These Easter chick bean bags are perfect for Easter games or infant gifts. They are fun to make and even more fun to play with.
Easter is such a wonderful time for crafting, and these adorable crochet Easter chick bean … Read More...
Freebie: St. Patrick’s Day Dog Digital Stamp
Make an adorable card for St. Patrick’s Day with this cute digital dog stamp, it’s free to download from Dearie Dolls, click here.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to … Read More...
How to Make an Addition Machine
No magic is required to make one of these amazing addition machines. You simply need to take a stroll down the isles at your local home improvement or hardware store. That is what Laura, from Differentiation Station Creations, did when … Read More...
Inspiration Saturdays | Week 1
Hello scrappers and crafters! Ready for a new series? Every Saturday I’ll be posting an inspiration piece, accompanied by a layout I made drawing inspiration from that image. I’ll be pulling these from a series I did on my personal … Read More...
Tutorial: Serger cover
Your sewing machine may have a cover to protect it from the dust, but does your serger? Stephanie from Swoodson Says shares a tutorial for making a serger cover. Her dimensions will make a cover for a Brother 1034 serger, … Read More...
Free pattern: Baby girl peplum top
Abby from Sew Much Ado shares a free pattern for her baby girls peplum top. It’s a baby girl version of her Pretty in Peplum Dress & Top Pattern, which is in girls sizes 18 months -12 years and … Read More...
Pallet Housing that Survived a Cyclone
A prototype Pallet home, that was originally designed as a glorious, cheap, and fast student accommodation, has survived a devastating Cyclone that recently hit parts of Australia.
The Pallet home project, called “The Shelter Project” was designed by three students … Read More...
Make Miniature Bacon
Let’s jump right on the bacon bandwagon here – a video tutorial with the bacon portion of a tiny breakfast plate ring. Check Candi Ware’s channel for the rest of the parts and other goodies.
Sewing Tutorial: Clothespin Peg bag
I have a thing for patchwork, so this is the perfect clothespin bag for me. Debbie of Sewing with Rascal not only made this, but she shared a tutorial/recipe for it at Moda Bake Shop. She explains her reason for choosing this particular project.… Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
We don’t do a lot for St. Patrick’s Day, but in case you do and looking for some new recipes, this page will help you for meal and dessert ideas. If you are looking for recipes with the color green, … Read More...
How to make beautiful antique silver eggs (with a kitchen supply!)
I nearly dropped my computer when I read what the supply was that you use to make these beautiful antique Easter eggs. This technique would be great for any surface that you want to antique. Pop on over to the … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy fabric tassels, no sewing required
Jennifer Heynen shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make these colorful tassels out of your scrap fabrics. If you fuse your strips together, it’s a no-sew project. But even if you sew them, it’s a … Read More...
Free pattern: Bias trimmed fabric baby shoes
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern for making a pair of soft fabric baby shoes. I love the design of these shoes! They’ve got simple lines, accented with bias trim. The ties are an easy closure that … Read More...
Mixed-media Art Ideas, Techniques & Projects to Download for Free
For terrific free e-books get over to cloth paper scissors and download the one that appeals to you or all of them; there are 18 books for us. These books are on all types of Mixed-media projects. They have one … Read More...
This Simple Color-Blocked Scarf is Perfect for Beginners
I’m a big fan of quick and easy knitting patterns. Even though I can do more intricate things, and every now and then a design that really requires my attention is something I want, my lifestyle is such that things … Read More...
Can you relate to these sewing emotions?
Here’s a sewing-related Friday funny for you. Susan from Crafterhours shows the wide range of emotions we can feel while sewing, from triumph to frustration to horror at finding your sewing scissors (gasp!) used on paper. She nails them all … Read More...
Has Etsy lost its Indie Cred?
Once a darling of the indie craft movement, Etsy is now struggling to identify itself with the crafters who made it successful.
Rampant fake “handmade” goods, an inability to weed out resellers and a homogenization of indie crafts is making … Read More...
Tutorial: Foldover clutch with a removable shoulder strap
Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how you can make a foldover clutch with a removable strap. This is a great little bag! It’s a variation of the Simple DIY Foldover Clutch tutorial by Flamingo Toes, adding in a removable strap … Read More...
How To Rock Cheap Plastic Beads
My daughter is always getting craft kits as gifts, which is fine except we do so much craft anyways that sitting down to do an actual kit is kind of redundant on her. She is also a lazy crafter and … Read More...
20 Unexpected Uses For Makeup
I bet you never thought of rubbing deodorant onto your T-Zone before did you? How about using your flat iron to iron out wrinkles in your blouse? Using a lip brush to apply Mascara? Some of the 20 things are … Read More...