Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings shows two easy ways you can gather fabric on your serger
, and you don’t even need a fancy foot or special attachment to do it. Her first method just about blew my mind. It’s … Read More...
9 Ways to Craft With Hula Hoops
As crafters, we love to take ordinary objects and turn them into something extraordinary, and hula hoops are no exception. These once-cherished childhood toys have become a popular crafting material, thanks to their versatile shape and size.
From home decor … Read More...
Knit a Fortune Cookie for Chinese New Year and Beyond
I told you last week that it’s the Year of the Sheep in Chinese astrology, and to continue the celebration I wanted to share this tutorial for knitting fortune cookies.
Kristin of Studio Knit has a video tutorial as … Read More...
9 Ways to Decorate a Beautiful Room Around a TV
Most homes have at least 1 television in it, and not every home has the space to have a family room separate from the living room. If you share a main living space with your television, you may know how … Read More...
30 Unexpected Wedding Costs To Avoid
You are going to need to check this list out before you finalize your DIY wedding budget. Make sure you take the opportunity to learn from others’ mistakes. This list of 30, yes 30! Unexpected wedding costs could be the … Read More...
How to Handle a Copyright Infringement
Last week we watched Gwenn Share with us how she believes Copyright is for Scaredy cats and lot’s of you didn’t agree. That’s fair enough we are all entitled to our own opinion. So this brings us back to what … Read More...
Mega Magnesium Roundup
Magnesium
is trending faster than Christian grey’s sexy bedroom habits and believe it or not magnesium will help you in the bedroom too. Magnesium is great for insomnia as well as many many other things. Check out some of our … Read More...
Free Pattern – Squares Tote
Every time I hear the word Tote, my brain goes in to the tone of a 15 year old saying “I totes love that! I can’t help myself. So this Tote is TOTES cool and I TOTES love it!
For … Read More...
Free pattern: Mexican blouse for a baby girl
Christie from Lemon Squeezy Home shares a free pattern for making a Mexican style blouse for a baby girl. This is such a sweet style for little girl! And perfect for the spring weather that’s just around the corner. Made … Read More...
Magnetic Robot Art with Tin Cans
For this activity, you can use whatever you have lying around your house or classroom. Start out with a clean, dry tin can. Wrap a bit of duct tape – you can use silver or any color you like – … Read More...
Tip: Coloring Cat Stamps
The Stampendous stamps blog has a video tutorial showing you how to color a cat stamp so that it looks like your own cat (or a friends cat). Fran Seiford uses colored pencils and acrylic paints to color in the … Read More...
Free pattern: Spring Showers pillow cover
Stacey from Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy Crafts shares a free pattern for this Spring Showers pillow cover. We are currently in our 5th snow day out of the past 7 days, so the image of a spring shower is … Read More...
Tutorial: Sweatshirt Market Tote
Portia from Makery shows how you can make a sturdy market tote out of a sweatshirt. It takes just a few cuts and a few seams to make one. The sweatshirt material is a heavier weight fabric, and the way … Read More...
DIY Gold Foil Placemats
Amy at Delineate your Dwelling has come with another fantastic project! If you like gold (which is still extremely popular), you are going to want to give this easy gold foil technique a try!
Amy gave these burlap place mats … Read More...
10 Ways to Scrapbook Valentine’s Day
It’s been 10 days since Valentine’s Day, so I guess that means you are all getting your Valentine’s layouts scrapped right? No? Well here are 14 examples of Valentine’s Day scrapbooking layouts to give you some inspiration and a … Read More...
Make Big Hole Clay Beads
Joan Tayler explains her process for BFBs(big fat beads) in this useful step through. She uses grommets but all sorts of decorative eyelets work great for this as well and you can find them in the scrapbooking sections of … Read More...
Free pattern: Contour Feather quilt block
Paper piecing is the perfect technique for sewing feathers, especially when you are changing fabrics frequently. Anne, of Play Crafts, demonstrates this with her beautifully executed quilt block, Contour Feather. She shares on her blog a free-to-download pattern for … Read More...
37 Easter Egg ideas
This list does not disappoint! I want to make so many of the Easter egg ideas featured over at BuzzfeedLife. This idea for using Easter eggs to pack a lunch is so darling! A lot of the ideas are pretty, … Read More...
Tutorial: Apron from empty chip bags
Vicky of Inspire, Create, Upcycle transformed some empty crisp packets (chips in the U.S.) into this unique apron. To a quilter’s eye, it’s patchwork, specifically, a one-patch design. She shares on her blog how she made it, including how she … Read More...
Project: Baby Card
Know someone welcoming home a new little one? This owl card might just be perfect. Find directions for making it over on the Hampton Arts blog.
-Heather