Jane from Maiden Jane liked just about everything about her new jeans – except for one important thing. The waistband. It came too low and hit her at the fullest part of her belly, which was not only uncomfortable but … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Faux fur throw blanket
Faux fur is trending in clothing and in home decor right this season. Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking shows how to make a faux fur throw blanket. It’s a warm, inviting accent for a room. She used a 66″ wide … Read More...
Freebies: Holiday Printables
Papercrafts magazine has an entire page of free printables for the upcoming holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa and more. These are perfect for holiday cards, tags and scrapbook pages!
Looking for more paper crafts ideas and supplies? Check some of … Read More...
Freebie – Doily Cut File
Nicole Nowosad is sharing the free .studio cut file for the lovely white doilies shown above. She shares a few of the projects she made using the doily cut outs, and gives tips on the very many ways you can … Read More...
Making The Most Of Your Crochet
My friend Ronnie is a very talented crocheter. She can glimpse a pattern and almost instantly see where a mistake might crop up. She can look at my work and find where I’ve gone wrong right away – after I’ve … Read More...
Tutorial | Thanksgiving Mini Haystack Place Cards
I totally love this idea from The Twinery! Make mini haystack place cards for Thanksgiving using cardstock, twine and tags. They explain two ways you can cut the cardstock to make these with wider or thinner pieces of “hay”. … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Friends
Tutorial: Easy quilt For the Boys
Sarah Scholz makes quick work of this quilt by using a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics) from the Scoot collection by Riley Blake. She’s one of many bloggers participating in Madame Samm’s For the Boys blog hop. Get the tutorial.… Read More...
Tutorial: Family Tree quilted pillow
A bird, a tree and leaves appliqued on a white ground. This, a closeup of a quilted pillow made by Karen Miller of Karen’s Quilts, Crows and Cardinals. She’s celebrating having her whimsical fall project, Family Tree, featured … Read More...
Tutorial: Hollow Form Beads
As wonderful as clay is, large beads weigh a fair amount. A whole string of them can be heavy. Hollow beads are the way to go. ArtyBecca has a method using cardstock or paper forms for the inners. Give it … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy fabric coasters
Erin from Sewbon shares a tutorial over at the Therm O Web blog showing how to sew up a set of fabric coasters. They’re quick and easy to make. She puts fusible fleece in between the top and bottom layer … Read More...
Make Yarn Trees for Modern Winter Decor
Hannah B. Slaughter was part of the Jo-Ann Blogger Challenge and Make It! She is a graphic designer for HGTV and DIY who loves taking something old, making it new and then adding sparkle. She loves weekend’s activities of thrifting … Read More...
Free Printable Color Wash Table Numbers
My Own Labels shares free printables for ombre table numbers in 3 pretty colors here. I love the soft wash of color, and the modern simplicity of these easy to make wedding decorations!
Tutorial: Child’s faux fur vest
Heidi from Elegance & Elephants shows how to make a faux fur vest for a child. The white fur she used is dreamy soft for winter! Don’t let the faux fur part intimidate you. It’s actually a simple project. You … Read More...
Because Knitters are Awesome
I couldn’t resist sharing this really sweet story about the awesomeness of knitters. Knitter Susan Cottrell from London, Ontario, had been knitting a shawl in turquoise and blue lace, complete with 1,500 beads, while sitting at her husband’s bedside while … Read More...
Thanksgiving Decor: Log with holes for candles
Found this of Pinterest. There are no instructions, not that instructions seem to be required?
You might need to make this fireproof somehow, or perhaps use battery operated lights?
But such a cool idea for your Thanksgiving table decoration. … Read More...
Turkey Nutter Butter Cookies
Gobble Gobble indeed!
Perfect idea to get the kids to do this themselves, this simple and creative take on turkey shaped cookies is a gem of an idea by Ashley of FrugalCouponLiving!
Using nutter butter cookies, candy corn and some … Read More...
Great Thanksgiving Books For Kids
KCEdventures has a beautiful roundup of Thanksgiving books. You are sure to find something suitable for your classroom or home-school that will interest and engage your Children this holiday. What do you plan to do with your little ones this … Read More...
Melt & Pour – Herbal Soap Recipe
This is one of the best melt and pour Herbal Soap tutorials I have seen, the soaps in this picture look amazing and inviting and herbaly healthy 🙂
For the full tutorial you need to visit Thenerdyfarmwife.com where she explains … Read More...
Make a Hanging Snowman Craft
This “Make a Hanging Snowman Craft” is so cute and looks easy to make. This comes from Better Homes and Gardens. There are complete instructions for this project. They have some very neat Christmas tutorials for us.