This is a perfect time of year to learn knitting if you haven’t already done so, to brush up on your skills or to teach someone else how to knit.
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Beautiful altered book art by Lisa Kokin
If you love altered books and working with type you should check out Lisa Kokin’s site. One of my favorite pieces is this page that cuts out words so that you can see part of a photo behind it. … Read More...
Peanut Butter and Jelly Snowman Sandwich
After the holidays, it can be hard for the kids to get back into the swing of things. It can also be a long winter, so help them get through with this cute snowman sandwich. This would be great for … Read More...
Amazing Star Wars Cakes for Fans of All Ages
With Star Wars mania in full force, I suspect many of you will be planning Star Wars themed parties this year. If you need some birthday cake inspiration, Pop Sugar has a roundup of 28 inspirational cakes featuring Luke, Leia, … Read More...
DIY Modular Felt Coasters
I recently came across these Modular Felt Coasters on the Purl Soho blog and I loved how bright and happy they are! After all of the Christmas colors, if can be good to get a dose of Summer-y colors, right?… Read More...
How to Drill Holes in a Bottle – From Instructables
One of my favorite DIY video sources is Instructables.com, which I receive an email from a few times a week. I found this how to drill through bottles video quite helpful. The guy doing the work makes a jig … Read More...
Tutorial: Containerize your clutter with DIY fabric trays
Containerize your desktop and dresser top clutter with these cute fabric trays! Kate from See Kate Sew shows how you can make them. You can make them in any size, but she gives patterns to make them in 4 sizes … Read More...
Crochet Pattern – How To Add a Fringe To An Afghan
This tutorial shows you how to add a fringe to a 6 hour Afghan pattern. The pattern for the afghan and the fringing tutorial can be found in the one spot over at Dreamalittlebigger.com. Is this how you add … Read More...
DIY Lego Mechanical Puzzle
If your house is Lego crazy then you’re going to love this tutorial. It would also be a great gift for someone you know who loves Lego too. This tutorial is aimed at boys but we know lot’s of girls … Read More...
Make Your Own Body Wash From A Castile Soap Block
I find using body wash for my children is much easier than a block of soap. I love making my own body wash as it allows me to make it specific to each child’s needs. My Children of course love … Read More...
Project: Diamond Shaker Card
This brilliant window shaker card is sure to dazzle anyone on your Valentine list! Hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp blog for more about this card including a link to a tutorial video over on Youtube.
-Heather
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In a creative slump? Here are 5 ways to get your sewing mojo back
Any creative endeavor has its ups and downs, and that’s certainly true for sewing. There are times when your creativity and productivity are on fire, and there are times when you struggle with the motivation to even walk into your … Read More...
13 Planners That Will Help You Get Your Life Together
Working on getting your life together this year? or at least not forgetting every single thing? One (or more?) of these 13 planners may help.
… Read More...Whether you prefer notebooks, spiral bound books or ring binders, or you’re trying to keep
How To Make Your Own Rainbow Divider Tabs for Your Planner
Sam shares how she made customized dividers for her planner using stamps and ink. She created graphic black & white dividers, then added colorful rainbow tabs.
What’s great about this idea is that you make make these in any size … Read More...
Project Life Tracker – Free Planner Inserts
… Read More...Are you tackling Project Life or a similar project this year? Take a look at this Project Life Tracker that you can use to make weekly notes about the things you want to include in your albums. This way when
Tutorial: How to sew a straight seam
So you’ve got a brand new sewing machine. You’ve figured out how to thread it and turn it on, what’s next? A simple straight seam. You can do a lot with just simple straight seams. Amber from Crazy Little Projects … Read More...
Vegan Meringue using Aquafaba
Did you know they discovered an egg substitute using brine from chickpeas (garbanzo beans)? Aquafaba is the term meaning liquid from beans. I’m always late to trends and discoveries. Apparently, it was discovered in February 2015. I won’t repeat the … Read More...
Healthy Winter Snacks
Now that the holidays are over, it is time to get the kids to eat some less sugary snacks. Of course, you want to make it fun so they don’t get bored and beg for a cookie. You can even … Read More...
Tutorial: Girls dress coat Sewing pattern
Jill from Snugglebug University made this dress coat for her daughter, and she’s got a tutorial at Make It and Love It showing how she did it. She was able to create the pattern using a jacket that fits her … Read More...
Knit Yourself an Awesome Plaid Scarf
Here’s another fun knitting technique to add to your resolutions list (as if you need more of those, right?).
Knitting plaid looks really complicated, and I suppose it could be, but there are lots of tricks you can use to … Read More...