Add a touch of whimsy to your home décor with a pretty stamped pillow. Stampington and Company has directions for making this sweet bird themed pillow.
-Heather
Tutorial | Pet Silhouette Canvas Art
If you have extra photos of your pet, you can try this technique shown at Cheryl Style. She explains how to make adorable canvas pet silhouettes. You’ll need basic crafting supplies like scrapbook paper, acrylic paint and a … Read More...
Tutorial | Creating Transparent Printable Accents
Nicole over at Reaves, Party of Four, shares her techniques for creating transparent accents to use in Project Life and other pocket scrapbooking projects. She shows how she embellished clear inserts, and explains how you can print digital accents … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Stay True to You
I chose to feature Stay True to You by Gina because of the way she divided her background, and also because of the butterflies. I love butterflies!
Tidbits about Gina:
How long have you been scrapping? 7 years
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DIY Wedding Guest Book Station
Creating a stylish sign-in station for your wedding guest book is a snap with FolkArt® Home Decor™ Chalk! This no prep acrylic paint and wax dries quickly, and can be layered and sanded for a lovely distressed look … Read More...
Winning At Crochet!
The winner of this great book is Theresa with her entry shown here (chosen at random).
Submitted on 2014/04/18 at 12:46 pmLooks like a great book. I love anything crocheted!! Thanks for the chance to win. 43945
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Tutorial: Rag rag throw pillow
Heather from Poppy Haus shows how she made this gorgeous throw pillow out of a couple of rag rug placemats. The placemats are the perfect size to make a throw pillow, but you could also use a 2′ x 3′ … Read More...
Midnight at the Oasis
I spied this quilt over at Jen Kingwell Designs. Thanks goes to Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts for introducing me to this quilt designer in her blog post, to market and back again.
Free pattern: Mother Bird quilt block
This is Mother Bird by Michelle Thompson – one of two new quilt block patterns she created depicting characters from Alice in Wonderland. Visit Fandom In Stitches to download Mother Bird.
Image credit: Fandom In Stitches
Tutorial: Little girl’s Disco Diva Skirt
Wen from What’s Mummy Up To? shows how to make a sparkly little girl skirt she calls The Disco Diva Skirt. You can find all kinds of sparkly fabric in the costuming section of your fabric store. It’s super fast … Read More...
Free pattern: Oval messenger bag
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making her Oval Messenger Bag. The egg shaped bag has asymmetrical swoosh pocket on the front. Make it from two contrasting fabrics to show off the beautiful curves of the … Read More...
IKEA Frosta stool with felt as an upholstered pad
Hetty is an interior architect/industrial designer based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and hosts “Light Blue Grey”! She hacked an ” IKEA Frosta stool with felt as an upholstered pad” for her friend Rena, using circles of felt as an upholstered … Read More...
Tutorial: Snail softie
Narelle from Cook Clean Craft shows how to make this cute snail softie! I love his polka dot shell! She designed him to give as a birthday gift to her daughter’s friend, who was having a snail-themed birthday party. He’s … Read More...
Felt flowers-easy layered flower tutorial
Jess of “Craftiness is Not Optional” has a lovely variety of felt flowers with tutorials. She made tutorials for some and says “they’re simple and so quick and fun to make. Use them for headbands, hair clips or pins. … Read More...
Freebie: Dear Jane
I have stitched some serious cross stitch before but nothing as labor intensive as this piece entitled Dear Jane from Martine Rigeada at aufildemartine.fr. The free pattern is available for download in five parts. … Read More...
Project: Stamped Cake Decorations
Stamping and cake? Yes, please! Decorate a cake for any occasion using stamps. The Lawn Fawn stamps blog has a video tutorial showing how to make these adorable stamped dinosaur decoration.
-Heather
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Freebie: Fiesta Gato
Yes, I know Cinco de Mayo is long gone, but Fiesta Gato doesn’t need a holiday to get his maracas shaking. He loves celebrating birthdays, anniversaries and even Mondays. He just likes to dance! Mollie at Wild Olive is … Read More...
Kimisha Kids Shoe Pattern
Have you ever wanted to sew your own shoes? This video shows how to sew kids Mary Jane Leather shoes with just two needles and wayx thread! Pretty cool, huh?
Watch the video here- Kimisha Kids Shoe Pattern by … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Easy maxi dress from a jersey knit sheet
Lisa from Mabey She Made It shares a tutorial showing how she made this maxi dress out of a jersey knit sheet. Knit sheets are a great source of inexpensive yardage, especially if you can find them on sale. If … Read More...
DIY Sun Burst Mirror
This sunburst mirror provides a HUGE impact for only $12 through the use of thumbtacks, a foam floral ring, and wood shims.
This project would have taken Melissa some time I would think – but hey, the end result is … Read More...