The Paper Artsy blog has a tutorial for making pretty mixed media framed pieces of art, using crackle paint and stamps on wooden frames and filling them with shrink plastic designs.
-Heather
Freebie | Gratitude Documented Project with Shanna Noel
Shanna Noel is leading a gratitude project on her blog, and it includes lots of freebies! She will be providing free printables as well as cut files to help you pull together a gratitude journal. I love this idea, … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Thankful Blessings
Death Star Disco Ball – Our Nerd Home
All other tributes to the 70’s may leave now. For the ultimate combination of Star Wars and Disco has arrived in the form of your very own, DIY, Death Star Disco Ball, as created by Our Nerd Home. … Read More...
3 Homemade Cucumber Mask Recipes
Cucumbers come in all different sizes and colors. So it is no surprise that there is hundreds of different recipes for Cucumber facials, scrubs and lotions. These 3 homemade recipes are from Cutediys.com and are a great starting point if … Read More...
Flash sale at Craftsy for classes
Craftsy is having a Trick or Treat sale. Choose from the following classes:
quilting • sewing • cake decorating • knitting • cooking • embroidery • Fine Art
These would make great birthday or Christmas gifts, I’m thinking. So, get on over to … Read More...
Fall Felt Leaf Wreath DIY
Your guests will love to be greeted by this colorful and charming Fall Felt Leaf Wreath created by Kellie of “Nest of Posies”! She has a lovely pictorial tutorial and give “Nest of Posies”! a big Craft Gossip like on … Read More...
Thanksgiving Felt Leaf Bunting Decoration DIY
Well, we are leaving the fun decorations of Halloween and into fall and Thanksgiving. This is my first fall posting and I think it is a winner. Start a new Thanksgiving tradition with this felt leaf bunting decoration. It’s … Read More...
Burlap Turkey
Since Kathy of lifeonlakeshoredrive is still working on Thanksgiving decor for her deck, she decided to take a school art project one step farther, and make a burlap turkey.
And what an awesome little project it has turned out to … Read More...
Thanksgiving for Beginners
I know. Halloween has just about finished and here we are starting already on Thanksgiving. One holiday at a time – I hear you saying.
But this post is for the early starters among us who like things planned way … Read More...
Party Ideas – Breaking Bad
You may not believe this but I have NOT actually watched this show. Some may call that disgraceful, but honestly I get around 45 mins-1 hour of T.V watching time per day and my husband is I am pretty selective … Read More...
Hot Chocolate Jars {Tutorial + Free Printable Label}
If you want to give your guests a sweet treat as a favor, but don’t want to spend a lot of time making them, this tutorial is for you! Polka Dot Bride shares instructions for making glass jars filled with … Read More...
Fun, Free Patterns for Fall from Knitting Daily
If you’re looking for the perfect fall sweater to knit or another easy knitting project, check out this free ebook for members of the Knitting Daily community.
Easy Knits includes 6 patterns:
- Cindy Taylor’s Simple Wrap Jacket, which looks like
How to recycle a jack-o-lantern pumpkin into a great fall decoration
Happy Halloween all! Don’t throw out that jack-o-lantern plastic pumpkin tomorrow, turn it into a great fall decoration. Thanks go out to the blog Endlessly Inspired for sharing this great idea. Pop on over to the blog White Lights … Read More...
Tutorial: Draft your own purse pattern
Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how she drafted the pattern for this pleated hobo bag she made for her friend’s birthday. She walks us through the whole process, from choosing fabrics to fine tuning the design to drafting the … Read More...
Jodi writes about her waxed canvas experiment
Jodi from Sew Fearless decided the canvas she used for the “man-ified” version of her Mommy Poppins bag needed to have a more weathered finish. So she waxed it. The waxing gave it an edgier look and it also makes … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s pleated winter skirt
Mie from Sewing Like Mad shares a tutorial over at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make a pleated skirt for a little girl. It has 5 pleats in the front and a simple elastic waistband. The grosgrain ribbon at … Read More...
Knit a Tail for Halloween and Beyond
My husband’s office all dressed up as characters from Green Eggs and Ham for Halloween, and husband went as the mouse (“I do not like them in a house, I do not like them with a mouse”). I think he … Read More...
Tutorial: No-slip ribbon headband
Dawn from Designed by Dawn Nicole shows how to make a ribbon headband that won’t slip off your head. They have elastic at the bottom for a snug fit, and they’re backed with a velvet ribbon to keep it from … Read More...
Tutorial: Stuffed animal scarves
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shares a tutorial over at A Subtle Revelry/ showing how you can make one of these cute stuffed animal scarves. Little kids will love these!! One end of the scarf has the front of the … Read More...