Linda Walsh has a quick and easy way to make your own backgrounds for outdoor scenes with a masking technique and sponging inks.
-Heather
Halloween Bat Mobile, DIY-Tutorial
I just bought some old embroidery hoops on eBay and this is just the project to use them with. Andie hosts American Felt and Craft’s and loves felt and relates: “What’s not to love about felt”! The color selection is … Read More...
How to design a shared backyard
Where we live, 4 backyards congregate together. But they are separated by fences. And thus – the old style talk to your neighbour over the backyard fence – ritual is somehow skewed.
So when I read this post on ModernFarmer … Read More...
Take 5 S’mores
Can’t get enough of S’mores.
And in an effort to make everyone believe that summer is still not over, thebrunettebaker shows you how to create some really easy S’more using Take 5 bars.
Simple!
Get her recipe here: Take 5 … Read More...
Sleeping on a Bread Bed
Ok that was hard to write. A bread bed. A bed shaped like slices of bread.
We knew Japan has some quirky ideas around food – but this is just plain wrong.
Can you see your kids wanting this? A … Read More...
Mummy Stress – Do you have it?
Stress – I always thought I had a good grasp on “Stress” until I had kids. Kids provide a whole new level of “Stress” I like to call OMG why did I have kids “Mummy Stress”. Even when I get … Read More...
Make Your Own Colored Knitting Needles
Clearly there was a time a few months ago when I wasn’t paying much attention to my email (don’t you hate when that happens?) because I don’t even remember this one and it’s from May! Well, let me make up … Read More...
Party Ideas – Geologist Rock Party
This Geologist Rock Party from Kara’s Party ideas is more than a little unusual. I don’t know anyone who would love a party like this but I have no doubt some little boy or girl out there is fascinated with … Read More...
Kids Craft – Monster Mugs
These fun little monster mugs by Repeatcrafterme would make the perfect tween kids craft activity. Christmas is not too far away and with a few crafting sessions your kids could make enough of these for Teachers, Grandparents, Neighbors and more. … Read More...
Lego Inspired Kitchen Island
I love the idea – but I really don’t know how DIY it is.
Lego inspired (and Lego used) Kitchen island is installed in this kitchen. The designers used 20000 pieces of Lego
. A herculean task – but … Read More...
Wedding Sampler
Jo created this wedding sampler by adapting a free chart from Carlton-Marie. She changed out the center portion of the original chart. The rest is stitched as it was originally charted. She posted this photo at Freebie Gallery which is … Read More...
Embroidery Pattern – Stylised Flower Pattern
Here’s another great free hand embroidery pattern from Imaginesque. This one is a lovely stylized flower pattern. The spelling in the title of this blog is not incorrect by the way – it is the way it is spelled at … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make button tabs for cuffed shorts
Veronica from Sew Very shares a tutorial showing how to add button tabs to cuffed shorts. You can add the step in when making a pair of shorts. They’re particularly cute on the sailor shorts that she made! Or, for … Read More...
Free pattern: Girl’s reversible fabric headband
Pamela from Sovanisa used scraps left over from making some dresses for her daughters, to make matching headbands. They’re reversible. A bit of elastic at the bottom keeps them snug on the head. She shares the pattern she used, with … Read More...
Tutorial: Coffee sleeve with stenciled design
Karin at Leigh Laurel Studios show show you can make this fabric coffee sleeve. The grass print is made with freezer paper stencil. I love this design! It’s fresh, modern, green, happy. She includes a pattern for cutting the stencil, … Read More...
Tutorial: Rainbow Dash Halloween costume sew-along
Last year, Toni from Sugar Tart Crafts Toni made a Rainbow Dash Halloween costume for her My Little Pony lovin’ little girl. This year, she’s hosting a sew-along showing how to make one yourself. She kicks off the tutorial series … Read More...
DIY laundry hamper with removable bag
Angelina from JoJo & Eloise shows how to make a folding clothes hamper with a removable fabric bag. Her husband built the wood frame for her, and she sewed up the bag that fits inside it. There isn’t a step-by-step … Read More...
Art Deco Mittens to Knit
I’ve been holding on to this one for a little while (sorry, Kat!) waiting for it to get a little cooler, but you know what? If pumpkin spice everything is appearing everywhere already I guess we can officially start planning … Read More...
How to make a recycled headband holder
I have a bunch of headbands that I like to look at as much as I like to wear them. If you you do too and are looking for an easy project you can make to store and display them … Read More...
Techniques: Resist Ideas
Learn several different colorful resist techniques for card making using products like liquid masking fluid and crayons over on the Tikkido blog.
-Heather