If you think every party is better with a touch of glitter, you’ll love this roundup of sparkly New Year’s Eve party ideas from The 36th Avenue. There are glittered candles, vases, silverware, and more to create a festive party … Read More...
DIY Felt Embroided Necklaces
This tutorial started out as a Breast Cancer Pink October awareness campaign, however I love the contrasting colors and vivid pink felt. These would be perfect project for teens or tweens who know basic stitches. Create a tutorial and create … Read More...
Free Cross Stitch – Singing tree
This little fellow is sure to make you smile. Especially when we tell you that the tutorial is free. Do you still have time to stitch this up? Quick don’t just sit there get to it.
Free Pattern can be … Read More...
Style Me Quick – NYE Clutch Knockoff
If your New Years Eve party is going to be rocking but you are totally out of cash after that little thing called Christmas , Then this is the DIY for you. This little clutch is a Alexander Mcqueen Knockoff … Read More...
Free Crochet Pattern – Shopping Bag
I am not sure what looks better, the veggies, the fruit, the bread or the bag. This bag is perfect for gift giving as well as personal use. It scrunches up small so can fit into a hand bag or … Read More...
Tutorial: Wallpaper sample Christmas stockings
Cintia from My Poppet shows how you can make these fun Christmas stockings from upcycled wallpaper samples. The heavier paper will stand up to the stitching on your machine. You can use them as fun gift packaging, even sewing them … Read More...
Project: Altered Calendar House
I love altered projects, turning something that is outdated or unused and turning it into something fabulous like this calendar house from Astrid’s Artistic Efforts. She totally transformed this wooden calendar with paints, crackle medium, stencils, embellishments and more. Visit … Read More...
Etsy Shop Feature- DogAndButton
Today I wanted to feature the etsy shop DogAndButton by Heather Chalkley. Heather lives in the UK and makes gorgeous embroidered buttons, brooches and angels. I specifically wanted to feature her handmade folk angels because they are so beautiful and … Read More...
Wearing Blue On Your Wedding Day
Wearing something blue on your wedding day is not just an old wives tale saying. It actually dates back to English traditions and beliefs on bringing the bride good luck. Those traditions are sometimes still carried on today, but in … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled mantel cover
Becky from U create shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs showing how you can make a ruffled mantel cover. The fabric cover sits over your mantel, with two rows of ruffles hanging down in front. It’ll frame your mantel … Read More...
Top 5 Christmas Posts This Week on Scrapbooking
It was all about Christmas this week! Gift ideas, photography, free printables and more. In case you missed any, here are the five most popular posts from the last week. Looking for Christmas papers, stickers and Embellishments?
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Tutorial: Rainbow Mini Quilt 3
This is some strip happy patchwork created by Tonya of The Crafty Mummy who shares on her blog how to make it. Number 3 in her Rainbow mini quilt series, this project sews up fast making it the perfect choice … Read More...
Tutorial: Selvedge and Zipper bookmark
Susie of Susie’s Sunroom shares on her blog this fabulous quick and easy project that is as cute as it is clever. Susie has this to say about her bookmark with zipper for a tail:
… Read More...A fast and fun way
Photographing Glass from cmog.org
Anyone who works in glass knows that photographing it can be rather difficult. Over at Corning Studio they have an article on how to set yourself up to photograph your glass. The set up looks fairly easy to deal with … Read More...
Elsa and Frozen Christmas craft
At Halloween virtually every little girl was dressed as Elsa and it occurred to me I bet Christmas would be a good time to craft up some Frozen and Elsa decorations. I found this collection at the blog Sunshine and … Read More...
Tutorial: 30-minute table runner
I rarely notice that my home décor is… lacking until I’m getting ready to have people into my house. And then, during that mad dash to clean up the mess, I don’t have time to make any fabulous decorating items. … Read More...
One More Quick Little Holiday Pattern
I hope you’re done with your Christmas knitting by now, but if you want to add one more cute little thing to work on this weekend, check out this lovely little elf from Spud & Chole. (Hat tip to Love … Read More...
Learn + Craft for Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, and Kwanzaa
I think this is a really interesting post by Stephanie from Swoodson Says. Stephanie rounded up some holiday crafts for Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, & Kwanzaa along with an overview of what each holiday is all about! I admittedly don’t know … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage Tablecloth Hot Pads
Ashlee from My So Called Crafty Life used fabric from a vintage tablecloth to make the cutest hot pads. She shares a tutorial showing how you can make this easy project. You won’t need big pieces of fabric (just 9″ … Read More...
Dairy-free Holiday Cookies
Here are a few more dairy-free cookies for the holidays and throughout the year. Time management is definitely going to be my New Year’s Resolution besides trying to be more creative in the kitchen. I have all these great recipes … Read More...