May Park will show you how she used a no-line stamping technique and water colors to get this beautifully realistic looking Iris card. I love her tip of taping down your water color paper to preventing it from warping while … Read More...
Sewing pin safety tips
I don’t spend too much time thinking about my sewing pins – that is, until one of them pokes me in the finger and then I say a few choice words about them and remember that they do, indeed, have … Read More...
5 Easy Craft Room Organization Tips
Here are five simple craft room organization tips. Easy to put in practice and totally inexpensive! Get a handle on Cricut Cartridges, stamps and ink, wrapping paper and more.
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How to make air plant jellyfish
Air plants are so pretty and since they require so little care they make the perfect plant to craft with. They aren’t the only part of these jelly fish that are organic. Pop on over to the blog Mother Nature … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy loose fit swim cover-up dress
This loose fit swim cover-up is an easy DIY project. You won’t even need a sewing pattern! Gina Michele has a tutorial showing how to sew one. It’s made like a pillowcase dress but from a drapey fabric and with … Read More...
The “Secret” to Finding Great Cross Stitch Patterns
There are a lot of cross-stitch patterns online. There are even a lot of free cross-stitch patterns online. Some of them aren’t great, and some of them are clearly copyright violations (because someone took a picture from a book and … Read More...
Tutorial: DIY packing cubes to organize your suitcase
Suitcase a mess? Packing cubes can help organize all the clothes you pack into your suitcase so everything is neat and easy to find. They’re large squared zip pouches that let you organize clothes within your suitcase by day, or … Read More...
One Pot – Poached Chicken Soup
This quick dinner recipe by Jamie Oliver is for a poached chicken whole bird. You can serve this as a soup or ladle over rice. Don’t wast the stock, make leftover soup the following night. This recipe is a few … Read More...
Make your own Aphids Killer
Getting rid of aphids in your garden doesn’t have to involve toxic chemicals when you can make your own natural DIY aphid repellent in just a couple of minutes!
Petro shows you how to in this super simple recipe.
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Download: Mini Coloring Book
Did you know National Coloring Book Day is Aug 2nd? To help celebrate Dover Publications is offering a FREE mini coloring book to download. (You will need to send them your e-mail address for the download.) There’s also info on … Read More...
How To Organize Your Stamps & Stamping Equipment
Have your stamps become more of a collection than useful tools you use for your scrapbooking? Do you have a hard time finding the stamp you want to use, or even remembering what designs you have? Then, it’s time for … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Circle skirt for an 18″ doll
Sewing doll clothes doesn’t have to be hard or fussy! Jess from Gracious Threads has a free pattern and tutorial for making a circle skirt for an 18″ doll. It’s a simple little pattern that’s quick to sew from scraps … Read More...
How to Build Your Own Corner or Room for Crafts
This guide to setting up your own crafting space is jaw dropping! It’s filled with so much eye-candy and inspiration, with photos of beautiful creative spaces, but also lots of tips and tricks along the way.
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Tutorial: Neck cooling scarf
When it’s hot outside, there’s nothing like something cold on the back of your neck to cool you down! Stacy from Stacy Sews shares a tutorial at We All Sew showing how you can sew up a cooling scarf. It’s … Read More...
Tip: Make Your Own Tassels
Tassels add a perfect touch to stamped gift tags and bags as well as cards or scrapbook pages. If you need the perfect colored tassel for your project there’s no need to buy one, you can make it your self. … Read More...
Easy Touch and Feel Letters to Make at Home
There are lots of ways to teach letter recognition, but adding a sensory element is helpful for a lot of kids.
With these touch and feel letter cards from Teach Me Mommy, kids can see the letters and trace the … Read More...
Tutorial: Tie dye watermelon swim cover up
Crystal from Stitched By Crystal shares a tutorial at Make It and Love It for making this fun tie-dye watermelon swim cover-up. The watermelon design is so cute, especially out of tie-dye! You can make one in any size, and … Read More...
Celebrate Ice Cream Month with Cross Stitch
July is Ice Cream Month, with good reason, and stitching this sweet treat sounds like a nice way to occupy your time when it’s hot outside.
Here are a few free cross-stitch patterns for ice cream to get you started:… Read More...
How to make a pool noodle sprinkler
I am sharing this project today as it is expected to be over 100 degrees this weekend. If it is hot where you are and looking for a fun DIY project that can be used outside to cool down. Pop … Read More...
Embellish Your Fidget Spinner with Knitting
Are the kids in your life playing with fidget spinners? Or maybe you have one, too? I think knitting is the original fidget toy, but that’s another story.
Kristen from Studio Knit says she was challenged by the kids in … Read More...