Terry cloth towels are an excellent material to use for baby bibs. The towels are thick and absorbent. Dana from MADE shares a free pattern and tutorial for making them. She used towels in bright colors and fun prints, which … Read More...
Inspiration and Technique: Fresh Ideas from a Young Stamper
I love guys who stamp, I love teens who stamp so I’m in love with Simon Hurley! 🙂 I recently stumbled across his awesome blog thinking what cute cards were on the blog and then got a present surprise to … Read More...
Vegetarian Black Bean Chilaquiles Casserole
I don’t know about you, but I always have a few leftover taco shells or a bag of leftover corn chips from a party that I need to use up. I can now use them for a quick meatless dinner … Read More...
Tutorial: Mixed and matched plaid shirt mash-up
Trinkets in Bloom shows how you can create this mix and matched plaid shirt. It’s a mash-up of two plaid shirts, cut apart and resewn into one top. She gives it a leather patch pocket, too, accented with a row … Read More...
Inspired jumbo pillow + tute
Using a fabric motif to advantage, Sachiko, of Tea Rose Home, created this tiny treasure. A pillow, measuring only 2″ x 2″, it’s small by normal standards, but since it sits in her miniature sewing room, she refers to it … Read More...
DIY Image transfer with inkjet printer
Here is a really neat way to do that popular image transfer technique. Usually you see it done with laser printers, of gel mediums, but Ronja Lotte did it using a normal inkjet printer and freezer paper! She says:
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How to Make Turkey Gravy Without Gravy Drippings
I love this idea for extra gravy, because our family loves extra gravy on everything! I always like extra for dipping sauce for my turkey sandwiches the next day. If you smoke, fry, or buy a precooked turkey this will … Read More...
Giveaway – Artistcellar supplies and how to stencil stepping stones
Enter to win:
-A 7×10 canson MM journal
-A set of Stabilo Pencils,
-Fude Ball Pen
-Pentel Stylo Pen
-A set of 4 Pitt Pens
-Chakra Series 6×6 stencils
-And three paints from Dina Wakley’s Media Line
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Healthy Crustless Pumpkin Pie
For me the pie crust has always been my favorite. Sometimes I will eat all the filling first and then eat the pie crust. My favorite part of making pies is the leftover pie crust with butter, cinnamon, and sugar … Read More...
10 Quick & Easy Christmas Gift Ideas
With Halloween over, the Holiday rush is just beginning. Before we know it the turkey will be carved and leftover packaged up. Get a start on some Christmas gifts for those you want to show some appreciation to. One of … Read More...
Do You Clean Your Vacuum?
Your vacuum cleaner is used to clean. Simple as that, right? While that great household accessory does all of the dirty work for us (no pun intended), have you ever thought of actually cleaning the vacuum itself? I know aside … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap fabric braided friendship bracelets
These braided scrap fabric friendship bracelets look like they would be so much fun to make – and to give! Kate from See Kate Sew shares a tutorial at Skip To My Lou showing how you to make them.
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Free Pattern – Little Christmas Snowman
I love the Snowman symbol when it comes to Christmas time. There is just something adorable and child like about them. This adorable little Christmas Snowman is available as a free Crochet Pattern and can be found here. Christmas Snowman … Read More...
Free Thanksgiving Math Printables For Home Or School
Thanksgiving is nearly upon which means its time to start adding a theme to lessons or boredom activities. These Thanksgiving printables are for grade 1-3. Each printable comes with instructions making them easy to follow for the kids with minimum … Read More...
Giveaway: Knitted Fairy Tales
Congratulations to Helen.
I have to tell you, this book, Knitted Fairy Tales
by Sarah Keen, has kind of ruined my life.
It’s so cute, full of characters and accessories from 15 different fairy tales — from “The Little Mermaid” … Read More...
Freebie: Raking Leaves Digital Stamp
Ah, it’s that time of year, time to start raking up all those falling leaves! Here’s a cute digital stamp perfect for this season. Download this cute raking girl for free over on the Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps blog.
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The BEST Christmas Craft Booth Inspiration
It’s November already, so I’m sure you know that Christmas is sneaking up fast. As Indie Businesses we have to get ready for that holiday rush! If you’re selling at any craft fairs this season, have you planned out your … Read More...
Tutorial: Rust printing on fabric
Carolynn from Indigo Stitches shows how you can use rusty metal hardware to create cool prints on a piece of fabric. You can arrange washers, nails, chain, and other hardware to create a custom designs. The look is primitive and … Read More...
Shop Handmade Link Up
It’s time for another week of Shop handmade! What is it? It is a weekly feature here at Indie Crafts called Shop Handmade where you can link up your Etsy shops. These posts will go up every Monday!
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Tutorial: Add a faux camisole layer to fix a low a neck line
Pam from Threading My Way shows how to add a fake camisole layer to a blouse neck line. It’s an easy fix for a neck line that comes down too low. It looks like you’ve layered a camisole underneath … Read More...