Are you a regular at your local yarn shop? I am too. You won’t find a better place on earth for all of the sights, sounds, and feels of beautiful yarn. The best part about heading to the shop is … Read More...
Technique: Stamping with Liquid Water Colors
Watercoloring has been a very popular trend in stamping lately and while most of us are probably used to seeing watercolors in a pan form or as a pencil Hero Arts has just released Liquid Watercolors. They come in a … Read More...
Video Tutorial | Rubbing Alcohol Art with Brush Pens
Do you love using watercolor techniques in your memory keeping? Use this video tutorial to make bookmarks as shown, or back grounds and embellishments for your scrapbook pages. You’ll need water color brush pens, rubbing alcohol and basic crafting supplies. … Read More...
Easter Bunny Games
Dani of Gingered Things made a simple Easter bunny game(English translation) from polymer clay. She made simple white rabbits with hollowed out bottoms to hide marbled eggs under.
Obviously marble your eggs whatever great Easter colours … Read More...
Technique: Alcohol Ink Rainbow Card Background
Rainbows make me think of rain and warmer weather and Spring, which just can’t get here fast enough! 🙂 Learn how to create a vibrant rainbow card background using alcohol inks, perfect for Spring and Easter cards, over on the … Read More...
Quick Cuddly Knit Throw
I love knitting blankets because I’m always cold, and I love having blankets everywhere so I can grab one whenever I need one.
Knitting blankets also uses a lot of yarn, so they’re great for stash busting, whether you … Read More...
Recycling Furniture: A Brand New ( old ) Dresser
Thrifting is a fantastic business. You merely have to look into Pinterest or the many blogs about recycling old items to know you can find something wonderful and remix it into your own brand new item. The beauty of thrifting … Read More...
Kids Craft – Easter Bunny Handprints
This Easter kids craft project is the perfect activity for children. It is fast to make and can be made in a classroom or lesson plan setting. The Easter project is so much fun and the kids will love it. … Read More...
Cutting Practice for St. Patrick’s Day
Cutting practice is a great preschool activity to have in an art center, and it’s all the more fun when you can connect it to a holiday or season.
These St. Patrick’s Day cutting sheets from Makeovers and Motherhood are … Read More...
Knit an Adorable Easter Bunny with Carrot
Easter is right around the corner, and that means its time to start knitting those Easter bunnies.
I recently came across this really sweet bunny with carrot, designed by Val Pierce for her book Knitted Rabbits
, and shared … Read More...
Technique: Water Coloring with Tombow Markers
Water coloring is super on trend right in stamping right now. And there are many techniques and products that you can use to water color, each one working a little differently and giving different looks and effects. Most water based … Read More...
Tutorial | Custom Word Wall Art
Do you have some empty wall space that you don’t know what to do with? Then learn how to turn a wooden word and some vinyl into the perfect wall art! In this tutorial by Beth Kingston of Kingston Crafts, … Read More...
Easy 10 Minute Easter Bunny Donuts
These Easter Bunny Donuts are so easy to make you can literally make 100’s of these in no time at all. Perfect for gift wrapping for kids gifts or adding to the Easter basket. These make adorable little picnic food … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Mesh bath toy hanging storage bag
Are your kids’ bath toys taking over the tub? Emily from Life Sew Savory has a tutorial showing how you can sew a handy storage bag for them. It’s made of mesh and hangs on the wall above the tub, … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: No-sew rainbow applique tote bag
Cold grey winter days don’t stand a chance when you’re carrying a rainbow with you! Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a free pattern and tutorial for making this rainbow applique tote bag. You won’t even need … Read More...
Kiss Me Cross Stitch for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is an admittedly strange holiday, but it’s a fun one for me to decorate for because green is my favorite color (and my brother’s name is Patrick).
I love this sweet little Kiss Me cross stitch pattern… Read More...
Insect Activities for Kids
My daughter has always been interested in bugs — though she doesn’t really like spiders — and I’m glad she doesn’t find them icky or tend to run away from them.
Lots of kids seem to go through a bug … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Sparkle quilt
The Sparkle Quilt by Caroline from Sew Can She is a modern twist on the classic Baby Blocks quilt pattern, with one major difference. There are no pesky Y-seams! The blocks are assembled in rows, so you can avoid having … Read More...
Ways to Carry Yarn Up the Side While Knitting Stripes
One of the problems that comes when knitting stripes is yarn management. Either you have to cut the yarn, leaving a tail to weave in, every time you change colors, or you have to do something to carry the yarn … Read More...
10 Octopus Kraken Crochet Patterns
In this roundup, we’ve curated a collection of 10 free octopus crochet patterns that will appeal to all types of octopus lovers. From cute and cuddly to realistic and detailed, these patterns are sure to delight. We’ve also included a … Read More...