A little early for the wedding season but in the jewellery and related industry, folks are putting out their pieces and taking orders. I’m always seeing what folks are making for the wedding season and I’m also happy to see … Read More...
Free Mini Bunny Pattern
Shelly of “Gingermelon” is sharing the sweetest bunny pin pattern ever. She uses her bunnies on headband, barrettes and brooches. What girl or lady would not love to wear one of these cuties around Easter? Shelly has a downloadable PDF … Read More...
Felt Shamrock Bracelet & Shamrock Barrette tutorials
Kelli and Greta are a mother daughter team who host “holiday-crafts-and-creations”! They started their site in 2009 and all of the crafts on their site are their original work, and they try to keep their ideas as unique and fun … Read More...
Tutorial: Octopus appliqued tote and matching zippered pouch
Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how to make her octopus appliqued tote bag. The bag is made from a sturdy canvas, accented with patchwork and an octopus applique from gorgeous blue batiks. … Read More...
How to Make a Felt Hydrangea Flower Pin or Hair Clip
Pammy host of “Pammy Dawn” made this lovely “Felt Hydrangea Flower” and I feel it is one of the most natural looking ones I have seen in felt. She has an excellent tutorial with pictures. Brides could make numerous of … Read More...
Tutorial: Pieced panel skirt for an 18″ doll
Sharon from Sharon Sews shows how you can make this pieced panel skirt for an 18″ doll. Because it’s pieced, you can probably make this from bits of fabric in your scrap bin. You can have fun mixing the prints … Read More...
Project: Stamped Tag w/ a Chalkboard Look
Each month on his blog Tim Holtz shares a tutorial for making a tag using lots of different stamping products and techniques, click here to check out the tag for February.
-Heather
How to make a Cat in the Hat treat holder
I loved the art in Dr. Seuss books and the iconic Cat in the Hat hat is such a fun image. If you like it too and want to make little decorations or in this case a treat container pop … Read More...
My Favorite Book on Finishing
It turns out I had a lot less to say about finishing than I thought I did, so if you have any questions or topics I didn’t cover let me know and I’ll get to them next week.
In the … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Magic Vases
Irish is in the air – it must be coming up to St. Patrick’s Day! Yeah!
Get yourself in the mood as well and shake of those winter blues by making these magic vases for St. Patrick’s day celebrations!
Using … Read More...
5 Amazing No Bake Goodies
No Bake recipes work well all year round and fun to do with the kids. Here are 5 different recipes for you to try. A couple of them are gluten-free, vegan and dairy-free. Give your oven a little break and … Read More...
Sticky Wall Rainbow
This activity, shared by Jen (from Mama.Papa.Bubba) is a great way to decorate a wall for St. Patrick’s Day or spring. Start out by drawing a rainbow and clouds on a piece of clear contact paper and hanging it … Read More...
A Green Gnome – Easy to make
GardenTherapy shows you how to make a mossy garden gnome. She has a very clever story going around her whole post so make sure you read the instructions and the whole story.
Get full details here: Garden Gnome transformation.
Knit Coffee Cozies for Him and Her
I have a friend who admits to not understanding coffee cup cozies. She says she buys cute mugs so she wants to be able to see them.
She is clearly not a knitter.
I like to knit little cozies for … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a “pinch proof” St. Patrick’s Day pocket to a plain tee
Nicole from Modern Handcraft shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to add a green pocket to a plain tee to make it “pinch proof” for St. Patrick’s Day. She makes it from a solid green fabric, with … Read More...
Tutorial: How to clean your sewing machine
When was the last time you cleaned out your sewing machine? I’ll confess it’s been several months since I’ve cleaned mine, and I’m sure if I checked I’d see lint collected all around my bobbin case. It doesn’t take much … Read More...
Tutorial: Floaty fabric butterfly wings for kids’ dress-up
Stephanie from The TipToe Fairy shows how to make floaty fabric butterfly wings for small children to wear for dress-up. She uses batik quilting cottons to get the beautiful mix of colors. They attach with elastic shoulder straps. An additional … Read More...
Tutorial: Adjustable elastic suspenders
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shows how to make a pair of adjustable elastic suspenders. The front has two straps, but on the back they meet in the middle to create a “Y” attaching at the … Read More...
Tutorial: Chenille backed wash cloths and burp cloths
Caila from Caila Made guest blogs in the DIY Babies series at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial showing how to make a set of chenille backed washcloths. She also gives a link to a tutorial on her own blog showing … Read More...
Tip: Color Stamps with Distresss Markers
The Whiff of Joy blog has a color tutorial for coloring your stamped images with Tim Holtz’s Distress markers. I love this adorable mouse!
-Heather