If you’re looking for a thrifty-chic way create paper rosettes for your bridal shower or wedding decorations, be sure to check out this tutorial at The Pink Doormat for magazine paper rosettes! Old magazines are easy to find at thrift … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bow collar using a shirt facing pattern
Veronica from SewVery shows how you can use a shirt’s neck facing pattern piece to make a bow collar instead. Brilliant! The construction is very similar to putting in a facing, though turned to the outside of the shirt rather … Read More...
Tutorial | Hand Stitch a Title Without Needing Special Templates
Nathalie at An Ounce of Creativity shares how she hand stiched this scrapbook page title without using a special template or cutting tool. You will need to have a program like Word, some tracing paper or vellum, and a … Read More...
Video tutorial: Bringing your self-drafted sewing patterns into Illustrator
Lauren Dahl shares another installment in her series of video tutorials on Adobe Illustrator for sewing bloggers. In this video, she shows how to bring your self-drafted pattern into Illustrator. I’m super excited about this because, while some people can … Read More...
Project: Card with Stamped Wooden Accent
The Bolton House blog has a tutorial fro making this pretty layered mat card with stamped wooden embellishment, click here to check it out.
-Heather
Freebie |Project Life Cards to Match November Studio Calico Kit
Holly Humbert was inspired by the mood board for the Studio Calico November kits to create this set of matching 3×4 journaling cards for Project Life and other pocket page systems. The set of four cards comes in a PDF … Read More...
Tutorial: Kid’s travel art folio
Michelle from The Paper Vine shares a tutorial for making a kid’s travel art folio. It’s a take-along tote with pockets to hold a junior legal pad and a selection of pencils or crayons to color with. It would make … Read More...
Tutorial: Pam’s No Frills Extra Large Tote
Pam from Threading My Way shows how to make her No Frills Extra Large Tote. Like the name suggests, there are no frills. No pockets, no fancy closure. It’s just a basic bag, though on a very large scale. She … Read More...
Party Ideas – Sail Away With Mickey Mouse
Oh Mickey you’re so fine , you’re so fine you blow my mind Oh Mickey! Shame to anyone who does not like Mickey Mouse! I would have loved a Minnie mouse party when I was a kid but this one … Read More...
Video Tutorial | We-R-Memory-Keepers Envelope Punch Board
Vanessa Vargas-Wilson, The Crafty Gemini, shares a video tutorial showing you how to use the Envelope Punch Board by We-R-Memory-Keepers. You can use this tool to make enveloped for mailing, as well as envelope designs to use on scrapbook … Read More...
Freebie | Thankful Journaling Cards
Stephanie Chavers from bee Tree Studios is sharing this set of 10 3×4 journaling cards, and a stitched frame as part of her Thankful series. Once unzipped you will get the files in PNG format, as well as the frame … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | New Do
Potato in Glass? Help Remove Bubbles…
A very exciting thing is happenng at my studio…we’re getting glass blowing equipment built so that we can offer classes as well as blow glass pretty much whenever we want. Yee ha!! So it’s got me wandering around the interwebs … Read More...
Free download of a house template
Over at Cloth Paper Scissors there is a free download of a house pattern that you can use to make a mixed-media neighborhood of your very own. Or I bet would be great to use to make Christmas ornaments. Wouldn’t … Read More...
Gifts From My Grave (Heart)
Onecklace contacted me regarding a review and I jumped at the chance to have them create a necklace with my daughters name on it for her Birthday. The thing is, I didn’t want it for her upcoming 6th birthday I … Read More...
Tutorial: Rolled hem on a sewing machine
A rolled hem is often used to finish the edges of delicate or lightweight fabrics. It’s also a good way to finish a curved edge. You can make a rolled hem several ways: on your serger, on your sewing machine, … Read More...
Free pattern: Puff sleeve dress for toddler girls
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making this puff sleeve dress for a toddler girl. It’s a classic little girl dress style that can be made up so many ways!!! The sleeves are gathered at the … Read More...
Freebie: Winter Scene SVG Cut File
SVG Cuts has a free snowy scene SVG cut file to download, this would make such a lovely card front! Click here to download it.
-Heather
Check out more SVG files and bundles over at Design Bundles
How to make a recycled paper roll holder
Do you have a big stash of wrapping paper or some other kind of rolls of paper you are looking to store without damaging? Check out this great idea for recycling an old wine rack into paper storage. Pop on … Read More...
Playful Elephant
Vintage Spice and Everything Nice has been posting a series of free charts with a circus theme. Here’s the latest entry into the collection – a playful elephant who is balancing a ball on his (or her) trunk. In addition … Read More...
