Now, don’t think that you won’t need these because warmer weather is drawing near in the US. I can think of a number of times these might be needed. First, there’s the chill of air conditioning. These are so pretty. … Read More...
Tutorial | Make Stickers With Silhouette Print & Cut
Want to have custom stickers to match your scrapbook topic? Try making your own! Alison from Dream a Little Bigger shows you how, using a Silhouette machine and a Xyron sticker maker. She explains the steps to finding and setting … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Mom & Me
I chose Mom & Me by Mary Ann Jenkins because of the recent celebration of Mother’s Day, and also because I am a sucker for butterflies on a page! I love the retro photo too, and it’s quite fitting for … Read More...
Tutorial: Flower and Lace
The nice folks at Sculpey and artist Chris Crossland present this fancy looking flower tutorial. It combines lace, clay and beads. They use it on a necklace but I would so use it as a brooch myself. The actual … Read More...
10 Patriotic Desserts for Memorial Day
Get ready to kick off the summer season this Memorial Day with one of these patriotic desserts! Everything on our list is fairly simple to make, so impress your friends at this year’s barbecue with colorful flag cookie tray or … Read More...
Cyber Days of May Sale at Bullseye Glass
Bullseye Glass is having an online sale that ends on Sunday. What do you need? What do you want? Most things are on sale and the more you spend the greater the discount. So what are you waiting for? Go … Read More...
4th of Felt July Garland
This “4th of July Garland” is an easy project that can spruce up any area of your house for the Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day with Red white and blue star garland. This tutorial come from “crazy … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a slipcover for a dress form
Susan from Crafterhours shows how she created a slipcover for her dress form. The jersey knit cover stretches to fit around her dress form and covers up the ugly gray and the knobs for adjusting the size. The white she … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a little envelope pouch
Trixi Symonds, author of Sew Together Grow Together, guest blogs at My Poppet with a tutorial showing how to make a simple envelope pouch. The sewing is very easy and uses both machine stitching and hand stitching. It’s a … Read More...
Tutorial: Kool-Aid dip dyed pillow cover
Jenn from Endlessly Inpsired shows how she used Kool-Aid to create a dip dye effect on a pillow cover. It creates a lovely, painted effect on the pillow. She did this on a pillow cover she made herself, but you … Read More...
Tutorial: Piped scalloped hem
Heather from Feather’s Flights shows how she added a piped scalloped hem to a purchased dress. You could do like she did and add this to an existing garment, or incorporate it in to a garment you’re making. It would … Read More...
How to make a recycled pin necklace
I am a big fan of the bling and this link sent in by Victoria to her blog where she features a fun little rant and the tutorial on how to make a recycled vintage brooch necklace is a fun … Read More...
2014 Blogger Resources
If you’re a blogger or thinking about starting a blog, this is an extremely helpful resource!
This is the ultimate list of resources for bloggers. I’ve only gotten a chance to look at a few of the links, but … Read More...
5 tips for organizing a small sewing space
I freely admit to jealousy whenever I see photos of people’s gorgeous, perfectly decorated, lots of floor space sewing rooms. With pretty painted walls, y’all! My own sewing space is actually a good size, but I still find myself jumping … Read More...
The art of decluttering
Part of the inspiration of keeping a clean house – is to declutter it. Everything else that remains is beautiful. Do you agree?
Tsh has a great blog – and it is dedicated to the art and science of living … Read More...
Cross Stitch Freebie: Heard it on the Radio
I am so happy that Hancock’s House of Happy is making patterns again. This retro radio is perfect for a family room in a mid century bungalow…and by mid century bungalow, I mean my house. It would look adorable … Read More...
Embroidered Canvas Art and Winner!
I love the idea of using canvas to embroider on. I have tried it a couple of times but nothing like the tutorial from I Heart Nap Time . It is … Read More...
How to make felt light decoration
Mitsy of “Art Mind” lives in Hasselt, Belgium has a very interesting and fun tutorial “How to make felt light decoration”! In her tutorial she tells you just what you need and how to create the wet felt shades with … Read More...
Knitted Necklace by Lynn Barr
This amazing stacked necklace is designed by Lynn Barr and it is from her new book The Shape of knitting
. Check out this blog link for the full and free knitting pattern.
5 Nautical Party Ideas
My daughter is into Dolphin at the moment so her bedroom has taken on a slight nautical feel. I loved looking at all these amazing photos and party ideas. I especially love the mermaid wall paper. That would look amazing … Read More...