Use fun peacock feather duck tape and glitter tape to create a useful way to hold your business cards and collect others. What a clever idea by Amanda (our previous Home & Garden Editor!).
She has used duck tape
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Flower Cupcakes with Marshmallows
It’s starting to feel like Spring here! Finally the snow is starting to melt and grass is poking through.
I think it will be a while before I see flowers in my yard! Luckily I’m able to find artists in … Read More...
Tutorial: Seersucker and leather fold over clutch
Melissa from Polka Dot Chair guest blogs at Tatertots & Jello showing how to make this seersucker and leather fold over clutch. The seersucker clutch has a zippered top and leather corner accents. A short strap lets you carry it … Read More...
Tutorial: Girl’s cropped ruffled cardigan
Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a free pattern for making this cropped ruffled cardigan for girls. It would make a lovely extra layer for a sleeveless or short-sleeved Easter dress! It’s not just for dressy, though. … Read More...
Textured Easter Eggs Sensory Art
I love projects like this. where pretty much all of it is left up to a child’s imagination. You start out with a piece of adhesive-backed craft foam that is cut into a large egg shape. Give this to the … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric covered buttons, with or without a special kit
Surayya from Blissful Sewing shows how to make fabric covered buttons, with or without the special button covering kit you can buy at the fabric store. The kit will come with basic instructions, but her tutorial is more detailed and … Read More...
Free pattern: Fabric Easter basket with ruffle trim
Emily from Tangible Pursuits has a free pattern for her Facebook followers. It’s this fabric Easter basket with ruffle trim. It’s pretty in the soft florals, but she also suggests making it out of brights for a fun basket for … Read More...
Freebie | Prime Number Birthday Card
Here’s a clever idea from Creative in Chicago: prime number birthday cards! You can download a free copy of the card for each birthday starting from age 7. The appropriate age is highlighted. Click here to get them.
Tutorial | Decorate a Photo Frame
Meridith shares how to use the new ModPodge Peel & Stick Stencils to decorate a photo frame with a subtle glitter effect. She started with a plain wood frame that she painted, and then added the dimensional touch. She shares … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Egg Hunt
Inspiration: Textured and Highlighted Brooch
This pretty brooch by Jamie Smedley, writing for FireMountainGems, showcases some of the lovely effects you can get with the range of products at FMG. The cut and stamped designs are highlighted with guilder’s wax. You can see a lot … Read More...
Quilt Inspiration: Watercolor bunny
Good art inspires, like this illustration painting, “Mieko’s Dandelion Wish” created by Marisa Redondo. She offers this and other gawk-worthy items for great prices in her Etsy store, River Luna.
Image credit: River Luna
Tutorial: Classic lined canvas tote
Ren from The Inspired Wren shows how to make this lined canvas tote. The style is a classic, with a reinforced bottom and a pocket tucked between the handles. It’s a great bag for library trips, picnics at the park, … Read More...
Free Pattern: Lego Movie Unikitty
I absolutely love Legos. When the Lego movie came out I squealed with delight, then I stopped, caught my breath and started squealing again. Yep, I’m pretty much a big kid. … Read More...
Freebie: Freestyle Bunny
It’s bunny time! If you are like me, you haven’t even begun your Easter and spring stitching. ACK! We better get on it! Adventures in Thread is such a doll for helping us out with our stitching. She posted this … Read More...
Free pattern: Felt rainbow birthday crown
Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest made this fabulous rainbow birthday crown for her daughter. How can a day NOT be special when you get to wear such an awesome crown? If you want to make one for your own child – … Read More...
Easter Bunny Basket Tutorial
Amy of “while wearing heels” has this precious “Easter Bunny Basket” and it is a knock off from Easter themed Pottery Barn for Kids catalog and it is so adorable. Amy has an excellent tutorial with pictures to help us … Read More...
Stuffed Birdies Tutorial & Pattern
Hannah of “We Lived Happily Ever after” is the mom of a little girl and a Marine Wife and has all free tutorials on her blog. She has a “Stuffed Birdies Tutorial” and it is kid safe like in … Read More...
Tip: Colorful Stamped Card Background
Visit Nichol Magouirk’s blog for a video tutorial showing how to make a colorful rainbow card background using a border stamp. Mama Elephant
-Heather
Rowenta Ultra Steambrush Review; Or, How to Steam-Block Knitting
I usually wet-block my knitting projects, if I block them at all, but there might be reasons that you wouldn’t want to do that. Perhaps you’re working with a delicate fiber, or the project is huge and would stretch unpleasantly … Read More...