This DIY jewelry making tutorial is easy to follow and uses soft wire 
and large round beads. The wire ring is easy to make and they can be quite comfortable to wear if you use lightweight soft wire. They can … Read More...
Quilting Tutorial – Periodic Table
A unique way to make a science lovers quilt using a classroom Periodic Table of Elements.
For this tutorial, you are going to need a few Science prints – Test Tube Fabric and the Table of elements
IKEA Hacks To Make Your Rooms Fresh and Green With Potted Plants
Potted plants are a great way to add a breath of fresh air and coolness to your rooms. If you are worried about not having enough space in your apartment for such items, these IKEA hacks will help set things … Read More...
Stuffed Nutella Bars
Nutella Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Bars
Ingredients:
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
2 cups of flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon … Read More...
Tips for Working with Vellum
Vellum adds such a nice soft touch to cards. But since it’s transparent it can be a little difficult to figure out how to adhere it. Laurie Schmidlin has some great tips on her blog like sewing down vellum or … Read More...
Watercolor XOXO Valentine’s Day Card
Download and print this beautifully textured free Valentine’s Day watercolor card to share with your loved ones. The original card was hand painted and then digitally designed with just the perfect font for the XOXO. Print this on high quality … Read More...
Need to purge your fabric stash? Here are some tips
Over the years I have acquired quite the fabric stash. I’m lucky enough to have a room almost big enough to hold it all! But as nice as it is to have all that fabric at my fingertips, every now … Read More...
Polymer Clay Clock Idea
Continuing along with the idea of organizing your clay and using your clay to organize you is this tutorial for a desk clock from Teri of The Lovely Drawer. Teri uses two colours of air dry clay to create a … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: You’re My Jam Valentine’s Day hoop art
Oh, how I am loving this embroidery hoop art by Bev of Flamingo Toes! It has alll my favorite things – ric rac and pom poms and gingham and a good pun. It would make the cutest Valentine’s art, or … Read More...
Stamping Technique: Flick Technique with Colored Pencils
Janette Kausen colored this stunning flower bouquet stamp from Hero Arts using colored pencils and a flick technique. I’ve seen artist use this technique with Copic Markers but it works beautifully with pencils too. This style of coloring can add … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrapbusting mini charm square quilt block
Cath at Wombat Quilts shares a tutorial for making a couple of quilt blocks that are perfect for using your mini charm squares or small scraps. Each block is made from 2 1/2″ squares of fabric, plus some larger strips … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Sleep shirt
I don’t buy sleepwear very often, but when I do I’m always disappointed with the selection. It’s either too cutesy, or too sexy, or poorly made. Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free pattern and tutorial … Read More...
Cupcake and heart decorations for Valentine’s Day
Half pearls from Buttons Galore make awesome sprinkles perfect to decorate a cupcake. They also can form letters such as “X” and “O” perfectly!
So I start out spreading out all the fun 28 Lilac Lane buttons, sequins, beads, … Read More...
STEM Challenge Marble Race Track
My son came home from school wanting to make a Marble race track
, apparently his teacher had shown him a You tube video of one (i’ll share it below). My son of course wanted to buy the same track… Read More...
Ribbon Embroidery – Valentine’s Day Card
This Ribbon embroidery pattern is for a Valentines day card. The rose petals are created using silk ribbons and stitches. You can grab the full tutorial over at Heartycraft.com.
Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for … Read More...
Felted Mitten Paws
These handmade felted mittens are made using recycled wool pullovers. This tutorial shows you how to needle felt the paws on to the bottom of the mittens. Grab old pullovers from op shops and garage sales. Felted Mittens Tutorial.
DIY Decongestant Bars
These Decongestant bars are the perfect home remedy for a head cold or flu. They are easy to make and you do not need a lot of ingredients or skill to create them. You can read the full DIY cold … Read More...
Crochet Cat Bed Pattern
This Free Crochet pattern is adorable and so easy to make. Even the fussiest of cats will love this Crochet Cat Bed. Grab some soft and washable yarn and create a little heaven for your Princess or Prince cat. You … Read More...
Stitch an Adorable Lion Puppet
I’ve sort of fallen for the genre of knit puppets lately, so I’m going to be sharing a few of them over the next few weeks.
This lion puppet from Puppety Stuff is really easy and cute and you can … Read More...
Tips: Stenciled Card Backgrounds
Justine Hovey has some wonderful cards that feature a bold stamped silhouette over top of stenciled backgrounds using stencils from Stencil Girl. She used ink and two different pastes with her stencils, check out her card tutorial video over on … Read More...