Have you ever looked at your old glassware and wondered how you could give them a new lease on life? Well, look no further than Madiganmade.com for inspiration. In her post, Madigan shares tips and tricks for painting crystal glasses … Read More...
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My Top Five Crochet Bracelets
Bracelets are hot, hot, hot right now! I wear my bangles every day and often add one or more additional bracelets to match an outfit. I love bracelets. So, it makes sense for me to combine my love of … Read More...
Last Minute Crocheted Ornament
Well, I guess you could wait til Valentine Day to make this so it wouldn’t be ‘last minute’ by I’d like to slip it into a special Christmas card or hang it on a tree. How about offering it as … Read More...
Blackwork Snowflake
Blackwork is a fun counted-thread embroidery style that is easy to learn and can be done using any evenweave fabric and embroidery thread. Imaginesque is a great source of free blackwork charts and this recent post is a fine example … Read More...
More Tiny Christmas Crochet
These look like tiny peppermint Christmas trees to me. They are an inspiring offering with the free pattern available here.
I didn’t find this treasure on my own. Peng of bullionstitchesandmore sent me the link to her version of … Read More...
Tutorial: Bling your jeans pockets
Anne from WobiSobi guest blogs at Brassy Apple showing how you can bling up the pockets on your jeans so they look like the fancy designer jeans. She uses stencils, metallic paint, and hot fix crystals to add designs to … Read More...
Tutorial: Reversible pillow cover for fall and Christmas
Over at Stitched By Crystal, you can see how to make this throw pillow cover with a leaf applique design. But wait, there’s more! Turn it inside out, and now it’s got a holly and berry applique for Christmas. How … Read More...
Free pattern: Fleece knight hat
Lisa from Wine & Glue shares a free pattern for making a fleece knight hat. She made it for her son’s Halloween costume, but he continues to wear it just for fun. It has ear flaps, a strip of red … Read More...
Catch Up with Season 4 of Knit and Crochet Now!
The fourth season of “Knit and Crochet Now” is currently airing on public television stations across the United States (check here to see when it airs near you), so it’s a perfect time to check in with in-house knitting expert … Read More...
How to make Epsom Salt Luminaries
Epsom salts are a great fake snow idea for creating craft projects with. We have seen several of these projects that are perfect for creating a crystal snow effect.
Use recycled jars and you have a great luminary for Christmas … Read More...
Icy Woodland Dream Tree for the Michaels Dream Tree Challenge, #JustAddMichaels
The day has arrived! Time to reveal my Michaels Dream Tree! This is the tree I decorated for the Michaels Dream Tree Challenge. I am soooo excited to share this with you!
I call it my Icy Woodland Dream Tree. … Read More...
Party Ideas – Breaking Bad
You may not believe this but I have NOT actually watched this show. Some may call that disgraceful, but honestly I get around 45 mins-1 hour of T.V watching time per day and my husband is I am pretty selective … Read More...
Tutorial: Shark bag with free pattern
“Stitched by Crystal” is a wife and working mommy of 2. She loves to sew and craft when she has some free time. Crystal decided on a shark bag to go with her son’s pirate costume. She has a downloadable … Read More...
Weekend Jewelry Supply Sales
Shipwreck Beads is having a 25% Sale off all Preciosa Crystal beads rhinestones and pendants. Czech Glass Seed Beads, Fire Polished and Pressed Glass beads is 20% Off. Sale ends October 10th. Visit Shipwreck Beads and save … Read More...
Tutorial: Fairy Wings
Aren’t these fairy wings wonderful!? The Sakura blog has directions for using mica powders, Crystal Lacquer and wire to make them. You could turn any cute girl stamp into a fairy!
-Heather Here are some more of our fairy articles … Read More...
Save 75% on Jewelry Classes from Craftsy
Have you wanted to take jewelry making classes without spending a lot of money? Now you can! Craftsy is having a Jewelry Class Sale on 11 of their courses. Save up to 75% on the following online classes and supplies! … Read More...
Awesome Landscape Floor Installation
Dutch artist Suzan Drummen designs are a real labor of love. She uses crystals, chromed metal, precious stones, mirrors, and optical glass to create installations on floors that are awe inspiring, creative and visual feasts.
Go check her website for … Read More...
Tutorial: Zippered pencil pouch for a 3-ring binder
Certain school supplies seem to make the required school supply list year after year. One of those is a zippered pencil pouch that goes in a 3-ring binder. Discount stores have tons of them, but they’re usually pretty plain looking. … Read More...
Tatting Fool Free Patterns
Over at the Tatting Fool, Miranda has been rearranging things and she has arranged all her patterns in one place including her free patterns and her for sale patterns. The one shown here, which is just lovely is called “Ice … Read More...
Clay Finds on Flickr
Gang, I found treasures this time! The adorable sleepy puppy beads? The box with (fab) scribbles? The little pond watching cherubs? A fabulous medieval styled bottle? Sometimes clayers really hit it out of the park!
1. Sleepy Dog Beads, … Read More...