Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can make a standard bed pillowcase. But from a fun fabric, these bed pillow cases are nothing but standard! She uses a French seam finish so there are no raw … Read More...
DIY Styrofoam Marquee Letters
Making your own customized marquee letters just got that much easier and affordable thanks to this great tutorial from Tatertots and Jell-o. With just a few simple craft materials, you can put together a fun and unique décor piece for … Read More...
Make Homemade Butter In A Mason Jar
How do you keep the kids entertained and still allow them to help with the holiday meal or any meal? You have them make butter!
All it takes is some heavy cream, a jar and whole lotta shaking going on. … Read More...
DIY Yarn Friendship Bracelets
Any day now the kids are going to come to you with a request to buy a gift for a friend at school. Before you know it your buying gifts for 23 little adorable’s with whom 3 of them you … Read More...
Short Thin Hair Bun – Totally Achievable
If you have thin, short baby hair then you probably have been overly irritated by the thick high buns that have been rocking the streets of late. I have thick hair so I don’t share your pain, sorry. But buns … Read More...
Free Pattern – Nativty Set
This Crochet nativity set is totally adorable! I know quite a few little ones who would love to role play and pretend play with these little fellows and Mary of course. The free pattern and tutorial can be found over … Read More...
Project: Round Fall Card
Layer up some delicate die cut cardstock circles and add a little stamped pumpkin in the center for a beautiful Thanksgiving fall card. I love shaped cards like this that are not just a traditional rectangle or square. The Spellbinders… Read More...
Free pattern: Chloe Cardi and Tee for 18″ Dolls
Rachael from Imagine Gnats shares a free pattern for making a cardigan and t-shirt set for 18″ dolls. She names this pattern the Chloe Cardi and Tee, after her daughter’s doll. Her pattern simplifies construction with the front and back … Read More...
Knit Cuties for the Little Ones on Your List
I’ve been knitting a lot for my daughter lately. I think it’s to make up for the year I was working on a book full of adult garments and not knitting anything at all her size. But now I’ve got … Read More...
Build Frozen Olaf Again and Again
My first thought was how much fun kids would have playing with this easy-to-make Olaf window decoration. Then, the thought occurred to me that this would make a wonderful Christmas or birthday gift for any Frozen fan! Kids will have … Read More...
8 Felt Christmas Ornaments
Do you like the look of having a handmade Christmas? These 8 felt ornaments will add that extra special touch to your tree this year. They would also be cute to make up as little gifts for those on your … Read More...
What is an Angel Policy?
Have you heard of an Angel Policy? Well, it has nothing to do with the celestial style angels, but if you’re an artist that uses rubber stamps, stencils or die cuts to sell your artwork, you should know what an … Read More...
Tutorial: How to mend a knit hem
We all have them – t-shirts (or other knit garments) with a hem that is coming loose. It looks so sloppy to have part of the hem hanging down, and once it starts you know it’ll keep on ripping out. … Read More...
Tutorial: Fringed fleece Christmas stocking
Maker Mama shares a tutorial at DIY Candy showing how you can make a fringed fleece Christmas stocking. It’s an easy stocking to make because the fleece has enough body to hold the shape. She got enough fleece to make … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Christmas Gift Tags
Download these free Christmas gift tags from A Little Nutmeg, in red or green. They have a neat zig-zag, or is it chevron, detail that makes them unique, and are a nice last minute add-on to presents.
Are you … Read More...
Holiday Memory Keeping | One Scrapper’s Approach
What’s your plan for holiday memory keeping this year? In this post, Jennifer Wilson of Simple Scrapper, outlines her approach for 2014. She talks about what sized album she will use, and why, as well as gives an overview … Read More...
Tutorial | One-Layer Christmas Card
Learn how May Park made this super cute Christmas card using stamps, Zig Markers, Copic Sketch Markers and a variety of stamping and masking techniques. Wouldn’t it be great if we could go fishing for presents! I’m really amazed at … Read More...
Start Christmas early by making your home smell like it
What is a Christmas scent anyways? Is it the aroma of apple and cinnamon sticks on a heated pot? Or how above dried spices and fruit?
Maybe you like peppermint instead? Or just pine cones?
Whatever it is, this list … Read More...
Turkey Nachos
Who doesn’t love nachos!? Here is another way to use the leftover Thanksgiving turkey or anytime you have turkey. Really easy to make too! Great for those football games after Thanksgiving.
All you need is turkey, salsa, corn chips and … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew princess tent
Rachael from Rachael Rabbit shows how you can make this princess play tent, with no sewing required. It would make a great reading nook or quiet time spot for little girls! The materials aren’t necessarily expensive, either. She was able … Read More...