The main ingredients are calendula infused oil , pure essential oils, water and beeswax. The result is a thick, creamy lotion that you can apply night or day. The free recipe and tutorial can be found here.
Free Printable – Paper Cloud Mobile
This adorable mobile is actually a free printable. It’s so cute that It would be adorable for all ages so don’t feel restricted to just babies. Laminate it to make it more durable. This would also be really cute as … Read More...
Technique: Overlapping Striped Stamped Card Background
Using just a long a single solid stripe stamp Jennifer McGuire created this lovely overlapping background pattern with different ink colors. The possibilities with this idea are endless, change the color combos, use different widths of stamps, only cover part … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffle Easter basket
If you have a little girl who likes ruffles, I’m pretty sure she’d think this ruffled Easter basket is the prettiest thing ever. Amber from Crazy Little Projects shows how you can make one. You’ll need an inexpensive Easter basket … Read More...
Feature Friday: PassionflowerMade
Today’s Feature Friday shop is the Etsy shop: Passionflower Made. Passionflower is a boutique floral design studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. My current passion is living jewelry. I make each piece by hand, paying careful attention to composition and color. … Read More...
Craft Supply Organization Ideas With a Printer Tray
Here are a few organization ideas for craft supplies or project life supplies. Keep an eye out for these printer tray type boxes when at the thrift or organizational store. They are functional and look great. Click over the link … Read More...
Tutorial: Simple method to line any bag
When I’m making a bag, a lining is a must for me. The lining keeps everything neat and clean, with no raw edges left exposed to fray. It also adds strength and durability to the bag. A simple lining is … Read More...
Technique: No Line Stamping with Water Coloring
No Line Stamping is a cool technique that uses a light colored ink pad to stamp your image and then when you color the images with bright or dark colors the stamped lines disappear and it almost gives the look … Read More...
Tutorial: Bunny Bowls from Clay
The tutorial, from AliceandLoisDIY, uses air dry clay but totally works with oven bake polymer clay as well. This would be adorable for your Easter decor, to hold a few handfuls of candies. If you do them out of … Read More...
Tutorial: Ric rac stripe skirt
Jumbo ric rac
makes a pretty rainbow around the bottom of this simple gathered skirt. It’s so pretty and fun, and so easy to make! LiZ from Simple Simon & Co shares a tutorial showing how. The rainbow makes it … Read More...
Set the Mood with Festive DIY Pom Pom Party Hats
These DIY party hats are super adorable! I love the pom pom trim and the understated polka dot pattern. These would be perfect for a child’s birthday party or as cute photo booth props at an adult celebration. Visit Tell … Read More...
Decorate Your Home with Spring Flowers
In the past I have shared with you a lot of ideas for knit flowers, and I thought it might be fun this year to look at patterns that include flowers that you can use all over the home.… Read More...
Tutorial: Teeny Tiny Pocket Mice
Susi from Tiny Toffee Designs guest blogs at Wild Olive with a tutorial showing how to make these teeny tiny pocket mice. I am loving these! They’re so CUTE! She includes a free template. She created the teeny tiny mice … Read More...
10 Backyard DIYs Your Family Will Love
Are you looking for some ways to spruce up your backyard and add some more fun to your space outdoors? These 10 ideas are great for families of all ages. Whether you have young children who like to play in … Read More...
Free pattern: Best Burp Cloth
Katie from Bite Sized Biggie shares a free pattern for making her Best Burp Cloth. It’s shaped like a peanut to fit the contours of your neck and shoulder. It’s made from two layers of flannel with cotton batting in … Read More...
Great bunch of creative ways to repurposed kitchen stuff
Vintage kitchen stuff has a great look to it but we rarely use it in today’s cooking. This list of ways to repurpose kitchen items featured at the blog Knick of Time is filled with all sorts of inspiration that … Read More...
15 Fit Bit Hacks
Yesterday we brought you a post about Fit Bit Accessories well it was so popular that we went looking for more fun Fit Bit things.
Did you forget to wear your Fit bit? This article has some great tips to … Read More...
Cover Button Jewelry
Let’s face it. As crafters, we are always looking for great ways to use every scrap of anything we have. This fun jewelry tutorial is perfect because it uses up all those little fabric scraps we have laying around. You … Read More...
Project: Origami Darth Vader
If you don’t already know I’m a total geek 🙂 and am a huge fan of Sci-Fi and Star Wars! So I was really excited to see this amazing Darth Vader origami project from Tadashi Mori. Head over to his … Read More...
Tutorial: Rolled fabric beads
Turn your fabric scraps into pretty jewelry! Audrey Yeager shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make rolled beads out of your smaller fabric scraps. I used to make these from paper when I was a … Read More...