Upcycling and repurposing old furniture is a great way to give new life to items that may have otherwise ended up in a landfill. Dressers are a common piece of furniture that can often be found at garage sales, thrift … Read More...
DIY Pressed Leaf Bookmarks
These bookmarks are a great way to use the dried pressed leaves many of us have sitting in books or flower presses since last fall. The tutorial was shared on Instructables and I think it’s pretty great! I love autumn … Read More...
Do You Like BIG Buttons?
Buttons are a fun way to dress up your craft pieces of any kind. We use them in sewing, scrapbooking, and all types of indie crafts that we can dream up. Have you ever thought of using them in a … Read More...
Free Sewing Patter: Baggy baby shorties
These baggy baby booty shorties are so cute! Miranda from One Little Minute shares a tutorial showing how you can make them. The baggie shorts are adorable over chubby baby legs! And the extra room is comfortable for all the … Read More...
Green Mojito Smoothie For Cold And Flu Season – Free Recipe
The days of summer are getting shorter and most kids are back in school. Kids being back in school can be a blessing and a headache. The germ swapping and spreading of colds seem to get worse every year. Since … Read More...
Soap Eye Candy – Activated Charcoal
This activated charcoal soap is stunningly beautiful and black.
As with all our soap eye candy pictures there is no tutorial only admiration for the image you see.
This amazing soap images comes to us from Youregorgeous.
Crochet Triangles Wall Hanging
I thought we would share another wall hanging project for this week. This tutorial shows you how to make a Crochet wall hanging perfect for Bohemian and Gypsy decor. This pattern could be changed to festive colors and having a … Read More...
Project: Mermaid Card with Copic Coloring
To me summer makes me think of the beach, the ocean and mermaids, I love them! Color up this stunning mermaid card with a pretty moonlight backdrop. The Craftybits blog has a video tutorial with detailed Copic marker coloring tips.… Read More...
Let Kids Make Gifts for National Grandparent’s Day
Did you know there is a National Grandparent’s Day? While I know from experience a grandparent would love to get a homemade gift from their grandkids any time of the year, making them one for this special day will let … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Easy DIY dog bandana
You dog might feel a little extra proud on his walk, wearing a brand new bandana for everyone to coo all over. Ashlee from My So Called Crafty Life shows how you can make one. You can make it super … Read More...
Easy Zipper Bracelet Tutorial
Technically, if we are talking skill level today, this tutorial actually requires more sewing skills than jewelry making skills, but we just couldn’t resist sharing it with you. This is a great project for any teen or tween to show … Read More...
Tutorial: Sports fan or school spirit lanyard
Ros from Sew Delicious shows how you can make a lanyard for your favorite sports team. This would make an awesome gift for a new college or high school student to show their new school spirit! Or maybe for a … Read More...
On the Daily Seam today
I like writing about sewing so much, I’m pulling double blogging duty today. I’ll be sharing projects here at Craft Gossip like I always do, but today I’m also over at The Daily Seam on Facebook. Yay!!!!
You can … Read More...
Craft Fair Tips and Lessons Learned
You can learn a lot from attending just one craft fair. Here are some of really great tips and lessons learned by ChiWei at One Dog woof!
She attended a craft show with her friend, selling crocheted hats and accessorizes … Read More...
5 Resources for Scrapbooking Your Dog + 24 Layout Ideas
Based on all the cute and furry dog photos I saw online yesterday in celebration of National Dog Day, I am betting lots of you will be scrapbooking photos of your furry friends real soon! Here … Read More...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Beads
Margaret Schindel put together an absolutely fabulous primer on mokume gane, in terms of historical and traditional techniques as well as how it relates to polymer clay. She finishes the article with a really great step by step polymer … Read More...
Mexican Cauliflower Crust Pizza
There are many people trying to eat gluten free these day. There are many restaurants that are also trying to add more gluten free items to their menu. Our favorite pizza joint has a gluten free pizza. This would be … Read More...
Tutorial: Kids fireman coat for dress-up or Halloween
Crystal from Stitched By Crystal shows how she created this fireman coat for a child’s costume. She starts with a kids’ coat pattern, and shows how she adapted it to add the reflective tape to the body and cuffs. She … Read More...
Are You Ready for Some Football Knitting?
I imagine there are lots of knitters who are football fans, or who live with football fans and end up spending a lot of time this time of year watching football.
It either of those is you, designer Michelle Hunter … Read More...
Tutorial: Fringed leather bag
Daniela from On The Cutting Floor shares a free PDF pattern at UpCraft Club for making this awesome fringed leather bag. It’s a boxy bucket style bag with long fringe sewn into the side seams. It gathers up at the … Read More...