Use Recycled paper to create this bib style necklace. You will need to make between 60 – 80 beads but the layered effect is amazing and well worth your time. Check out the full tutorial as well as easy to … Read More...
Tutorial: Lego bow ties and hair bows
Tara from Girl Like the Sea shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how you can make bow ties and hair bows embellished with… LEGOS! She put a flat 1×3 or 1×2 block at each end of the bow. … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a circle skirt to a dress bodice
An from Straight Grain shows how to add a circle skirt to a dress bodice. She shows how to draft the circle skirt pattern so the waist of the skirt will fit the bodice perfectly. She shows this with her … Read More...
Homemade Spin Art For Toddlers
Have you ever made a painting in a spin art machine
? You fit the paper into position, place a few drops of paint near the center of the paper, and flip the ON switch… Even if you don’t have … Read More...
7 Wedding Card Holders
Receiving a wedding announcement is such an exciting time, but trying to pick out the perfect gift for the happy couple may not be quite as exciting. Keep in mind while planning your wedding that there may be some … Read More...
Tutorial: Simple lavender sachet
Melissa from a happy stitch is over at Sew, Mama, Sew! today with a tutorial showing how to make these simple lavender sachets. It’s a good beginner project, as it uses only straight seams. Or, a more confident sewer could … Read More...
Tutorial: Simple lace trim headband
Every time I’m at the fabric store, I feel the pull toward the decorative trims aisle. All those rolls and rolls of those beautiful laces and trims!! Bev from Flamingo Toes uses them to create pretty headbands. She lets the … Read More...
Freebie: Cake Digital Stamps
To celebrate the grand opening of pfoinkle digital stamps they are offering two topy-turvy cake digis for free. Also if you leave a comment by the end of the month they’ll send you a free numbers set.
-Heather
Looking … Read More...
Oatmeal and Honey Crock Pot Soap Tutorial.
This Oatmeal and Honey Crock Pot Soap is rustic and rich. The tutorial is nicely detailed with loads of step by step photos to guide even a novice. Visit Littlehouseinthesuburbs.com for the full tutorial.
Tutorial | Acrylic Paint Skin Flower
Melissa Samuels reveals the secret to making this gorgeous flower: it’s made with acrylic paint skin! She explains how to make paint skin, and then shows how you can cut the flower shapes using a die cutting machine and the … Read More...
Tutorial | Melted Crayon Mini Album DIY
Here’s a clever idea for customizing the cover of a mini-album from Katie at Punk projects. She made that stained glass looking circle with a melted crayon technique! Plus did you know that such a thing as Paper Crafter crayons … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | You Are The Sweetest
Tutorial: Yin Yang Necklace Set
This is a great “best friends” project to make. She uses paper clay and a spray sealer – if you use oven bake polymer clay I would go with a brush on sealer since many of the spray sealers react … Read More...
How To: Bunny Hand Puppet
Cintia of “My Poppet” always has the best tutorials for us and today is no exception. She has this darling “Bunny Hand Puppet” that she up cycled from a sweater. She has a complete tutorial with pictures for us to … Read More...
Tenugui baby quilt
Cynthia of A Quilter by Night fussy cut some of her Tenugui towels to go into a baby quilt. I love this Mt. Fuji block, don’t you? All this sewing is to welcome a couple friend’s baby into the world. … Read More...
Tutorial: Confetti Pillow
Nicole from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how to create this fun Confetti Pillow. The confetti design is made from circles of solid color fabrics fused down to a solid white background. Grid quilting creates … Read More...
Tutorial: Nursing pillow cover
Rae from Made by Rae shows how you can make a cover for a nursing pillow. You can make it to fit any nursing pillow, as you’ll trace around your pillow to get the pattern. It has a zipper on … Read More...
Free pattern: Sweet Floppy Bunny
Heather from The Sewing Loft shares a free pattern for making her Sweet Floppy Bunny. The Sweet Floppy Bunny has long floppy bunny ears, as well as floppy (unstuffed) arms and legs. She gives him (or her) a sweet bunny … Read More...
Easter Egg Hunt-Chick Beanbags Tutorial
Put these little “Chick Beanbags” into the plastic Easter eggs for a fun egg hunt with a surprise in each egg. Find this darling tutorial on Martha Stewart.
Felt Flowers Button Snake (learning) Tutorial
What a clever idea to help your children learn to button their clothing. Craft Buds, is a collaboration between Lindsay Conner and Mary Jaracz. Lindsay created the “Felt Flowers Button Snake” tutorial and it is brilliant! She has a complete … Read More...