnamon, perhaps it’s the promise of dessert, or perhaps it’s knowing you’ve sorted one part of … Read More...
King Charles’ Favourite Breakfast Recipe: Cheesy Baked Eggs
If your usual breakfast is toast eaten while answering emails, this is a rather lovely excuse to slow down. Cheesy baked eggs combine a few familiar ingredients in a little ovenproof dish, with something crunchy alongside for dipping.
Search for … Read More...
DIY Fall Dustpan Wall Decor With a Rustic Aged-Metal Finish
Some craft projects begin with beautiful supplies. This one begins with a plastic dustpan, which is probably not what anyone expects to see on your autumn decorating list.
But with a little paint, a wooden backing board and a handful … Read More...
10 FREE Darling Witch Digital Stamps
Oh my goodness, how adorable are these little witches!? This collection of 10 different digital stamps are FREE to download and use on your Halloween paper crafting projects. There’s a witch hugging her cat, stirring a cauldron, making potions, decorating … Read More...
Knit Little Fish to Use Your Yarn Scraps
I rarely understand why something becomes a trend in crafting. Gnomes and geese are both cute I guess, but I never thought we’d be making them for all seasons. (See, for example, this collection of gnome knitting patterns, or … Read More...
20 Things to Buy at Thrift Stores for Crafts: Your Bargain Price Cheat Sheet
There are two kinds of thrift-store regret. Buying something you never use, and leaving behind a beautiful $3 candlestick because you couldn’t think of a project quickly enough.
Then, three weeks later, you find the perfect tutorial. Naturally.
When you … Read More...
Homemade Toothpaste Tablets for a Zero-Waste Bathroom
If you’ve ever tried to squeeze the very last smear of toothpaste from a tube, rolled it from the bottom, folded it in half and then attacked it with the handle of your toothbrush, you’ll understand why toothpaste tablets have … Read More...
Pattern Review: Granny Dots Crochet Bucket Hat Pattern
There is something wonderfully cheerful about a crochet bucket hat, especially when it has that granny-style texture that makes us all say, “Oh yes, I could make that in five colours from my stash.” And let’s be honest, any pattern … Read More...
Free Printable Grungy Halloween Gift Tags
There is something wonderfully satisfying about finishing a handmade Halloween gift with a tag that looks as though it has been pulled from an old witch’s cupboard.
These free printable grungy Halloween gift tags are designed for anyone who loves … Read More...
10 Halloween Table Centrepieces You Can Make Yourself
A Halloween table doesn’t need to disappear beneath a mountain of plastic spiders to feel festive. Sometimes a little haunted house, a pumpkin filled with flowers or a few softly glowing lanterns are enough to make an ordinary dinner feel … Read More...
Kent Rollins Cowboy Chili: A Hearty Dinner With Our 6 Easy Side Dishes
Some dinners need three pans, a carefully timed oven schedule and someone willing to wash up afterwards. A big pot of chili feels much more forgiving. Put it in the middle of the table, bring out a few toppings and … Read More...
Ina Garten Egg Salad Recipe: Creamy Tartines and Easy Lunch Ideas
Egg salad is one of those lunches we sometimes forget about until we have a few boiled eggs sitting in the fridge. Then suddenly it sounds like exactly what we want. Creamy filling, decent bread, perhaps a little greenery on … Read More...
Free Vintage Halloween Digital Stamps for Card Making and Paper Crafts
There’s something about vintage Halloween that just feels right. Not the overly gory stuff — I mean the charming kind. Smiling pumpkins, old-fashioned witches, classic ghosts, and those nostalgic typography sentiments that look like they came straight from a 1920s … Read More...