Looking for sweet and simple teacher’s gifts? Here’s a neat idea from The Casual Craftlete and The Crafting Chicks. They show you how to cover pencils with patterned paper, and gift them in a coordinating pencil tin. The circle gift … Read More...
Tutorial | Embroider a Scrapbook Background
The Paper Curator shows how simple it is to add a custom touch to a scrapbook page with an embroidered background. First you sketch your desired pattern, in her case diamonds, then punch holes, and finally stitch it up! Such … Read More...
Free Mother’s Day Manners Printable
If your Mother’s Day plans include hosting any sort of brunch or picnic, jazz up your silverware holders with this cute “Mom Manners” printable from Shaken Together. With classic bits of Mom wisdom like “Use your inside voice” and … Read More...
Mini Quilt Monday kickoff + giveaway
News. Darcy of Modern Cozy is giving away this bright and beautiful mini quilt. And, entering is easy. Just visit her Mini Quilt Monday announcement post and share a link to it through social media. Then leave her a comment … Read More...
Mother’s day Easy Tote Bag DIY
Better Homes and Gardens has an awesome “Easy Tote Bags” that even the littlest members of your family will be able to help make for mom. It is a fun and simple tote bag it takes just four steps to … Read More...
Project: Stamped Domino Key Chain
Stamp some funky images on dominoes for a fun key chain. That’s Blogging Crafty has all the details.
-Heather
Tutorial: Angled color block tote
Marni from Haberdashery Fun shares a tutorial at Sew Mama Sew showing how you can make this angled color block tote. The asymmetrical color blocking from solids gives it modern styling. It’s a versatile bag, good for errand running or … Read More...
How to make recycled plastic bottle twists
Aren’t these pretty? I can’t wait to try this tutorial on how to make recycled plastic bottle twists featured at WikiHow. I bet they would look so cool in a vase? Or maybe make chandelier dangles? Hmmmm so many possibilities. … Read More...
How to make a pretty beaded key organizer
It is a great idea to make the items that need to stay out and easily accessible pretty. I love this idea for using beads to hang all the keys you need. Pop on over to the blog Johannarundel, My … Read More...
Stitch for the Stocking and a Chance to Win $5,000
You might remember last year when I told you about the effort at Yarnspirations to knit the world’s largest Christmas stocking — which is really individual squares measuring 3 feet across — in support of the Children of Fallen Patriots … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled oven mitts
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...