Kim from Milkybeer shows how you can make a draft snake. It’s a long rice-filled pillow you can place at the bottom of a door to keep the drafts from sneaking in. There is a Velcro opening in one end … Read More...
Winter Indie Craft Sampler Box Review
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Back in the fall, I reviewed the September Indie Craft Sampler box here on the blog and today I’m lucky enough to have received the Winter sampler for a review as well. First, What is Indie Craft Sampler? Indie Craft … Read More... Tutorial | Gusseted Treat Pocket
This sweet gusseted pocket is a lovely way to share some sweet Valentine’s Day treats with a special friend. Lori from Choux Choux Paperarts gives very detailed instructions on how you can make them. Hybrid scrappers will love this: she … Read More...
Freebie | 50 Valentine’s Day Printables
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and if you’re looking for some festive and budget-friendly ways to spread the love, these free printables are the perfect solution. With 50 different designs to choose from, you’ll have plenty of options for adding … Read More...
Cutting Your Clay
Or, using die cutters with your clay. This isn’t so much a tutorial as a quick browse of people using polymer clay with their die cut tools to either engrave their clay or cut designs into their raw or cured … Read More...
DIY Garbage Disposal Cleaner
You would think your kitchen sink is relatively clean, considering the number of times per day you use it but how often are you running soap or detergent down it?
Check out our step-by-step DIY recipes to get your sink … Read More...
Mini Pepper Nachos with Corn, Black Beans and Avocado
Here is a healthy nacho for those of you that can keep up your resolution and need something to munch on at the football parties. I’m thinking this will be my alternative to the chips and dips this year for … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Iron-on vinyl kids apron
Amy from During Quiet Time shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make use iron-on vinyl to make an apron for a young child. The iron-on vinyl allows you to turn any cotton print into a … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap fabric binding
Heather from The Sewing Loft shows a fun use for your fabric scraps. She cut them into strips and made scrappy binding. The mix of color and pattern is a fun way to finish off the edges of a sewing … Read More...
Valentine’s Day Wool Work Sock Cards
Alex of “North Story” is married with 2 little girls and blogs out of Canada. Her dream is to buy an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere and fixing it up. Alex had a bunch of old work socks … Read More...
Cheesy Ground Beef and Potato Casserole
With the long, cold and sometimes it’s too cold, winters, I tend to rely on comfort foods to chase my winter blues away. This sounds like a good dish to chase those blues away. I’m thinking I will try it … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make fabric yo-yos without a plastic gadget
Before I give you this link, let me tell you that I love my plastic yo-yo maker gadgets. They’re easy to use and they satisfy my OCD need for uniformity. But the fact is, you don’t NEED a special gadget … Read More...
Project Notebook: Maedwe Shawl
Right before Christmas I participated in a really fun, spontaneous act of giving. Using the hashtag #getyouryarnwishesgranted, knitters requested yarns they’d like to play with and went about fulfilling other people’s wishes, too.
One of the yarns I wished for … Read More...
Strawberry, Banana, and Nutella Pancake Kabobs
It’s certainly not good for my weight loss efforts, but I confess that I have a bit of an obsession with all things Nutella. These yummy Nutella pancake kabobs look like the perfect thing to serve the morning after a … Read More...
Steak and Cheese Stuffed Pretzel Bites
Are you watching football this weekend? My team is out of it already, but that won’t stop me from watching football. Since I started writing these posts, I was told that we need to try some of the new recipes … Read More...
25 cute scrap fabric projects
The project that really caught my eye in this collection of 25 scrap fabric projects that was compiled at the blog Flamingo Toes is the tiny trailer pin cushion that includes the type “off you sew”. I will be making … Read More...
Tutorial: Hooded faux fur vest
Autumn from It’s Always Autumn made this hooded faux fur vest for her daughter. She shares a tutorial showing how. You can make a pattern by tracing around a hooded sweatshirt that fits your child. The vest is not lined, … Read More...
Great Ideas To Help Organize Your Home
I have this weakness for liking things to be organized. Ok, well maybe it’s not so much a weakness as much as it is a touch of OCD, but admitting the problem is the first step, right? Well, after stumbling … Read More...
Still Haven’t Tried Arm Knitting? Check out This Video Tutorial
I would have thought that the excitement about arm knitting would have calmed down by now, but I still get questions about it from people all the time.
So does blogger Crafty Gemini, so she decided to do a video … Read More...
DIY – Multi Finger Ring
This multi finger ring is created by gluing the two rings together. But what I like most about this tutorial is the use of Plasticine or clay to keep the ring steady whilst you work on it. I don’t know … Read More...