Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shows how to make an itty fleece bow for a softie or doll. For a boy doll, they can be a stylish bow … Read More...
Tutorial: Donut Blouse circle wrap top
Kelly from Casa Crafty shares a tutorial over at Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! showing how to make this circle wrap top. She calls it the Donut Blouse because of the shape when it’s all laid out. On your body, it wraps … Read More...
How to wrap a cord or cable to make it pretty
I can’t tell you how much I want to do this to every cable and headphone I own. I bet it would also make an awesome summertime kid craft! Pop on over to the blog Cute DIY’s for the tutorial … Read More...
Tutorial: Zippered running belt
Erin from Sewbon shares a tutorial over at The Sewing Rabbit shows how to make a running belt. I need to make one of these !! It’s a wide belt with a zippered pocket to hold your keys, phone, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Install a zip fly in a pair of pants
A zip fly isn’t required for most pants, but it is a detail that makes a pair of fitted (not elastic waist) pants look more like the kind of pants you find in a store. Shauna from Shwin & Shwin … Read More...
{Pinteresting Weddings} Mason Jar Inspiration
Mason jars have taken the wedding world by storm! I’ve been furiously pinning clever ideas for using Mason jars onto this board. From gorgeous lighting to wedding favors, invitations, free printables, centerpieces, florals, table numbers, painted Mason jars, and … Read More...
Project: Stamped Rocks
Add a pretty touch to your garden or potted plants with some stamped rocks. Find out how over at the Creative Green Living blog.
-Heather
Crochet Yourself A Swatch
For all of us yarn lovers, a program like this can seem like Christmas four times a year! They are called ‘swatches’ but they are really just samples of about 12 inches in each of about 30 yarns. The … Read More...
Photography Friday | 10 Tips for Using Your Point & Shoot Camera
Based on her experiences of using only a point & shoot camera while on vacation, Andrea Riley is sharing these 10 tips for the making the most of your point & shoot. Really, this post goes way past a list … Read More...
Light Bulb With A City Sprouting At The Top
What a clever concept. Netherlands based designer David Grass has created a floor or hanging lamp that looks like it has a city coming out at the top.
Go get more details about this lamp here.
Princess dreams under a quilt
This princess doll is sleeping under a quilt with pea-like stitching. Delightful! Go HERE to see more of this fairy tale come to life.
Image credit: Mollie Makes
New Takes on Macrame
Crafts have serious history, just like people. And just like people, sometimes it’d be nice to forget what that craft looked like back in the seventies. Like Macramé. The words brings up memories of those thin booklets from the seventies … Read More...
A handmade confession and tip
If you find joining the ends of binding fiddly, read on. Toni from Hoosier Toni did a guest post at Make It Handmade as part of her Handmade Confession series. Besides the quilt binding tip, don’t miss her sewing secret. … Read More...
DIY Pearl Bracelet
Here is another trendy pearl bracelet tutorial from Cute DIY. I like how she used blue thread to string the pearl white beads. The thread makes the beads pop. Take a look at the tutorial, the designer provides step-by-step … Read More...
No-Bake Strawberry Lemonade Bites
Georgia of Comfort Cooking (is there any other kind of cooking?) shares this fantastic idea for no-bake strawberry lemonade bites that is a perfect after dinner dessert pick-me-up.
Go get her recipe for these easy to make bites.
Tutorial: Shoulder button baby onesie
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...
