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...
20 of the Best Free Printable Boxes
This is a great round up that features lots of different bloggers. Sharing it will help lots of people out! These free printable boxes are a great way to DIY on the cheap and is a fun way for beginners … Read More...
Succulent Garden Cookie Tutorial
Learn how to make elegant succulent garden decorated sugar cookies flecked with real gold! This is a project worth sinking your teeth into 🙂
Inspiration: Unicorn Gift Bag
Debi Adams share her ideas for using Spellbinders die in unique ways to make an amazing Unicorn Gift Bag. As well as other party favor ideas for a very magical party. Visit the Spellbinders blog for her tips.
Looking for … Read More...
Cross Stitch Pattern – You Took a Pizza My Heart
I guess it’s because kids love bad puns more than most people, but the first thing I thought when I saw this Valentine’s Day cross stitch pattern from Crazzzy Stitch was “that would be awesome to stitch for a kid.”… Read More...
Recycled scissor bird art
I don’t think it’s any secret that I am in love with all things scissors so I thought I’d share this beautiful sculpture that uses scissors in an innovative way-as the beak of the bird. To see more innovative recycled … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Camper van hoop art
Celebrate your wanderlust with this camper van embroidery hoop art! Vicky from Vicky Myers Creations shares a free pattern and tutorial. The design would also be great to put on the front of a pillow or tote bag – especially … Read More...
Knit a Giant Sweater and You’ll be Warm in No Time
We’re having a bit of warm weather right now where I live, but it’s pretty certain we’ll have more winter weather before the season is over. And of course if you live somewhere with a solid winter season, there’s still … Read More...