Sew4Home shares a tutorial for making these scrap friendly ruffled oven mitts. The quilted oven mitts have a ruffle trimmed pocket for your hand. You can hang it on a hook using the grommet tab. It’s a fun project for … Read More...
9 Recipes To Make Your Own Cosmetics
Making your own cosmetics at home can be a fun and rewarding experience. Not only do you have complete control over the ingredients, but it can also be a cost-effective way to maintain your beauty regimen. Many store-bought cosmetics contain … Read More...
Brilliant Ways You Can Reuse An Old Wine Barrel
We are all looking for a way to save some money in decorating and furnishing our homes, and with a little creativity and an open mind, it’s now more possible than ever to do so. Upcycling items can be very … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a cropped halter top from an old t-shirt
Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how you can refashion a t-shirt into this summer-ready cropped halter. The cropped halter gives a fresh new look to a boxy tee that has cool graphics but no shaping. If you don’t already … Read More...
7 Ways To Get Rid Of Dark Eye Circles
Dark circles are one of those beauty things that keeps coming up again and again. There is so many different ideas on how to get rid of them and even how they got there in the first place. This article … Read More...
Giveaway: Huge Huggable Mochimochi
Congratulations to Anne!
Sometimes I get jealous of crocheters because it’s seemingly so much easier to make dolls and characters and food and all sorts of really interesting creations out of crochet than it is out of knitting. Maybe that’s … Read More...
A Suit You Can Surf In
Aimed at a very niche (and rich) market of people who go straight to the office after a surf (and office to surf) and can’t be bothered to change their clothes, QuikSilver has introduced the True WetSuit.
This is as … Read More...
Counting Hands Math Activity
If you plan on working on math skills with the kids, I suggest checking out these counting hands created by Deirdre, from JDaniel4’s Mom. You can use these to help show kids how to count on their fingers, along with … Read More...
Tip: Using Sequins on Your Cards
Sequins are a really trendy embellishment in paper crafting right now. The Some Odd Girl stamps blog has three ways to add sequins to your stamped cards, use them randomly, in a shaker card or behind die cut out shapes … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage sewing basket liner
Mary Beth from RetroMonkeys shares a vintage project at the Pattern Patter blog for making a sewing basket liner. The liner turns a covered basket into a vintage style sewing basket. It has pockets all the way around to organize … Read More...
Tutorial: 15-minute binkie clip
A binkie (or pacifier) clip make is a great gift for a new parent. One end attaches to a pacifier, and the other to baby’s shirt to keep a dropped pacifier from getting germy on the ground or – worse … Read More...
Fun Tea Towels Dyed with Rit!
Does anyone else agree that plain white towels are BORING? Annette from Fiber Artsy shares how she used rit dye to add a bit of color and style to her towels and now I want to do some of mine … Read More...
Freebie | Mother’s Day Gift Tags
Top off your Mother’s Day gifts with free printable gift cards from A Joyful Riot. You can get them in three different designs, and they come with embellishment tags too. Print the PDF on cardstock and cut out, and you’re … Read More...
Tutorial | Garden Seed Envelope Gift
Give flower seeds in handmade envelopes! This is a super sweet idea for sending a thoughtful gift to a gardener friend, or someone who wants to try out gardening. Heather shares how to make these seed envelopes using an original … Read More...
Tutorial | Cupcake Holder Flowers
Michelle from Elegance and Enchantment shares how she made these delightful peony flowers from cupcake holders and Styrofoam spheres . She followed instructions that she found at Lia Griffith, and made the flowers for her monthly creative challenge. Michelle shares … Read More...
DIY Clay Yarn Bowl
I was looking for gift ideas for Mother’s Day crafts and stumbled across something else on my list – yarn bowls. I’ve made yarn bowls from ceramic a few times, with varying degrees of success, but it’s hard. I’m a … Read More...
Awesome Green Arrow Hoodie and Costume
Hopefully, by now, you have heard the story of how Danielle Taylor turned her school prom’s “Sweet Dreams” theme into something a little more heroic by designing her prom outfit after the superhero Arrow. Her awesome comment on learning about … Read More...
Nutella-Banana Muffin
I’m not a big breakfast kind of girl, so this muffin would be acceptable as breakfast on Mother’s Day. This would be a great breakfast during the week or even a snack after school. I could even see eating them … Read More...
7 Stamped Gift Ideas That Would Be Great For Mother’s Day
There are only 2 weeks until Mother’s Day and if you are still searching for a great gift to give to that special mother in you life, then take a look at this list of 7 great gift ideas. Handmade … Read More...
Backyard DIY Projects You Can Make In One Day
Have you been looking for a great DIY project that you can make for your yard, but don’t have a lot of time to invest in making the project? This post gives you some amazing ideas for DIY backyard projects … Read More...