To make this sweet pillow cover, designer Pat Bravo used scraps and orphan blocks from a former project. Here you see bits of her Artisan fabric collection, which is gorgeous, but you can use any fabrics you happen to have … Read More...
Polymer Clay Macaron Ornaments
I’m busily cranking out ornaments for my last few weeks of holiday sales and craft fairs and I’m mostly making critter ones but these sweet macaron ornaments caught my eye. I could totally see a little stack of these for … Read More...
Product Review – Stylish Artistic Calendars You Must Have
It’s that time of year when we start frantically looking for last minute and unique Christmas gifts. When I was asked to review these calendars I couldn’t help myself and just had to say YES YES YES please!. Even though … Read More...
Brisbane Musical Review – Les Miserables
When I was invited to review Les Miserable at QPAC, let’s just say my “plus one ticket” was in hot demand. It was so hot I almost gave up my ticket and let the top two contenders sit together. … Read More...
Tutorial: How to sew a pencil roll
Ellen from Create in the Chaos shares a tutorial for making a pencil roll. It’s an easy project to sew up and makes a great gift for a child. You could also change up the dimensions to make a knitting … Read More...
Project: Yeti Shaker Card
Shake up some winter fun with this adorable stamped Yeti shaker card. You can find a video tutorial for how to make one over on the Trinity Rose Designs blog.
-Heather
Looking for supplies to make your own Shaker card? … Read More...
Turkey Pretzels
One of the easiest treats to make with the kids for all holidays is chocolate dipped pretzels. These look like turkeys. I bet you could find some candy corn on sale still. The kids could make these as place card … Read More...
Hot Chocolate on a Stick
This would be a great idea for the kids, while the adults are enjoying their coffee and dessert. You can serve them warm milk and they can dunk their hot chocolate on a stick to make their drink. These would … Read More...
Reader ideas request!
Hello all my wonderful Craft Gossip Recycling readers! Jean W. sent in an email asking if I had any ideas on what to make with the little balls from deodorant containers. Her husband has been saving them and doesn’t know … Read More...
Thanksgiving Foods That Are Dangerous for Your Dogs
With all the celebrations, you want your fur baby to also enjoy in the celebrations. Unfortunately, there are dangerous items that you need to keep your fur baby away during the holidays. Here are some Thanksgiving items that you should … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: Add sweater sleeves to a t-shirt
Melissa from Trevor Loves Mommy shows how she added sweater sleeves to a henley tee. The look is inspired by a Free People shirt. Made from a thrifted henley and sweater, her refashion cost considerably less than what it would … Read More...
5 Fall Decorating & Entertaining Ideas
During the holidays, the kids want to help with the decorating, cooking, and entertaining. Here are at least 4 ideas that the kids can be in charge of creating for you. Although you want everything to be perfect, remember to … Read More...
Thanksgiving Fun Sandwich Turkey
So cute! I wish someone would make this sandwich for me! The kids will love opening their lunch to find this cute turkey sandwich. This is made with cheese only, but you could add your meat of choice too. There … Read More...
7 Toddler Approved Thanksgiving Eats
I was lucky that my daughter would eat anything when she was little! Some toddlers can be finicky or just not ready for the turkey and fixings. Kylie McConville at The Bump blog has 7 ideas to help keep the … Read More...
Tutorial: Bias tape magnetic photo frame
Abby from Sew Much Ado shares a tutorial at Skip To My Lou showing how you can make this bias tape magnetic photo frame. It’s made from fabric, with bias tape around a clear vinyl window. This would be a … Read More...
9 Ways To Decorate With Ornaments (other than on your tree)
The holiday season is quickly approaching and along with it will come all of the festive decorations. The classic Christmas ornament
often gets overlooked for its crafting possibility, but one of these 9 ideas may just drum up some inspiration … Read More...
Storage Ideas in Small Spaces for Your Crafts Items
No matter what kind of crafter you consider yourself to be, one thing we all have in common is the fact that we have a lot of supplies that need to be stored somewhere. Those supplies all take up space … Read More...
How to fancy up tiny Christmas trees
Sometimes all it takes is a little detail switch to make a new store bought item into a vintage expensive item. That is just what Karen did with these little new Christmas trees. She swapped out their plastic bases with … Read More...
Free 2015 Holiday Sampler
Sometimes it is the simple things that make the biggest impact. I love the simple, uncomplicated design of this Christmas themed sampler. Perfect for gift giving or just marking an occasion. You can grab the full tutorial with step by … Read More...
DIY Manly Christmas Gift – Men’s Cologne
Finding a DIY handmade Christmas gift for a man is quite hard. We have the usual recipes such as shaving cream, shaving oil but this recipe for a Handmade DIY Cologne is a little different. You can use the same … Read More...