As I am sure you recall I have a pet hate for Balloon arches. Well, how about this? A beach ball arch. It looks simple, affordable, and totally doable and it is perfect for Summer Pool Parties!
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As I am sure you recall I have a pet hate for Balloon arches. Well, how about this? A beach ball arch. It looks simple, affordable, and totally doable and it is perfect for Summer Pool Parties!
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by Vikram Goyal
An excellent photo tutorial – this DIY comes from the blog “Our Small Town Idaho Life”. The transformation is dramatic with the stained wood look.
Get this DIY Wood Ceiling transformation tutorial here.
by Anne Weaver
Head over to Dollar Store Crafts to get a tutorial showing how you can make a water bottle sling out of a scarf. Brilliant! The scarf becomes long straps that can be worn cross body, and a bit of sewing … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
How sweet are these stick horses that Lia Griffith made! Even sweeter, she shares a pattern and tutorial on her blog for making them. The horse heads are made from wool felt, lightly stuffed and glued to a long wooden … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Over at Disney’s Spoonful blog, Dariela from Dari Design Studio shows how you can make these waterproof placemats. The geometric design is made with stamps and paint, a step you could hand over to the kids if you wanted. Her … Read More...
If the thought of making an entire quilt seems out of reach, why not take a quilt block and make it the focus of a pillow. Melony of Mel Designs did just that with her adorable Dresden Plate Burlap Pillow. … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Gemia from Phat Quarters shows how to make an I Spy hidden object game. It’s a fabric pouch with a clear plastic window, filled with rice and a smattering of small objects. The game is to moosh the rice around … Read More...
Squaring up your sewn blocks is essential in getting good results (improvisation excluded) in quilting, yet, I rarely see a tutorial for how to do it. Well, I found one created by Palak of Make It Handmade. Of her … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Amber from Crazy Little Projects guest blogs at Skip To My Lou with a tutorial showing how to make a fabric lunch box for the kiddos to take to school. It’s made from two layers of cotton, with an insulated … Read More...
Anorina of Samelia’s Mum shares her secret for making hand applique easier. It involves starch and kid’s glue. What she’s sewn here is a circle onto a square ground. To find out more, go to the tutorial.
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The Sakura blog has a great technique for adding lots of shine and sparkle to your stamped images by coloring them with Crystal Lacquer and metallic pens.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. … Read More...
One of the hardest parts of the craft show business is displaying your wares. After all your hard work in creating your product, whatever it may be, you must now decide on the best way to create an appealing shop. … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
These roller shades are made from burlap, with a wide printed ribbon for a border. Maryann from Domestically Speaking shows how you can make them. The burlap and ribbon are glued to an existing roller shade, so there’s no sewing … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Rachel from Imagine Gnats shows another woven dress version of her Tumble Tee pattern. This one has a notched neck. Tight curves like the notched neck and armholes can be tricky with wovens, since the fabric has no “give”. She … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Kate at See Kate Sew shows how to make these pretty ruffled zip pouches. The geometric designs at the bottom are not printed on the fabric, they’re sewn using the decorative stitches on your machine. LOVE!! If you don’t like … Read More...
Oh, behave!! Hahaha, I love this funny free phrase (say that 3 times fast!) from Create with TLC, jump over to their blog and grab this free digital stamp phrase.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps to download check … Read More...
by Sarah White
Triangular shawls are a lot of fun to knit, and a little scarf or shawl worked in this way is perfect for this time of year, while a bigger version will be great when the weather is cooler.
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I live north of Atlanta and there’s been a lot of excitement at the zoo there with the birth of twin pandas recently. It’s been fun to watch the news reports as they have grown from tiny little lumps of … Read More...
I was catching up with Olisa Corcoran’s blog Cocoaeyes the Stitcher recently. I have been loving her recent experiments with watercolor and paint. She’s been doing a lot with perle cotton and watercolor in her latest works. What great texture!… Read More...
by Vikram Goyal
So simple – so creative – so clever – and so functional.
This DIY hack to make an antler jewelry holder is brilliant and quick. You should be able to do this in no time.
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