This is a great activity you can make to use for President’s Day and beyond. Follow along with Mary Catherine’s directions posted on Fun-A-Day and learn how to make this simple sorting chart will will teach kids much more than … Read More...
7 Ways To Dress Up Your Drink Glasses
Are you looking for a way to dress up your cheap glass stemware
for the next party? These 7 ideas can add a little color and decor for your party theme. They are all very cute, but very easy to … Read More...
Free pattern: Sock sheep
Joanne from Craft Passion shares a free pattern for making the sweetest sock sheep! The pattern comes in two versions – an upright sheep and one that lies down. A chenille sock will give you a furry fleece body, with … Read More...
Tutorial: Colorful felt tassel
Amy from Bead Bash shows how you can make this colorful felt tassel. If you don’t have the felt you need, you could also use thin strips of knit fabric – though you’d need to use more strips of knit … Read More...
DIY Simple Striped Spring Vases
Aren’t these striped vases super neat? Would you believe the were paint with a record player??
Mark Montano used an old record player to paint colorful stripes on thrift store glass vases. How cool is that? Even if you don’t … Read More...
3 Ideas to Celebrate Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year falls on February 19th this year, and if you want to celebrate or document the holiday here are three quick and simple ideas you can use. The first comes from Hattifant, and is this delightful fold out … Read More...
Thai Green Curry
Do you like spicy foods. I don’t like it too spicy. This curry can be made as spicy as you like. I will probably skip the Thai peppers, since the curry is spicy. This is a great meal to warm … Read More...
Chilled Thai Noodles
I must be craving Thai food, because the next two articles being posted is all about the Thai. I like that I can make this one today for tomorrow, while the other one is cooking in the crock pot. Plus, … Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered tulle tutu
Delia from Delia Creates shows how you can make an adorable gathered tutu. The poofy tulle skirts are soo cute on little girls!! Unlike a knotted tutu made from strips of tulle knotted around an elastic waistband, this gathered tutu … Read More...
Tutorial: Printing PDF patterns at a copy shop
I don’t necessarily mind printing & assembling a PDF pattern at my house, but there are many sewists who do not enjoy this task. For those people, many PDF patterns also offer a copy shop version of the file. This … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat DIY
I was searching the Internet on how to make a felt leprechaun hat and I ended up on YouTube where they have a variety of ways to make your hats. The one pictured is my favorite and it is all … Read More...
Tutorial: Upcycled t-shirt kaftan dress
Cindy from Upcycled Design Lab shows how you can create this kaftan dress out of a stack of old t-shirts. The bodice is color blocked from the tops of two t-shirts, and the skirt is a patchwork you can make … Read More...
QAL block two – Sewing machine
Melissa of Happy Quilting shares her “make” for month two of the fat quarterShop’s Snapshots Quilt-Along (QAL). Though the patterns are offered up as a free download, the research done by St. Jude’s is not. They are asking … Read More...
10 Quinoa Recipes
Quinoa
has been around for many, many years, but has recently come back on the “popular market” with the increased awareness of gluten intolerance.
Did you know that quinoa is actually a seed from a plant related to the spinach … Read More...
Make your own Vinaigrette Dressing
How is your Sunday morning everyone? Good? Hope you have had a great weekend already!
Are you already thinking about tonights dinner? I was too, as I cook dinner at home mostly on the weekends. I wanted to make a … Read More...
Entryway Bench Ideas
If your home lacks an entryway or even a mudroom, then getting an entryway bench may be a good option for you. It gives you a great place to keep all of those stray shoes that pile up by the … Read More...
5 DIY Knot Bracelets
If you know how to tie a square knot then you are able to complete these 5 different variations. I love the studded one actually and it would be a great bracelet for boy’s too. You know how boys want … Read More...
Are you eating healthy food all wrong?
I know I must be eating my salads all wrong, because the scales tell quite a different story. Every morning I start my diet and every afternoon I crash, get tired and eat whatever like a raccoon in a camp … Read More...
Free Pattern – Rainbow Flowers
Everyone enjoys a nice flower pattern and this one is stunning. The finished piece looks like a thick and full flower with petals of assorted colors. They are bright and textured making them great for young kids too. Here is … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Make an apron from a button-down shirt
This cute apron is actually made from a button-down shirt. Beth from The Renegade Seamstress shares a tutorial at eHow showing how to make one. The shirt becomes the skirt of the apron (see the buttons? How cute!), with contrast … Read More...