St. Patrick’s Day is on Monday March 17th, so you have all weekend to get ready! Here are 9 ideas, some with free printables, to help.
Top Row:
1. Printable Leprechaun Bait treat bag toppers from Life, Love, Liz.
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Tutorial: Faceted Egg Cups
This tutorial is timely – with Easter around the corner a few egg cups might help (and if you’re like me you have a couple anyways). These ones would show off your fancy eggs even if you’re not likely to … Read More...
Tutorial: Beach Ball baby quilt
I love this baby quilt made by Jess of The Elven Garden. It’s her first project featured at the Moda Bake Shop. Find out how she made it; get the tutorial.
Image credit: Moda Bake Shop
7 Ideas To Use Your Stray Game Pieces
Hey, fellow board game enthusiasts! Is there anything better than spending a cozy night in with your family, playing your favorite board games? I don’t think so! But let’s face it, it can be pretty frustrating when you find out … Read More...
Tutorial: Peony fabric flower
Gia from Fairytale Flower shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make this lovely peony fabric flower. Layers of organza make the delicate peony petals. It would make a beautiful embellishment for a hair clip or head … Read More...
Egg Creatures Mama & Baby Eggs Pigs in The Mud
This “Mama & Baby Egg Pigs” in the mud comes from Martha Stewart with several other egg creatures, but these egg pigs are the cutest ever. There is a tutorial on preparing your eggs for this project and then making … Read More...
Tutorial: Deep pleat wrap skirt
Liz from Cotton & Curls you can make this deep pleated wrap skirt. It’s a pretty skirt, and fairly easy to make. It being a wrap skirt, there is no zipper to install. She says she was able to make … Read More...
Make Felted Little Birdies [Video Tutorial]
This is a excellent video tutorial on needle felting these adroable “Little Birdies” and eggs from Craft Passion that is authored by Joanne. She also created the video, enjoy! Thanks Joanne for the adorable chicks and eggs 🙂
DIY: Bear Hoodie — Knock It Off Series
Celina of “petit a petit and family” is a children’s wear designer, working mom of two and a wife. She took part in the “DIY: Bear Hoodie, Knock- It-Off” series hosted by Elegance and Elephants and thought you might like … Read More...
Tutorial: Snap up sleeping bag and camping blanket
Nicole from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make a child’s snap up sleeping bag. Instead of a zipper, it uses snaps to close up the side. The snaps are easy for young hands … Read More...
One of Seven Sweet, Springtime Chick Crafts “The Waddles Family” FREE tutorial
Our friends from “StyroCrafts” “Crafts ‘n Coffee” have chicks you will love to make. “The Waddles Family” is so sweet and they are my favorite. They have a materials list, tool list, tutorial and a downloadable Pattern (25K PDF)! What … Read More...
Free tutorial for making felt cupcakes!
Tia of “Craftown” sent me a “Free tutorial for making felt cupcakes”! Felt Cupcakes – Free Craft Idea. Designed by Jenny Newman a wife and mother whom enjoys creating new projects, patterns, and activities and crafting meaningful home-made treasures. Her … Read More...
Freebie: Celtic Knot Digital Image
Download this free Celtic Knot image free from Dover Publications. Colored in it would be pretty on a card for St. Patrick’s Day!
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check out these designs we found on Etsy.… Read More...
Dallas Hospital Wants Blankets for Every Baby
Parkland Hospital in Dallas is the public hospital for Dallas County, which means they deliver a lot of babies in a lot of different circumstances.
They’re teaming up with Warm Up, America to try to fulfill a great — and … Read More...
How to clean your washing machine
No, I didn’t know it either. And to think that it is such a necessary thing. That you need to and should clean your washing machine regularly.
After all, where does all that dirt and grime go? Through those holes … Read More...
Marathoner’s Scarf Now a World Record
I’ve written before about David Babcock, the Kansas City marathoner who knits while he runs. Back in October he aimed to break the record for the longest scarf knit while running a marathon (who knew that was even a … Read More...
Tutorial: Hot and cold pack with handles
Erin from Sewbon shows how to make a hot and cold pack with handles. Keep it in the freezer for a cold pack. Or, pop it in the microwave and it works as a heating pad. The fabric pack is … Read More...
String Art for Kids
Have you ever seen a completed string art project and think “I want to try that”? If you do want to try it, I suggest using these direction shared by Angie from The Chic Country Cottage. She shares the short … Read More...
Chocolate Irish Creme Cake Pops
Janine at Sugarkissed.net shows you how to make these yummy cake pops using chocolate cake and Irish buttercream.
These are great desserts to make with the kids, because they get to destroy the cake after it is baked. Then after … Read More...