Natalie from HungryHippie Sews shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop for making this market tote. Out of jelly rolls!! She alternated two solids for her bag, but you could use a mix of prints for a scrappier look. Great … Read More...
7 Easy Scrapbook Journaling Ideas
Want some fresh scrapbook journaling ideas? Break away from the standard journalistic 5Ws approach of Who, What, Where, When and Why that you’ve been using on your scrapbook pages.
Follow these seven tips to inject life and personality into your … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Wee Village Town Pillow
This Wee Village Town Pillow is adorable! C & T Publishing has a free pattern and tutorial on their site. It’s an excerpt from the book Make Pillows by Wendy Williams. It would be so cute for a front porch … Read More...
Knit a Giant Heart Wall Hanging
What happens when a knitter has a big, empty wall and a pair of giant arrows?
The Shot through the Heart wall hanging, that’s what.
This delightful creation is the work of Heidi at Hands Occupied, and I <3 it … Read More...
Check out this Amazing Collection of Printables
Some people who blog are so amazingly generous with their time, skill and talent. So it is with This Reading Mama, who is just one example, but on her free printable page she has collected more than 1,000 pages worth … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Hands free hip bag from a thrift store purse
Sarah from Sadie Seasongoods saw a small bag at a thrift store, and immediately saw its potential. She turned the awkwardly shaped purse into a hip bag she could wear hands-free. Unlike the dorky fanny packs I remember from the … Read More...
DIY Jenga Black Keychain
Jenga Blocks have found a new purpose with this upcycled Key chain. What a great way to use old blocks. I love the Map Version!. You can grab the full tutorial here.
Twisted Blossom Quilt Pattern
This tutorial is available via the PDF file below. I love the color combination in the photo above. You can grab the twisted blossom quilting pattern and file here.
Make Your Own Solid Perfume Lockets
These Solid Perfume Lockets are perfect little additions to your handbag. Use beeswax pellets
and perfume drops to create a solid scented perfume that you can pour and set in to lockets, mint tins and any other small containers. You … Read More...
Projects: Three Interactive Cards
There are loads of stamps and dies out now to make super fun interactive cards. Card that move, roll, tear, open, images that wiggle, slide and light up. But sometimes it might be hard to tell the card recipient what … Read More...
Easy Embellishment Organization
Do you have a hard time keeping your small adhesive-backed embellishments, like gems and pearls, organized? Check out how to tackle this problem, and got your craft embellishments organized plus easy to find and use.
You can adapt this system … Read More...
Tutorial: Laminated diaper tote
This laminated diaper tote has plenty of pockets to hold all the diapers and wipes and snacks and toys that need to go with you when you leave the house with a toddler. And of course the laminated fabric is … Read More...
How to make a recycled pink flamingo pinata
This pink flamingo is so pretty I’m not sure I could take a bat to it to break it open to get the goodies inside. Kids probably wouldn’t have that problem though. Pop on over to the link Penelope sent … Read More...
Tutorial: Hanging travel toiletry bag
Cat from Mary Martha Mama shows how you can sew a hanging travel toiletry bag. It has several pockets to hold your travel toiletries, and folds like a clutch with cute swivel hook to keep it closed. When you get … Read More...
Technique: Paper Molding
Doesn’t this rose look like a tiny carved sculpture? It’s actually paper! Learn how to mold and shape sections of stamped images on cardstock for this amazing Paper Molding technique. Deb Valder shares her instructions over on Splitcoast Stampers.
-Heather
How to Make Color-Changing Lemonade
This is really cool. I had never heard of butterfly pea flowers before reading this post about color-changing lemonade from Left Brain Craft Brain, but apparently they’re a thing and you can use them to turn your lemonade all sorts … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Star softie that kids can make
This felt star softie would make a perfect first sewing project teaching a child to sew! Damjana from Apple Green Cottage has a tutorial and a free pattern. The simple shape is easy to sew on a sewing machine and … Read More...
Faux Coral and Polymer Clay
A lot good crafty ideas spring from wanting a cheaper, DIY solution to something really cool but pricey found elsewhere. This decorative faux coral tutorial, by Vidya of What’s UR Home Story, is just that. Towards the end of … Read More...
Knit a Square for a Chance at a Trip to VK Live
Here’s a fun contest I thought some of you might be interested in. Have you seen Nicky Epstein’s book Knit a Square, Create a Cuddly Creature? Here’s the book on Ravelry if you haven’t. The idea is that you knit … Read More...
Video tutorial: Easy wired headband
Keep your summer hairstyle easy and fuss free with a wired headband! Janelle Nicole has a video showing how easy it is to sew one. You’ll need just a small bit of fabric and a wire to go inside. Use … Read More...