Looking for a way to save money on your wedding plans? Making your own decorations can save you quite a bit, and save you the hassle of trying to find someone to rent from. These 7 ideas a great for … Read More...
Tutorial: Leather and tweed travel wallet
Mike from The Crafty Gentleman shows how you can make a travel document holder in leather and tweed. The large wallet will keep your travel tickets, passport, cash passport, tickets organized so its always easy to find what you need. … Read More...
How Do You Balance it All?
Megan Ross from The Artcademy sent in a link to their latest “Artcademy Answers” post. I share a lot of the Artcademy’s posts because they are such a great resource for Indie Artists.
Here’s what she says about this weeks … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Envelope Liners
Did you know that April is Letter Writing Month? Me neither! Thanks to for letting me in on that information. We still have 9 days left to send out some snail mail, and we can do it in style with … Read More...
Article | Printing Blog Posts For Your Scrapbook
Christina Elyse explains why she started to print out blog posts to include in her Project Life Albums. She does a loose version of Project Life (an idea I LOVE) and decided to make the blog posts a more tangible … Read More...
How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers
Get the instructions for making three types of paper flowers from tissue paper, and have beautiful blooms whenever you want! This gorgeous bouquet will be absolutely lovely for a Mother’s Day brunch or luncheon, and they will last much longer … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux Chevron / Staggered Blend Cane
The tutorial refers to this as a faux chevron cane but when I do a similar pattern I call it a staggered blend – and I stagger the blend so the end appearance is similar but the method quite different … Read More...
Technique: Water Color with Markers over Heat Embossed Stamping
The Ellen Hudson Classroom blog has a video tutorial that will show you some water color and blending techniques using markers over heat embossed stamped images. This gives such a wonderful dreamy soft look! Click here to check it out.… Read More...
Tutorial: Pillow cover with an invisible zipper
Sometimes some new throw pillows are all you need to change the look of a room. Melissa from Polkadot Chair shares a tutorial showing how you can make a throw pillow cover with an invisible zipper. A simple square pillow … Read More...
5 Foods to Avoid Eating at the Office
I am not sure what your feelings are about the food babe, but this list of foods to avoid at the office resonated with me.
I sort of knew that Donuts would be on the list, but microwave popcorn
s?… Read More...
15 free felt food sewing patterns
Alea Milham, the founder and editor of “Premeditated Leftovers” means living life intentionally and economizing where we can. Get ready for those long summer days when kids get bored and want something new and fun to play with. These felt … Read More...
How to make book art by folding the pages
I have seen quite a “number” pun intended 🙂 of book art pieces made from folding the pages of books to form images but today not only do I have a cool photo of a set of numbers there is … Read More...
Video tutorial: Fabulous fabric beads
I cannot get over how fabulous these fabric beads are! Alma Stoller shares a video tutorial showing how you can make some of your own. Each one is unique. You can make them with simple materials (including knit fabric upcycled … Read More...
Get This Summer Cardigan Pattern for Free Through June 15, 2015
If you’re looking for a great little cardigan for spring, check out the Wispy Willow Cardigan from Cheryl Beckerich.
This top-down, short-sleeved raglan features five lace panels (one one each of the fronts, one down each of the sleeves and … Read More...
DIY Projects To Use Up Your Saved Wine Corks
Have you been saving your wine corks for a fun craft project, but are still searching around for the perfect idea? This post shows some very cute and very original ideas you can make with used wine corks. You may … Read More...
Tutorial: Two-toned knotted knit headband
Hanna from Pearls & Scissors shows how you can make a two-tone knotted headband out of a couple of old t-shirts. You could also use scraps of knit fabric if you have any left over from earlier projects. It’s a … Read More...
Leather Belt To Glamourous Necklace
Combine a Leather Belt and chains to create this mixed medium necklace. The leather makes it chunky whilst the beads make it dainty. If you’re undecided about your look then this necklace is for you. Leather belts can be recycled … Read More...
Free Chart – One Direction
I know there are a few broken hearts out there due to the fact that Zayne will be leaving One Direction for a totally new direction. Before it’s too late Cross-stitch them “together” for eternity with this free One Direction … Read More...
Free Pattern – Elephant Beanie
How handsome is your little guy (or gal) going to look in this little knitted beanie.
The Elephants are cute and give this hat a real down to earth hippy finish. Pair it with some harem pants and you will … Read More...
Freebies: Seed Pack Card
The Power Poppy stamps blog is sharing several freebies for making this pretty seed packet shaped card. You can download a Silhouette seed packet shaped file for the base of the card as well as digital stamps for the front … Read More...