Cool off this hot summer with a yummy ice cream themed card. These cards from Yana Smakula have fun and fresh trendy colors, glitter and lots of layers. And I love the punny saying! 🙂 She’s sharing a video tutorial … Read More...
Make Things! Week 4 Challenge- Markers or Ink
Since yesterday I shared info about a photo challenge, today I wanted to let you know about a challenge on my own blog going on! I’m hosting the “Make Things!” challenge, which is an 8 week challenge, and we’re … Read More...
Frog Printable Alphabet Activities
It is important to keep kids learning over the summer, and it is even more important to make that learning fun. Frogs are a wonderful theme for summer time. For younger kids, besides learning more about frogs, how about printing … Read More...
Free pattern: Simple Summer Sundress for little girls
Crystal from Stitched by Crystal shares a free pattern for her Simple Summer Sundress. It has a slightly rounded neck, with shoulder ties and an elastic back. Her free pattern comes in little girls sizes 2-6. She’s sharing the pattern … Read More...
8 Patriotic Dress Sewing Patterns
Do you love showing your patriotism and dressing up on Independence Day? Where I’m from, the 4th of July holiday is kind of a big deal and we have quite the celebration, so to dress your kids (and yourselves) … Read More...
Jewelry Pieces You Can Share With Your Best Friend
Do you have a certain someone in your life that just seems to be your other half? That one person who just “gets you”. These 38 jewelry pieces are perfect for giving to that other person to show your friendship … Read More...
Free pattern: Dog bandana in three sizes
Dress your dog up right with a special bandana made just for him or her. Caroline from Sew Caroline shares a free PDF pattern at the Janome website showing how you can make one. This could be a great service … Read More...
June 2015 Photo Competition
The folks over at Artizan Made just launched their first photo contest and I think that you guys would enjoy participating! The theme is “Made by Hand” and photos need to have something handmade and a hand- that’s it! Participants … Read More...
10 fun ways to recycle Scrabble tiles
We have all seen jewelry featuring recycled Scrabble tiles but this way to use the tile holders and the Scrabble board
to display them is positively wonderful. I bet this would work to display all sorts of art and cards? … Read More...
DIY Cute Clay Robots
Donna, of the PolymerClayBakery, has a super cute tutorial on miniature robots. The video tutorial is for a very kawaii robot but the techniques are transferrable and you can use the same idea to make your own little robots … Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Elsa-inspired dance outfit for little girls
Shawna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern for making this Elsa-inspired dance outfit for a little girl. It has a long sleeved leotard made from blue & white knit and a sparkly tulle skirt to wear over it. … Read More...
10 Ways You Can Contain Clutter In Your Home By Using A Pocket Organizer
Keeping certain parts of our homes organized and clutter free can be a challenge at times. You’ve seen these pocket organizers
before, and they are usually used as shoe storage, but there are so many different ways to use them … Read More...
Easy to Make Glass Suncatchers
It seems quite a few of my posts require you guys to have kilns and/or torches to create the tutorial…not this one! Here’s a project that I found over at Hubb pages on Rita K’s page that requires glue, glass, … Read More...
Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Icebox Cookies
Here are some cookies for your 4th of July celebrations. I love the swirl of the red, white and blue. This would be a great cookie if you need a splash of this awesome trio, but want it to be … Read More...
Tutorial: How to add pockets to a knit waistband
Whenever I go running (which isn’t often, mind you) I’m always looking for places to tuck a key and my phone and anything else I have to bring along with me. Sleek spandex running gear doesn’t often have places to … Read More...
Drumstick Cupcakes
Childhood in a cupcake! I still love drumstick ice cream cones. When they are on sale, we buy several boxes to have over the summer. We occasionally get to visit the ice cream truck, but it can get expensive. I … Read More...
Style Me Quick – 7 Awesome Hair Tutorials To Get You Through Summer
Summer can be a challenging time to maintain a hairstyle. The hot weather can make it difficult to keep hair off your neck while still looking stylish and put-together. Luckily, there are plenty of quick and easy hair tutorials that … Read More...
DIY Stamped Clay Yarn Ball Necklace
I had to share this yarn ball necklace made from Polymer clay and a simple stamp. These would be perfect gifts for you know, that crazy time of year that’s only a few months away. The month that we shall … Read More...
Easy Soy Candles Gifts With Free Printable Labels
As someone who loves to create things and loves to save money, I’m excited to tell you about this awesome tutorial that will show you how to make soy candles. And the best part? It’s perfect for beginners!
Making your … Read More...
Go Ahead And Say Awwwww: Baby Crown Crochet
Your heart just melted and you started making gooing and awwing sounds right? I know it’s a crochet blog. I know there is a crochet crown on that baby. I know the pattern is totally free BUT – forget all … Read More...