Blessings always come in the strangest of packages. Today, it was when I saw this pair of tutorials by Melissa from Melly Sews and Blank Slate Patterns, showing how to make a walker caddy and cup holder. Memories of my … Read More...
Tutorial: Bird in the Hoop Christmas ornament
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shares a tutorial for making this sweet Bird in the Hoop ornament for your Christmas tree. It’s a good project to use up … Read More...
Congrats to……….
Jenn Stapp, you’ve won the Stampin’ Up Festive Flurry Ornament Kit giveaway!! Please respond to the e-mail I’ve sent you.
Thanks to everyone who entered!
-Heather
Knit a Little Gnome for Your Tree
Kat at Just Crafty Enough has been doing this amazing series of holiday ornaments for the 24 weeks leading up to December 1 — seriously, I don’t know how anyone can plan that far ahead — as part of an … Read More...
Project: Christmas Card
The Penny Black stamps blog has a video tutorial showing how to make this adorable holiday card, click here to watch.
-Heather
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Freebie | Printable Food Ingredient Labels for Thanksgiving Dinner
If any of your guests for Thanksgiving have ingredient sensitivities, these free printable food ingredient tags from Lia Griffith will help. You can use them to identify ingredients such as sugar, or label food that are Paleo, vegetarian or Vegan … Read More...
Crochet Calendar 2014
Carmen has created this fantastic calendar and is offering it to all crocheters for FREE! Free is good. As Carmen is Germany, her calendar is offered in her native German as well as in English. The photography is top notch … Read More...
Freebie | Thanksgiving Banner Cut File
Create a fun Thankful banner like Deb Duty did using the free cut file for Silhouette machine. The file is for the banner shape. so you can add any letters and embellish however you like. Deb shares how she dressed … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Heartbreakers
Tutorial: Village Planters
This is such a cute idea! Jen and Shannon offer a great tutorial for making little cottage planters from clay. A whole village for your window sill! I’d probably make little house shapes to go around small existing planters and … Read More...
Tutorial: Sherpa lined baby bonnet
The Purl Bee shares a free pattern for making a snuggly warm bonnet for baby. It fits snugly and ties under baby’s chin. They suggest a beautiful Liberty of London print for the outer layer, and sherpa for the lining. … Read More...
Tutorial: Scoop pocket skirt for little girls
Pamela from Sovanisa shares a tutorial for making her Belli Skirt for little girls. It’s a gathered skirt with scoop pockets, made out of a soft stretch knit fabric. It’s soo cute and looks like it would be plenty comfortable … Read More...
Idea file: Use invisible zippers to make a fitted nursing dress
It doesn’t look like it, but this full length, fitted, princess seam dress is actually a nursing dress. I would not have thought it would be possible for a full length fitted dress to be a functional nursing garment, but … Read More...
Turkey Veggie Platter
On Thanksgiving, my favorite part is the veggie platter. Maybe because I was always responsible for the platter during the big day growing up. I didn’t know back then, but it was how my mom got me out of her … Read More...
DIY Industrial Toilet Roll Holder
Another one from the creative mind of Kristi Murphy!
And this time, it is for the least talked about room in the house 🙂
Make this creative toilet roll holder with an edgy industrial look. The steps are simple, as … Read More...
Kids Craft – Thanksgiving Turkey Napkin Rings
Sometimes you come across something so cute and adorable that no matter what you are doing you drop everything and blog about it. Or is that just me? These Turkey Napkin rings are very adorable and are strong enough to … Read More...
Dinnerware Gifts For Kids
Looking for something to buy the kids for Christmas? These gifts are fun and a great way to get troublesome eaters back at the dinner table. I personally think adults should use these but I might just be a silly … Read More...
Tutorial: Turn jeans upside down to make a jacket
Cristi from In the Mood for Couture turns a pair of jeans upside down, turning them into a cute new jacket. There is very little waste with this project. She uses the top part of the jeans as the body … Read More...
Free pattern: Lace hankie 18″ doll jacket
Joy from xoxo Grandma shares a free pattern for making this beautiful jacket for an 18″ doll out of a lace trimmed hankie. The blouse is cut and assembled so the lace trim of the hankie ends up on all … Read More...
Project and Freebie: Christmas Countdown Box
Make a fun boxed advent calendar to count down to Christmas. Papercrafts magazine has a free downloadable pattern for the box, cut and decorate some cardstock squares with stamps, stickers and pattern papers to fit inside.
-Heather
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