Reusable party garlands are one of my favorite budget-friendly ways to decorate for a special occasion. This clever and colorful garland is made from the small plastic balls used to fill a child’s ball pit. Since the balls come in … Read More...
Surprise Easter Bunny Cake
Your guests will enjoy the sweet surprise inside this lemon cake. It takes a little extra time and an extra cake to create this bunny inside the cake, but it is worth it. This would be a cute reveal cake … Read More...
Recycled neck tie quilt and more
Isn’t this recycled tie quilt just beautiful? Oh I love it and I bet it wouldn’t be too hard to make either. This photo was part of a great blog post over at …..How to Recycle that features a whole … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Frosted Cookies
Cute Mr. and Mrs. Shamrock cookies to make for everyone on St. Patrick’s Day. Dress them up or just make plain shamrock cookies are your choice, but they will put a smile on everyone’s face. Julie and her daughters from … Read More...
Tutorial: Glitter book bag
Everything is made prettier with glitter. Like this simple book bag. A book bag is nice, but a glitter bag is fabulousness! Torie Jayne shares a tutorial showing how to make one. The most important thing is to find the … Read More...
12 Tips For Introverts at Craft Shows
Are you introverted or extroverted? Either way these tips to help introverts sell more at craft show are a good read! I recently came across this post over on Made Urban and as an introvert I think the tips are … Read More...
St Patty’s Day Rainbow Plate Spiral
This is actually a kids craft project but let me just say how adorable these would be on the front porch. I think I need to make some of these fast!
Stash Buster Hoodie
You are going to hate me when I tell you, but I just had to share this amazing hoodie. Are you ready for it ? I am sorry but it’s not free! I know, I know it’s not too often … Read More...
DIY Coffee Shot For Dark Circles Under Your Eyes
Book Review: One Piece Knits
I know I’m not the only knitter who prefers a seamless project. Sure, there are great reasons to sometimes have seams in projects for structure, but a lot of the time projects are just fine worked in one piece without … Read More...
Card Making Tip: Use a Die Cut as a Stencil
Here’s a another way to use your die cut shapes or large punches. Die cut out the image and use the left over “negative” shape as a stencil. Blend ink and/or stamp over top your custom stencil for a wonderful … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Skittles Treat Bags
This St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Skittles Treat Bag idea is perfect to gift for the holiday. A super simple treat bag filled with Rainbow Skittles Candy, Rolos and marshmallows to represent a rainbow. The perfect bags to use for these … Read More...
Making Gradient Blends in Clay
If you do much claying you may well have tried your hand at Skinner blends. And you may have ended up with the result Carol Simmon mentions on the Skinner side of the diagram above: your blend will have, mostly, … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew scrappy fabric eggs
You can make these scrappy fabric eggs without sewing a stitch! Claire from Pillar Box Blue shows how to do it. The fabric scraps you need are narrow strips, a perfect way to use your smaller fabric scraps! This would … Read More...
Bailey’s Irish Cream Coffee Mug Cake
A cake you don’t have to share, but can enjoy and indulge without guilt. We all love the convenience of a mug cake, especially when you are home alone and craving cake. This cake is great for one or two … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: How to use a loop turner to turn narrow fabric tubes
How many times has this happened: Everything’s going swimmingly on a sewing project – until you see you have to turn a tiny tube of fabric inside out. Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs … Read More...
Bunny Ear Cookies
How cute are these bunny ear cookies! A fun twist on milk and cookies. Sue at Munchkin Munchies made templates and measured out the notches on the cups. You can easily get your own template by searching for bunny ears … Read More...
Tutorial: Turn 1 pair of pants into 3 drawstring bags
Stephanie from Charm of Carolinaa shows how she created 3 drawstring bags out of 1 pair of cargo pants. She made a drawstring backpack, a simple drawstring bag, and a bonus small drawstring bag – all from the one pair … Read More...
Chill Wine with Frozen Grapes to Make Your Party a Success
Trying to keep your wine at the perfect temperature can be a bit tricky, especially when you’re entertaining guests and have lots of other food items to manage as well. But, you can easily use frozen grapes to chill wine … Read More...
Spring Funfetti Cake
Here is another cake to celebrate spring and Easter. I love how plain this cake is. The raw edges lets the funfetti shine through and it is perfect for those of us that don’t like a lot of frosting. Gina … Read More...