It’s the Summertime and if you have kids in your home you know that these warm Summer days usually come along with eating popsicles. This great DIY is a nice way to reuse those popsicle sticks and/or some fresh new … Read More...
Free pattern: A Tisket, A Tasket Quilt
Cool fresh colors against a white ground make this quilt shine. Download the free pattern, and you get instructions for three sizes – Table Runner, Crib, and Lap. This is offered as part of Fat Quarter Shop’s Classic and Vintage … Read More...
DIY No-Sew Rope Coil Basket
Sara from Alice and Lois shared this basket on her blog and I love it! It’s a handmade rope basket that doesn’t involve any sewing! I’ve seen some before, but they always used a sewing machine to stitch the rope … Read More...
Free pattern: Sewing machine sewing machine
Maria from Deshilachado created this adorable little sewing machine softie. The knobs are made from buttons, and there’s even a little piece of fabric being sewn. But my favorite part is the way she used a straight pin to make … Read More...
Video | Organize Your Project Life Page Protectors
If you do Project Life or any other form of pocket scrapbooking, you probably have quite the collection of different sizes and styles of plastic page protectors. Terri from Create Scrapbooks shares her system for keeping track of her protectors … Read More...
Watch Brad Pearson Makes Silver Glass Shards
I found this video on Pinterest of Brad Pearson making silver glass chards that can be used for decorating other glass projects. In the video he’s using COE 104 glass, but you could do it with COE90 or 96 too. … Read More...
Ice Cream Cone Puppies
After you make this cute ice cream cone puppy, the kids may never want to eat a plain ice cream cone again. All you need is some additional treats such as Nutter Butter Cookies, candies, Nilla Wafers, Candy eyes and … Read More...
Tutorial: Kids’ drawstring backpack
Stef from Girl. Inspired. shares a tutorial for making a kid-sized backpack to carry to the beach or, in a couple of months, to school. You could also size it up for bigger kids to carry. Her method uses double-sided … Read More...
Girl & Boy FABRIC DOLLS (pattern pieces included)
When my daughter was about five years old and we were up in Maine and I found a pattern for a large doll with movable arm’s and every strand of hair was put in by hand. I ended up making … Read More...
A Peek at Some Super-Sweet Knits from Instagram
Are you on Instagram? This visual social media site is full of knitters (just search the hashtag #knittersofinstagram to find some) and yarn shops showing off some beautiful stuff.
You can find me there, by the way, as Our Daily … Read More...
How to make vintage book page bookmarks
Are you looking for ideas on what to make with your vintage book pages like me? Well, these bookmarks are fun, slightly ironic, and educational. The idea of making bookmarks out of recycled book pages is simply brilliant as far … Read More...
Strawberry Ice Cream – Dairy Free Vegan or Regular
Fresh picked strawberries are the best! I love making strawberry shortcakes and just eating them as you pick! Here is a strawberry ice cream recipe that can be made vegan or regular. All you have to do is change out … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Easy bandana baby bib
Trina from Will Cook for Shoes guest blogs at Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio with a tutorial showing how you can make the cutest bandana baby bibs. Baby Bibdanas. They’re super easy to make, with simple straight seams and … Read More...
Red, White and Blue Melting Cake
This cake will take center of admiration at your 4th of July party. First they will being excited for the decoration of the melting on the cake. When it is time to cut the cake open, you will be the … Read More...
Giveaway: Win Professional Photos for Your Party!
Photographer Central is the most comprehensive directory for finding and hiring professional photographers. It’s simple to use and you can find a photographer for any event in your life including kids or adult parties! Their site is designed to make … Read More...
Baby Sized Mermaid Pattern
I don’t know what is cuter. The baby or the pattern?
Admittedly, this is an old pattern, but I couldn’t find any for little baby sized ones. So I searched and found this one and hey, it’s free!
And it … Read More...
How to Make a Tree Stump Mold
This tutorial shows you how to take everyday items from nature and turn them into amazing molds. The tutorial comes with a video guide and all the product information you will need to get started. These molds could be used … Read More...
Video Tutorial – Basic Ribbon Rose With Stem
So some of you newbies to Ribbon Embroidery were asking for the Basic Rose Tutorial. Well we found this great video tutorial to help get you addicted started. The tutorial is filled with little hints and tips so make sure … Read More...
Free pattern – Tribal Moccosan
Oh My Gosh, I am so excited to share these with you. They are adorable and perfect as house slippers.
Add some rubber to the sole and I am sure you could wear these outside the house with minimal objections … Read More...
Projects: 2 Matching Cards with 2 Matching Tags
The Scraps of Life blog has not one but four projects to share using pattern papers from Graphics 45. You’ll find complete directions for making 2 very detailed cards, an easel card and a shutter fold card as well as … Read More...