Keep your place in a book with a cool stamped book mark. Renee Zarate used stamping resist techniques and stencils to make this fun place holder.
-Heather
Book Review – 100 Colorful Ripple Stitches
The only ripple stitches I ever truly loved fell into the category of round ripple – until I met this book! I have never seen so many cool ripple patterns as author Leonie Morgan has gathered here. The title tells … Read More...
Capture Your Summer in a Mini-Album
Lisa Truesdell aka Gluestick Girl, shares how she is documenting her summer using pocket pages in a mini-album. She goes through her method for selecting supplies and her approach for capturing summer. This looks like a stress free way … Read More...
Tutorial: Quilted fabric basket
This pretty basket would make a great gift, wouldn’t it? Jenny of Elefantz started with some of her binding remnants from earlier projects and whipped this up. She takes you step-by-step how to make it.
Week 4: Best Fabric Shop Storefront
Cool Cottons is my nominee for this week’s best fabric shop storefront. Rooted in the Craftsman style, I’m digging the rust boarding and teal trim. The uncluttered signage and natural wood door finish the inviting look.
Image credit: Cool Cottons
Sewing Pattern – Add a secret waistband pocket to a shorts pattern
Ajaire from Call Ajaire shares a tutorial at Imagine Gnats showing how to add a secret waistband pocket to a shorts pattern. You often find a waistband pocket like this on a pair of exercise pants. The small pocket is … Read More...
DIY felt advent calendar
Rheanna Kish of “Canadian Living” has a homemade advent calendar (our Christmas in July postings) is a gift to treasure forever. Fill your calendar with treats while the kids wait for the big day on the 24th for a special … Read More...
Freebie: Nautical Pattern Paper
Download this pretty vintage nautical inspired pattern paper to use in your scrapbooking and card making projects. It’s free to download from Free Vintage Digital Stamps.
-Heather
Looking for more Nautical-themed papers, stamps and embellishments? Check these out on Scrapbook.com
Shibori Shabooyah! 4 Ways to DIY With Indigo Dye
Roxy Taghavian of Brit + CO tells is that us the fashion fad, tie dye is back! She has 4 tutorials on dying whites with Indigo Tie Dye Kit. Roxy has extensive tutorials for each of the 4 projects. This … Read More...
Knitting Hack: How to End a Circular Knitting Project
There are lots of little tricks in knitting that you don’t necessarily learn when you’re learning how to knit, particularly if you learned from the Internet (not that there’s anything wrong with that; I’m proud to teach people to knit … Read More...
100 Mouth Watering Birthday Cake Ideas
If you firmly believe the best part of any birthday party is the cake, Something Swanky‘s list of 100 birthday cake ideas will provide all the inspiration you need to create mouth watering cakes for friends and family.
The … Read More...
How to make recycled tp tube bracelets
It ‘s a good thing the tp tubes are a virtual endless supply as the ideas of what to make with them seem endless (and cute!). Pop on over to the post sent in by Michelle to Mollymoo where there … Read More...
Tutorial: Decorative ribbon cockade or medallion
Elaine Schmidt shares a tutorial at Sew4Home showing how to make a fancy ribbon cockade. Bits of ribbon are folded, stitched, and layered to make this gorgeous medallion, an explosion of color and print. The design is featured on the … Read More...
Tutorial: Toothless the Dragon hooded towel
Sarah from Bombshell Bling shares a tutorial at Crazy Little Projects showing how to make a Toothless the Dragon hooded towel. Those who have seen the movie How To Train Your Dragon will recognize the Toothless character right away. (My … Read More...
Style Me Quick – Decoupage Handbag
I am a big fan of Decoupage, when I was 15 I worked in a craft shop and decoupage was the best thing EVER! I am happy to see it coming back although mostly it is coming back under the … Read More...
Paper Plate Shark Craft
Would you have ever guessed that the perfect use for a clean paper plate was a set of shark teeth? Follow these directions shared on the Almost Unschooler blog and discover how easy it is. They were originally going to … Read More...
Sewing Pattern – Piped trim jean shorts
Usually when I think about cut off jean shorts, I think of frayed edges. But Bettina from Oh Everything Handmade shows how to add a neat piped edge. I love this idea!! The thin line of color around the hems … Read More...
Knock Off MacKenzie Childs Bird Feeder
This adorable bird feeder comes to us today via the blog Joyful Daisy. She has such a fun taste for the whimsical designs for MacKenzie Childs, and does a wonderful job at writing up some great DIY tutorials for some … Read More...
6 Safety Pin Jewelry Tutorials
A safety pin is not just for sewing and mending. And to be honesty, who doesn’t have a few stray safety pins laying around? Or maybe you have more than a few. None the less, these 6 great tutorials for … Read More...
Tutorial: Felt piggy bank
Allison at Dream a Little Bigger shows how you can make a felt version of the classic piggy bank. It’s small enough to drop in your purse to collect loose change. It would also make a cute way to present … Read More...