Steph from The Silly Pearl shows how you can make a reusable grocery tote. Besides the obvious benefit to the environment, it’s also an upgrade to the standard plastic grocery bags in terms of functionality. It’s larger than those plastic … Read More...
Project: Decorated Halloween Bags
Dar’s Crafty Creations has directions for using vintage clip art
, pattern papers and die cuts to decorate a plain brown bag
and add a folded paper topper to a handled gift bag. These would be great large treat bags … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffle hem sweater
Autumn from It’s Always Autumn shows an easy way to update the style of a sweater. She added a lightweight ruffle hem to it. She added it to a raglan sleeve sweater that she made, but this could also be … Read More...
Five Glass Bead Making Tutorials from Frantz Art Glass
I was looking for some tutorials to share today. I found 5 on FrantzNewsletter.com so here they are for you. At least the link is here. I’ve been making more beads and jewelry lately so I’m looking for fun inspirations, … Read More...
Tutorial: Resize a sewing pattern to make it bigger or smaller
Sometimes the perfect sewing pattern is perfect in every way – except the size. If the size you need is not included in the pattern, all is not lost. With a little know-how you can size that baby up or … Read More...
Tutorial: Medieval cape for an American Girl doll
If you’ve got a little girl planning on dressing up as a princess for Halloween, I bet she’d love to have a cape for her favorite doll to wear, too. Arts and Crafts for your American Girl Doll shares a … Read More...
CraftGossip Kindle Fire HD Giveaway
How cool is this Tablet from Amazon? The Kindle Fire HD is a tablet to beat all the other tables in the market. With millions of books, TVs and apps to work and play with, you will never be out … Read More...
Bathroom Organization From The Dollar Store
Organizing your home can often be a very taunting and overwhelming task. It can also become quite pricey, very quickly. There just are not many places to find storage containers and organizing solutions that are “budget friendly”. However, the dollar … Read More...
DIY Macrame Bracelet
Macrame is back in town and this simple bracelet is a great point to get started. This tutorial has step by step photos to guide you along. Thought the images are a little rough the guide is till easy to … Read More...
Safe Tanning, Does it Exist?
Safe tanning is there such a thing? What do you think? Check out this article by Growingupherbal.com and see if your opinion changes. The information might just give you a different perspective on what is healthy about tanning and what … Read More...
Hand Print Apples in a Basket
Celebrate autumn by making one of these adorable basket full of apples. Sandy, from Moments of Motherhood, made this with her daughter and then was nice enough to explain the process so you can make one too!
The apples are … Read More...
DIY: Crayon Candles
Rachel shared a tutorial for these Crayon Candles on the blog, Adventures in Making. I think this is a fantastic way to use up broken and leftover crayon pieces. The colors can easily be customized, of course, and you could … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Hungarian Flower Pot
Mary Corbett at Needle n’ Thread is an amazing historian. Her blog is full of history, free vintage pattern and tutorials. It makes me so happy that she is a steward of the the needle arts. Today’s find are these … Read More...
6 Spooky Candles To Make For Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about adding some spooky decor to your home. There’s something special about creating your own unique pieces that reflect your personality and creativity. One easy and fun project to … Read More...
Freebie: Big Girl
Oh my goodness! I have said this way too many times. It is my go to phrase when people need to get it together and press on. Sue Hills Designs created this freebie for the ladies and one for the … Read More...
Tutorial: Turning & pressing narrow tubes of fabric
Turning a long narrow tube of fabric right side out can be a lesson in frustration. It doesn’t have to be. Sew4Home shares a tutorial showing how you can turn and press those narrow tubes like a pro. Instead of … Read More...
Crochet A Menagerie
Want to make a stuffed animal for someone special? You’ll find the perfect fuzzy friend in this collection called Edward’s Menagerie
by Kerry Lord. There are forty different soft and snuggly crocheted animal patterns in this charming collection so … Read More...
Polymer Clay Trick or Treat
Halloween is a fun bit of time in the calendar and polymer clay Halloween stuff is even more fun. There’s something about making silly Jack-o-lanterns, cute candy corns, spooky monsters from little bits of clay.
 Frankenpod Nautilus Necklace by Noadi |
How to make a recycled pallet hamper
If you are the sort that likes to decorate with a rustic look this project is just for you. Ronja sent in a link to the blog Nur Noch where there is a detailed tutorial on how to build the … Read More...
Easy Ice Cream Sandwich
This is definitely a brilliant idea! Have you seen this! Again, love those pinning to Pinterest! Maybe not for making a lot of ice cream sandwiches, but I am so stealing the idea when we decide to have ice cream … Read More...