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...
Make Some Fun DIY School Gear
If you’re getting ready for back to school, there are lots of ways you can add a crafty element, whether that’s putting stickers on notebooks, making your own reusable lunch bag or pencil bag or crafting objects to help tidy … Read More...
How to make a die cut candy dish
I am in love with making things on pedestals (do you remember my candy corn lights?) Well, today I made a candy dish with some die cut and embossed paper, a recycled container lid and a candle stick.
The … Read More...
Knitting Pattern – Knit a Super Simple Cat Bed
It seems like all cats love yarn, and most of the cats I have known have been interested in trying to get in my lap while I knit. It’s not really safe to let kitties play with yarn, but we … Read More...
Tutorial: Recycled jeans tin can planters
When you’re upcyling a pair of jeans, the side seams are often too thick to include – especially if your project involves sewing through several layers. Claire from Pillar Box Blue shares a cool idea for using the side seams … Read More...
Exclusive Funky Crochet T-shirts
We love our Crochet ladies so much that we designed a t-shirt just for you. Well actually we designed a few t-shirts aimed at the handmade Crochet Lady. This is our latest design, a Watercolor Crochet Girl t-shirt.
The … Read More...
Project: Unicorn Sun Burst Card
Along with mermaids I’m also loving the unicorn card craze going on! Bring on the fantasy! Ilina Crouse made this fabulous unicorn card with different ink colors on a large sun burst stamp from Concord and 9th for the background. … Read More...
100 Best Back to School DIY Ideas
Impress your friends and show off your creativity with these back to school DIY ideas. These school supply DIY ideas will get you excited about going back to school! You can make your own personalized pencils, notebooks, organizers and more. … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Fleece unicorn hat
This fleece unicorn hat is so much fun, with ears and rainbow mane and of course a gold unicorn horn. Angel from Fleece Fun shares a free pattern and tutorial to make one. It’s cute for kids and tweens to … Read More...
Tutorial: Meow kitty composition book cover
This MEOW composition book cover by Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl gives me all the hearts. You don’t even have to be a crazy cat lady to think the kitty applique is adorable! She shares a pattern and tutorial at … Read More...
Getting Ready for the Solar Eclipse
Are you psyched for the eclipse? Those of us in the United States have the rare treat of a total solar eclipse happening Aug. 21.
It’s definitely worth it to get to a place where you can experience totality if … Read More...
Another Way to Perfect Your Gauge
I know, I know, knitting gauge swatches and getting gauge is a drag, but it’s totally worth it for projects that you really want to fit.
There are lots of tips and tricks you can try to get the right … Read More...