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.
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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...
Tutorial: Gathered skirt tied with a pretty sash
Dana from MADE shows how you can make a gathered skirt tied with a pretty sash at the waist. Whether the skirt you make is fancy, like the layered lace and satin one shown here, or more casual made from … Read More...
Snag a Collection of Free Halloween Printables
Halloween’s coming up fast! To help you celebrate, Themed-Party-Ideas.com is offering a Halloween Printables e-book for free, when you enter a coupon code you’ll find after you like their Facebook page. If you already liked their page, you’ll … Read More...
Project: Bottle Brush Tree Christmas Holiday Card
I’ve seen several stamp companies with bottle brush tree designs for the holidays, I guess that vintage look is going to be very trendy this year!
Hero Arts has a fun bottle brush stamp and is sharing step by step … Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Watermelon wristlet clutch
Cherie from You & Mie shares a free pattern for making this cute watermelon wristlet clutch. It’s quick to sew up. She made up a stack of them to give as favors at her daughter’s birthday party. She makes it from felt, … Read More...
Pottery Barn Mummy Decorative Pillow Knock Off
Debi is a wife, mother and Glam-ma and blogs out of Florida on “cameo cottage designs”! She is so excited! She knocked another knock off OFF! And she likes her’s better with the addition of gauze! I saw these pillows … Read More...
100 Ideas For Your Broken Items
Some of us just have this built in reasoning set into our brains that there is absolutely no reason to part with an item just because it’s simply “broken”. The crafter in us knows that there is some other way … Read More...
Halloween and Fall Yarn Crafts Roundup
ChiWei is a Jersey Girl who lives in a 100 year old Colonial money pit with their golden retriever Izzy, two kids, and a never-ending list of renovations. If you crochet or knit or just have balls of yarn; you … Read More...