Here’s your dose of cuteness for today – an adorable panda bear pinch purse! There’s a free pattern at Sew Mama Sew. It’s an excerpt from the book A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings … Read More...
How To Make Lasagna Garlic Bread Bowl Dip
photo credit: Kirby’s Cravings
Chips and dips are great, but sometimes you want something warm and a little more filling. This dip would be perfect on those cool summer nights or even while watching your favorite baseball team or soccer … Read More...
Free pattern: Retro Shell Chair Block
Cotton + Steel Fabrics, in their product description for this free lawn chair pattern, had this to say,
These iconic metal chairs are the stars of anyone’s vintage backyard daydreams.
Yes indeed. A quick look on Google brought me to … Read More...
Quick And Easy Yogurt Peanut Butter Banana Frozen Dog Treats
photo credit: Cooking with Janica
This morning I’m starting with the dogs! Our furry babies need cold treats in the summer to help them cool off. Make them some treats to enjoy while you and the kids are enjoying your … Read More...
Make an Amazing Felt Fairy House and Garden
Here is a great idea for these holidays! Make an amazingly detailed fairy house and garden using felt.
Jeni shows you how in this video. Can you guess what she uses as the base?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6M7bLUtXXQ
Salt Dough – Puppy Love Necklace
If you think salt dough is just kid’s stuff you’re missing out on craft medium that costs just pennies per project. This Puppy Love pendant made from salt dough is a great gift for yourself or for any proud “dog … Read More...
15 Tutorials For Hand Lettering Embroidery
Meet the Zoo-diacs – Free Charts
These Animals form a Zoo animal Zoo-diac blanket and the patterns are absolutely adorable. Each and very graph is available free for you to create and transform in to a amazing Blankie.
Free Zoo-diac Crochet Graph patterns
Looking for more … Read More...
This Year’s Top Pantone Colours For Your Home
For the first time ever, Pantone has chosen two colours for 2016; Rose Quartz, a warm pastel pink, and Serenity, a soft tranquil blue. Rose Quartz and Serenity were chosen by Pantone this year as an antidote to … Read More...
How to Make Fabric Labels at Home
Here is a step by step video tutorial for how to make fabric labels at home, by Domenica Tootell at Easy Sewing For Beginners. Domenica also includes a step by step photo tutorial along with a downloadable PDF as well.… Read More...
Technique: Mirror Image Stamping
If you’ve got a stamp but you’d like it facing the opposite direction then this technique is for you. Jennifer McGuire has a couple of different ways to use a MISTI stamping tool and a large clear stamp for an … Read More...
Berry Seed Bead Necklace
A whimsical piece of jewelry is just what you will get from this post. Borei Designs has a great step-by-step tutorial for making a necklace of blackberry or raspberry beads (depending on your color choice). Take it up a notch … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Easy Breezy Swimsuit Cover Up Skirt
This cover up skirt is just the thing to pull on over a swimsuit when you’re en route to the pool! Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a tutorial for making one. It’s a simple gathered skirt … Read More...
Monsters Inc Inspired Footprint Father’s Day Card
Such a cute take on footprint and hand print art! If Monsters’ Inc is a favorite in your house, this could be a fun idea for a DIY Father’s Day card this year.
… Read More...Older kids can even make the monsters
Project: Floral Bouquet Card
Make a wonderful floral bouquet card by wrapping some stamped flowers in tissue paper and tying with twine. Click here for a video tutorial from Effie on The Ton Stamps blog.
-Heather
Jalapeno Bacon Wrapped Corn
photo credit: Dad With a Pan
Nothing like fresh corn on the cob! Whether it is steamed or grilled, it is the perfect vegetable for a summer dinner. Of course, bacon lovers gotta have their bacon! How about trying some … Read More...
Free pattern: Convertible backpack tote
Emily from Nap Time Creations shares a free pattern for the convertible purse backpack. The straps are long enough to carry on your shoulder when it’s a tote. But when you want to carry it completely hands-free it converts to … Read More...
Strawberry Shortcake Cake Pops
Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorite desserts after going strawberry picking. Nothing like fresh strawberries with a little sugar to create that natural syrup, topped on biscuits and fresh whip cream. Heaven on a plate. Cathy at Lemon Tree … Read More...
Stitch Up Some Ice Cream that Won’t Melt
Looking for something cool to stitch for summer? Why not make an ice cream treat that won’t melt in the summer sun. Looking for DMC Threads Check out DMC’s website
Here are some fun free cross stitch patterns for … Read More...
Nutella Stuffed Cookie Pie
Need a dessert for a potluck or barbecue, but can’t decide between cookies or baking a pie? You can make both. Marsha at Marsha’s Baking Addiction has your solution. These mini stuffed cookie pies would be perfect at a picnic, … Read More...