Irene from SergerPepper.com shares a free pattern at Sew McCool for making a child’s crossover shrug, or cache coeur. The long-sleeved wrap shrug layers easily over a t-shirt to add an extra bit of warmth on a cold day. You … Read More...
Simple DIY Thanksgiving Place Mat
If you don’t think you have enough time to come up with some creative Thanksgiving table decorations, you would be mistaken! Check out these simple DIY place mats shared by Merrilee on her Mer Mag Blog. She explains how she … Read More...
Red & Green : Christmas Wedding Ideas
Do you have a wedding planned in the next few weeks, and are maybe planning to use the colors of the season as your wedding colors? Take a look at this post from Emmaline Bride and see some of their … Read More...
Mega List of Last Minute Thanksgiving Printables & Ideas
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and this is the time to make sure that all the small details are attended to before the big rush! In this post I have curated a number of Thanksgiving ideas, most of them free … Read More...
Host a Perfect Cookie Exchange
If you love Christmas cookies, but aren’t fond of spending hours in the kitchen, a cookie exchange is a great way to get an assortment of treats for your family while catching up with old friends. Sun Scholars has compiled … Read More...
Crockpot Beer Cheese Soup – Free recipe
Here is something heartier than sandwiches and appetizers for your next football party or just anytime you need a warm meal. Especially, after a day of shoveling snow. Which apparently, I get to do on Thanksgiving morning. I won’t complain … Read More...
Tutorial: Self binding fabric napkins
Becky from Patchwork Posse shows how you can make fabric napkins using a self binding method. They’re made from two layers of fabric, with the back fabric larger and wrapping over the edge of the front fabric and creating pretty … Read More...
Tutorial: Ugly up your Christmas sweater
With Ugly Christmas Sweaters parties becoming more popular, it’s actually getting difficult to find a really good Ugly Christmas Sweater. Come late November, they start flying off the racks at thrift stores. So what’s to do? You can DIY one! … Read More...
How to make a recycled tin can gift container
This is a really great way to construct a gift container that would work with just about any 2 containers and a piece of cardboard. Pop on over to the blog Pan, Amore a Creativita for the easy tutorial on … Read More...
Tutorial: Winter scarf camera strap
Beth from The Renegade Seamstress shares a tutorial at eHow showing how you can make a cute camera strap from a winter scarf. Her tutorial shows how to make a complete camera strap – including what hardware is needed and … Read More...
Review: RE:MARKS Custom Stamp
If your looking for a personalized way to add your name to the back of your hand made cards, wanting a trendy address stamp for envelopes, needing a label for home baked goodies or want to add your own monogram … Read More...
Fall Flavored Smoothies
Sometimes I just don’t feel like eating! A smoothie gives me the fuel I need to help me get to the next meal and prevents me from snacking on all the wrong things. Very easy during the holidays.
Here are … Read More...
Winner Winner!
A big huge thank you to everyone who entered the contest. I loved hearing about your favorite Christmas memory. It was so wonderful to see that our families mean so much to us and spending time with them is so … Read More...
Tutorial: Christmas tree tea towel
Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shows how you can make this Christmas tree tea towel. She uses her favorite toweling fabric (link in her post) to make the tea towel, but you could also start with a purchased plain … Read More...
Printable Thanksgiving Play Dough Mats
Download and print out one of more of these fun play dough
mats that feature Thanksgiving designs. Your child will have a ton of fun making multicolored clay feathers for a turkey, adding a variety of kernels to ears of … Read More...
8 Crafts For The Kids To Make On Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day can be hard for not only those in charge of the cooking, but for the kids as well. They get hungry, they can smell all of the food cooking, and all they want to do is eat or … Read More...
Check out the New Holla Knits Accessories Collection
Speaking of warm things to knit, I recently came across the latest installment of Holla Knits Accessories. This collection includes eight patterns: three hats (one is fair isle crochet, which is super cool), two cowls, two pairs of mitts … Read More...
Fort Ideas To Keep Your Kids Happy Indoors
Thanks to the changing temperatures, it’s getting to be that time of the year when the kids can’t spend quite as much time outdoors. To help pass the time indoors, we, as parents, are faced with the task of coming … Read More...
Free pattern: Chloe Dress for 18″ dolls
Rachael from Imagine Gnats shares a free pattern for her Chloe Dress for 18″ dolls. This is a basic short sleeve dress with a gathered skirt. You can make it up in different types of fabrics to get a range … Read More...
Solder Like a Pro with these great tips
Whether you are just starting out or an old dog in need of some new tricks you should have a read of this article. I haven’t soldered since making lead light wind chimes over 10 years ago, this article kinda … Read More...