It’s Christmas in July and it’s time for all of us card makers to get started early making all those cards for the Holidays! To help you get going here’s a collection of 55 different Christmas, Winter and Holiday digital … Read More...
DIY Soothing Bug Bite Powder – A Natural Itch Relief Remedy That Works
If you’ve ever found yourself wildly scratching at a mozzie bite during family BBQs, camping trips, or while doing the washing line dash at dusk, you’re not alone. For years I kept a tube of store-bought anti-itch cream in the … Read More...
Free Shadow Knitting Dishcloth Patterns For Learning Illusion Knitting
Shadow knitting dishcloths are the perfect little “aha!” project.
They are small, useful, quick compared with scarves or blankets, and they let you test the whole illusion knitting idea without committing to six feet of scarf or a full baby … Read More...
DIY Teacup Lamp: How to Drill China Without Cracking It
Vintage teacups have a terrible habit of following me home from op shops.
One pretty floral cup becomes three, three becomes an entire shelf, and before long you are wondering whether anyone genuinely needs fourteen mismatched saucers. The answer is … Read More...
Freebie Friday – Free Printable Grungy Food Label Junk Journal Images
Oh this one is FUN.
This week’s Freebie Friday – Junk Journal Images is for anyone who loves a little grit, a little nostalgia, and a whole lot of personality layered into their pages.
We’ve stepped away from florals and … Read More...
Books About Bugs Through the Seasons
Growing Up Ladybug and How to Become a Butterfly are both by Stepanka Sekaninova and illustrated by Linh Dao, and they came out at the same time and are on similar themes, so let’s look at them together.
FREE “Campfire Stories” Font to Download
If you’re creating Summer, outdoors, camping or rustic scrapbook layouts then you’ll want to download the Campfire Stories font. This FREE download has two fonts, one upper case and one lower case with a more scripty look, along with … Read More...
Knit an Easy Lacy Top for Summer
I love the look of mesh tops for summer, but I don’t know that I would ever actually wear one that’s full of giant holes, even though I admit they look cool (in both senses of the word) on other … Read More...
Stitch a Banjo Playing Opossum Because Why Not?
I started writing this one as a designer spotlight kind of post, and then I realized when I was almost done with it that I had actually featured this designer before. It was in late 2024, so I’ll forgive myself … Read More...
How to Make an Interactive Santa Tiered Wiper Card – Christmas in July
Since many of us card makers participate in Christmas in July and get a head start on making our Holiday cards I wanted to share some inspiration this week to get you excited and creating early. This amazing interactive card … Read More...
Get Ready for Back to School with Routine Printables
We try to keep a relatively regular sleep schedule during the summer, but the morning routine kind of flies out the window when we don’t have anywhere in particular to be. To get little kids back in the groove of … Read More...
Knit a Trusty Troll for a Kid, Or Yourself
I’m a sucker for knit toys of all sorts, but especially when that knit toy is a character of some kind that you can make a story about and put into different scenes, I don’t think there’s anything better. Knit … Read More...
How To Make A DIY Bench From Two Old Chairs
Old chairs are one of those things that seem to hang around forever, don’t they? One has a broken seat, another has a wobbly leg, and somehow they end up in the shed because we convince ourselves they are “too … Read More...
12 Free Treble Crochet Patterns That Practise One Main Stitch
There is something wonderfully satisfying about a tall crochet stitch. You yarn over, pull through those loops and suddenly your project has grown by what feels like half an inch. When you are used to inching your way through rows … Read More...
Make Your Own Sea Moss Gel
Make Your Own Sea Moss Gel is one of those projects that sits somewhere between kitchen DIY, wellness trend, and “I saw this everywhere online so now I need to know what the fuss is about.” The tutorial keeps it … Read More...
35 Handmade Happy Mail Ideas for Grandkids Who Love Getting Real Mail
There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about finding a real letter in the mailbox—especially when you are a child and practically everything else inside it belongs to the grown-ups.
A handmade card, tiny paper craft or slightly wonky drawing from Grandma … Read More...
How to Separate Embroidery Floss Without Making a Tangled Mess
There are a few tiny craft frustrations that seem wildly unfair for how small they are. One of them is trying to separate embroidery floss and somehow ending up with a knotty, twisted, slightly aggressive little bundle in your lap … Read More...
Creating and Using a Prefelt – Tutorial by Spry Whimsy Fiber Arts
If you’ve ever wondered how artists achieve those beautifully blended backgrounds and crisp surface details in their felted pieces, Spry Whimsy Fiber Arts has you covered. Their Creating and Using a Prefelt tutorial breaks down one of the most useful … Read More...
Craft Fair vs Etsy: Where Beginners Actually Make Their First Sales
If you’re thinking about selling your handmade sewing items, this is usually the first big question that pops up:
Should I start with a craft fair… or open an Etsy shop?
It sounds like a simple choice, but it’s … Read More...
12 Summer at the Beach Scrapbook Layout Ideas
Wendy’s beachy layout has a bold splash of yellow ink on the background with layers of summery pattern papers, some torn and some distressed. She’s added a row of 5 photos with fun clusters of embellishments like Tropical flowers, shells, … Read More...