In my recent preview of some new products from the 2017 Stampin’ Up Holiday Catalog (click here if you missed it) I made a fun shaker card and thought I’d upload a video tutorial showing how I made … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Kids tank top
Karly from Paisley Roots shares a pattern and tutorial at Crazy Little Projects for sewing a kids’ tank top. They’re great to wear on hot summer days, but you can also layer them up during the colder months. Her free … Read More...
14 Back to School Washi Tape Crafts
Got washi tape? Put it to good use with these 14 back to school washi tape crafts. Use it for decorating notebooks and binders, organizing your calnedar, making bookmarks, and lots more great ideas for personalizing back to school supplies.… Read More...
Alcohol Ink Washer Pendants
Sarah Jane’s Craft blog shares a really great alcohol ink project. The tutorial talks about using a clear coat at the end to keep alcohol based solvents from disrupting your pieces. Since this tutorial went out, Polyform Sculpey released their … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffle zipper ankle jeans
Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shows how you can add a ruffle and a zipper to ankle of a pair of jeans. The metal teeth of the zippers add some pop to the back of your jeans. The zippers also … Read More...
Maybe Wine Will Help – Snarky Cross Stitch Pattern
I am a big fan of snarky cross stitch, because it’s fun to see sarcastic or otherwise unexpected statements in what’s considered a rather traditional art form.
I love this Maybe Wine Will Help design from Peacock and Fig. It … Read More...
Five Fun Ways to Finish Your Knit Edges
A relatively easy way to change up a knitting project is to use a different edging. Sometimes there’s a good reason for a particular edge technique to be used, but often you can change it up to make it your … Read More...
Tutorial: Rope basket purse
Amy from Fils + Fils shares a tutorial at Closet Case Files showing how you can sew a rope basket purse. The whole bag – including straps – is made from coiled rope that is sewn on your sewing machine. … Read More...
Watercolor hearts message board
Making your message boards cute as well as functional makes a home pretty and organized at the same time.
Spectrum Noir makes these great pre-cut heart stacks with pretty images on them in gold and silver ready to color with … Read More...
Make your own Gothic Halloween Doll
Doll crafting has never been so easy, quick and fun! Follow this Halloween tutorial and find out how to make this Halloween Gothic doll in no time! You can use her as a decoration on your porch for Halloween or … Read More...
How To Silk Wrap Cord On Your Jewelry Projects
This video shows you how to silk wrap cords for Jewelry making projects. This tutorial is for advanced wrappers.
Papaya Recipes For Your Skin
All of these recipes are for your body and use Papaya or Paw paw as it is known in some countries. All of these beauty recipes are free, incuding the pawpaw body wrap recipes which is used in day spa’s … Read More...
Unicorn Snuggle Sack Crochet Pattern
This Unicorn snuggle sack of sleeping bag is perfect for little munchkins who are in to the Unicorn craze. This crochet pattern is free and available here. The best thing about this Crochet pattern is the adorable Unicorn mane. … Read More...
Death Star Patchwork Quilt
If you make this quilt for re-sale I can assure you someone will snap it up. There are so many Star War obsessed fans out there. With a pattern as mainstream as Star wars the interest in your quilt … Read More...
Tips: Water Coloring Flower Stamps
To make this bright and cheerful floral card May Park shares some great tips for water coloring your flower stamped images along with a masking technique for overlapping images. Visit her blog Mayholic Deisgns for a video tutorial.
-Heather
Tutorial and pattern: Sock panda softie
Joanne from Craft Passion shares a free pattern to make the cutest ever sock panda softie. You’ll need one black chenille sock, and one white chenille sock. But since socks typically come in a matched pair, you’ll probably buy a … Read More...
24 Back to School Organization Ideas
Even more organizational ideas for back-to-school! Cause we can never have enough right? Sometimes it takes a while to find that aha moment with organization, so take your time to look at various ideas before coming up with what works … Read More...
Polymer Clay and Sports
The last week or so I was an official observer at the Canada Games – a national level sports event for youth – and it was both exhausting and inspirational. I see a little (more) sport themed polymer clay in … Read More...
Tutorial: Triangle pencil pouch
Sew4Home has a tutorial for making these triangle pencil pouches. Make one as a back-to-school surprise gift! My daughter loved it when I had a handmade gift for her first day of school. Or, if you’re into coloring books, use … Read More...
Technique: Embossed Ribbon
I love adding ribbon to my cards, it always adds a nice touch of texture. And this cool technique from Dina Kowal adds even more texture to ribbon with embossing. By using embossing folders that would normally emboss paper she’ll … Read More...