Have you ever wanted to host a crafting party with your friends? WhimseyBox is sharing tips for throwing the best crafternoon ever on their blog. They tell you their secrets for picking a project, a location, and even snacks!
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Tutorial: Fabric flower with a sparkly rhinestone center
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shows how you can make this lovely fabric flower. Layers of folded fabric circles give it dimension, and a rhinestone center sparkles. She was able to get all of the pieces she needed to make … Read More...
Free pattern: Sienna bow back top for little girls
Jen from Eat. Sleep. MAKE. shares a free pattern for her Sienna top, a bow back t-shirt for little girls. This is SUCH a cute top!! The back of the shirt is scooped low, with two bows stitched across the … Read More...
Project: Rolling Cat Card
How fun is this roller skating kitty cat card?! Find out how to make a neat rolling card over on the Penny Black Stamps blog.
-Heather
Inspiration du Jour | Our Typical Summer Day
Our Typical Summer Day by Amber Kroening
What I loved:
- The sunburst background
- The bright colors
- The clothesline bunting
- The title treatment
Tidbits about Amber:
How long have you been scrapping? Off and on for about 10 years. Right now … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux Anodized Beads
Emma Ralph makes fabulous clay beads and here’s a free tutorial of hers. The technique creates a faux anodized aluminum look. She uses her ultrafine glitter in the tutorial but mentions you can do this with mica powders or other … Read More...
Winner of 2 blank sample books and 2 of the 20 Ways to Draw books
Congrats go out to Cindy M. of Greer SC. She is the winner of the 2 “bulking dummies” blank sample books and copies of 20 Ways to Draw a Butterfly and 20 Ways to Draw a Tulip.
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3 fun recycled jar projects
We all have jars and I bet if you read this blog you keep them to use to make pretty projects. Pop on over to The Country Woman Magazine’s web site for a tutorial on how to make photo frames … Read More...
Up cycle Old Sweaters Into a Pet-Friendly Bed
Tiffany Threadgould has her sweet doggie bed “Up cycle Old Sweaters Into a Pet-Friendly Bed” on “Made + Remade”! What a fun and cozy use for your old sweaters and I am sure your doggie will love it. She … Read More...
Tutorial: Make custom fabric designs using your sewing machine’s decorative stitches
Steph from The Silly Pearl shows how you can use the decorative stitches on your machine to make a custom fabric design. This might be a little time consuming to do on a very large piece of fabric, but it’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Shirred summer top
Nienke from Pienkel shares a tutorial showing how to use elastic thread shirring to make a cute and simple summer top. The elastic thread shirring creates a stretchy gathered bodice. The stretchy bodice will give you an extra season (or … Read More...
Tutorial: Seahorse Tote
Mark Montano shows how you can make this cute summer Seahorse Tote. It’s made from a sturdy cotton twill, with a pair of seahorses stenciled on it. Embellishments like fringe around the top, pearls for air bubbles, and aquarium gravel … Read More...
Freebie: Tarot Card Images
Dover Publications have several lovely Tarot Card images, like this Empress, to download for free, use them as coloring pages, shrink them for greeting cards or make your own Tarot deck. Click here to download (once there click the numbers … Read More...
Quick Craft: {10 crafts in under 10 minutes}
Ursula Rosien of “Kraft and Mint” with modern quick crafts has these stunning pieces for us to make. I think they are all amazing and there is that dramatic felt ring. She not only has the tutorials, but shows us … Read More...
DIY “hello” Doormat Tutorial
This is such a good idea and Briana and Tana have the neatest blog called “The Twisted Horn”! They saw this “”hello” Doormat” for $75 and decided this would be inexpensive to make. They found a doormat for $5 and … Read More...
Woman Arrested after Knit in at Gas Company
A woman was arrested last week in Vermont after five women staged a knit in at a local gas company. Jane Palmer of Monkton was arrested after refusing to leave Vermont Gas Systems’ waiting room. The women were protesting … Read More...
How to make recycled golf ball cows
This guy is just too cute! I bet a whole herd of them would make a fun decoration- maybe add silly hats? Pop on over to the link Mona sent in to the blog Craft Klatch for the tutorial on … Read More...
Beach Ball Party Ideas
I stumbled across this roundup of beach ball themed summer party
ideas from Spoonful while helping a friend search for ideas for her son’s birthday party. The inexpensive paper plates decorated to look like a beach ball banner are my … Read More...
Tutorial: Skinny fabric organizer baskets
I think I could use these skinny fabric organizer baskets by Ayumi from Pink Penguin in every room of my house! Finished dimensions are 2″H x 9 1/2″W x 2 1/2″D. They’re the perfect size to organizer flatware in the … Read More...
NPR Talks Knitting Lingo
NPR recently took a look at some special terms used by knitters with the help of Laura Birek (author of the awesome Picture Perfect Knits), who discussed frogging (ripping out knitting) and the sweater curse (if you knit … Read More...