Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how to make a baby onesie with buttons across the shoulders. It’s a variation on her previously published baby onesie pattern (free pattern, by the way). The buttons are functional, so besides being a … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Little girl A-line skirt
Justine from Sew Country Chick shares a tutorial over at Craft Snob showing how to make an A-line skirt for a toddler girl She shows how to make a super simple pattern based on your child’s measurements, and then how … Read More...
Paper Bead Rose Necklace Tutorial
Out of all the paper bead jewelry pieces I have seen, this ranks up there with one of the most unique. Divya shows how she recycled magazine sheets into beads, and used a flower punch to make the flower … Read More...
Wool Beads Tutorial
Have you ever wondered how to make wool beads? I have, thanks to this easy to follow tutorial, now I know, and you can to. In Daria’s tutorial you will learn how to make the beads and use … Read More...
Contest to Win a No Days Prize Pack from Streuter Technologies
Love the guys over at Streuter Technologies! They’ve got a contest going on right now to win one of two No Days Prize Packs. I think you should sign up to win. I think I may sign up too. … Read More...
Tutorial: Upcycle 4 t-shirts into one color blocked maxi dress
Kristina J. shows how you can make this color blocked maxi dress out of a stack of old t-shirts. One shirt becomes the bodice, and three more get pieced together to make the long skirt. Because the bodice and sleeves … Read More...
12 Beautiful Tote Purse Patterns eBook
Enjoy these patterns, this is FREE for you to download
In an ideal world you’d never have to switch out bags and … Read More...
How to paint a spiral striped vase
If your style is simple elegance or you are looking to candy stripe a vase for Christmas pop on over to the blog Miss P… for an easy tutorial on how to spiral stripe a vase.
DINO TAIL TUTORIAL & pattern
My 3 year old Grandson Weston would flip out if I made him this “DINO TAIL” because he is obsessed with dinosaurs. Jessica of “running with scissors” has a complete tutorial for you to follow on how to make these … Read More...
Freebie: Coloring Sheet – Shark Week!
Happy Shark Week! Download this fun coloring page of Hammerhead sharks for free at Dover Publishing. Shrink it down for card fronts or give it to the kiddos to color.
-Heather
Are you hosting an under the sea themed party? … Read More...
NEW Winner of “handbag designer 101”
I picked the winner on Monday and have not heard anything back from her. From now on I will be giving a 24 hour deadline for responding. I am pleased to announce our NEW winner of this giveaway is #7 … Read More...
Pattern Couching
At the Kreinik Thread Blog, tey are featuring a book by Sue Dulle that goes into detail about couching. While couching may not be the most exciting embroidery technique at first consideration as the blog points out, once you go … Read More...
Tiny Alarm Clock
I despise alarm clocks. I always manage to set them wrong or even if I set them correctly they will refuse to go off for some reason! Luckily my “other half” has better luck with them or I wouldn’t have … Read More...
Lies Your Yarn Ball Band is Telling You
I absolutely love this post from Gwen Bortner at Two Sides of the Same Stitch about the top five yarn label lies. Go read it, right now, I’ll wait for you.
These are things that I already know after … Read More...
Outdoor Patio Office
Now this is an office, I would love to go everyday.
More a description of what her office looks like, rather than a DIY tutorial, this is Donna’s workspace.
Check out more up close and gorgeous photos of her work … Read More...
Quick Party Ideas – Adult Onesies
This blog topic was inspired by my father who messaged me at 7 am to tell me – did I know that Onesies are HUGE right now. If my 69-year-old father thinks they are worth blogging about then gosh darn … Read More...
Style Me Quick – Self Tanning Made Simple
I love this product review by Dana from thewonderforest.com. I know you’re wondering why I don’t do my own product review of a self tan? Firstly I won’t fit into that bikini and secondly no one needs to see … Read More...
Lesson Plan – Water Crisis
The Water Project has just launched their new FREE water crisis lesson plans. Perfect for Elementary+ aged students.
Tutorial: Snow White t-shirt for a grown-up princess
Little girls aren’t the only ones who want to dress up like princesses. Sometimes grown-ups want to dress up, too. Especially for a family trip to Disneyland. Marissa fromRae Gun Ramblings shows how she made a Snow White t-shirt … Read More...
Yum! Pretzel Cake
Perfect for Fall and ThanksGiving (I know, it may be too early to think about that), this Pretzel Cake from CakeWhiz seems too good to eat. Or it could just be her photographs – which I am sure are doctored. … Read More...