Free Spirit Fabrics shares a free PDF project sheet for making this Sleep ‘N Read Travel Pillow. It has handles at the top to make it easy to carry, and a pocket on the side where you can hide favorite … Read More...
Tutorial: Adjustable wrap skirt with just one seam
Heather from Feather’s Flights guest blogs in the 12 Days of Handmade Gifts at Sew Caroline with a tutorial showing how to make this wrap skirt. It requires just one seam and the size is adjustable. It wraps far enough … Read More...
Tutorial: Zippered pouch with rounded leather bottom
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make a zippered pouch with rounded leather bottoms. If you don’t have leather, you could also just use a solid colored piece of fabric for a color blocked pouch. You … Read More...
Tutorial: Mountaintop gift card holder
Samantha at Brainmade shows how you use some small scraps of leather and felt to make this mountaintop gift card holder. Angled pockets from felt are overlapped and stitched down to look like a mountain range. Very cool! You can … Read More...
Technique: Gilded Paper
Using foil leaf sheets, die cuts and embossing you can make some stunning Gilded Paper, perfect for holiday cards and wrapping, Find stepb y step directions over on the Splitcoast Stampers site.
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Freebie | Printable Kraft Christmas Gift Wrap Paper
I love these free printable gift wrap designs from Lia Griffith. Actually, it’s safe to say that I love pretty much all her designs and download them often! Apart from using them as gift wrap paper (you can print up … Read More...
Freebie | Digital Retro 4×4 Holiday Cards
This set of digital retro 4×4 Holiday cards from Persnickety prints can be used in your Project Life or December Daily Albums, as gift tags, or even to make a memory game. They come in JPEG format, and you can … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Christmas Fun
Christmas Fun by Re Moni
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Are you looking for more Christmas Holiday papers and supplies? Check out these printable designs we found on Etsy.
Check out these other Christmas-themed posts for project ideas and tutorials for … Read More...
Soap Recipe – Chocolate Mocha Soap
I am pretty sure you’re drooling right now aren’t you? These Mocha soap is a little coffee and little chocolate and a whole lot of goodness. For the full tutorial and more amazing images check out Soaprecipes101.com.
Tutorial: Christmas Decorations
Polymer clay is fabulous for many reasons. Not the least of those is that you can make something great the very first time you use the material. Even the kiddos can make fabulous little pieces and the medium lends itself … Read More...
Denise wins Quilting Isn’t Funny
Denise of My Life in Quilts is the winner of my recent book giveaway that was part of the Quilting Isn’t Funny Blog Tour. She will receive a signed copy of Quilting Isn’t Funny by humorist Megan Dougherty.
To … Read More...
Felted Sheep How-To Video and written instructions
Set a whimsical scene of felted sheep and a cinnamon-stick fence for a fragrant holiday touch. These come from Martha Stewart. These are so easy using needle felting and wet felting and so adorable. Enjoy!
Tutorial: Bow t-shirt neck band
Heather from Feather’s Flights shows how you can make a neat bow detail for a t-shirt neck band. It’s a simple banded neck finish, but with part of the banding cinched in to make a faux bow. You can rework … Read More...
No-sew holiday purses; Santa & elf purse tutorial and pattern
These festive purses add a little holiday cheer to any outfit or can hold treats or trinkets for gifting. There are complete instructions and patterns for these Jolly little purses. They can be found on “Craft Ideas”.
Christmas Decorations using Felt
Our Linda from Italy has created some fun Christmas Decorations using felt. She tells us these are very simple because she uses pre-printed felt and cuts various designs like balls, stars and teapots and then sews them together with … Read More...
Free pattern: Owls for All softie to make with a group of kids
Carla Hegeman Crimm from The Scientific Seamstress designed her Owls for All softie as a project you can make with a group of kids. Her downloadable PDF pattern includes instructions for assembling the owl as well as tips for making … Read More...
DIY Vintage Christmas Decoration
This Christmas wall hanging is inspired by a similar project that Donna’s aunt made in the 1950’s or 60’s.
This project uses your own collection of vintage or costume jewelry to “decorate” a holiday wall hanging made from a simple … Read More...
Cookie Exchange
I’ve only done a few cookie exchanges and I always have a hard time picking a cookie recipe that no one else has done. Plus, I’m very picky about my cookies. But I do love the idea of getting lots … Read More...
Hair Bauble Necklace
This stylish necklace is made using dollar store hair baubles. I think this would also be a really cute teenagers necklace using saved and cherished hair baubles from when they were little. For the full tutorial visit thecraftyblogstalker.com for another … Read More...
Etsy Feature – On The Front Line
Kate from On The Front Line Etsy store shares her adorable little coin purses and wallets with us. These handmade purses are perfect for splashing a little retro vibe into your daily life. They are perfect for stocking fillers or … Read More...