Tara of Suburble upcycled these signs for playtime fun using $2 signs bought from the Dollar Store.
The idea is simple enough and the end result is great!
Get her tute on these upcycled playhouse signs.
Mixed Media Travel Journal
Over at Craftside this week, there’s a great video tutorial with an accompanying graphic tutorial on how to make a mixed media pocket travel journal. So get out your best cardstock and ribbons and follow along and make a travel … Read More...
Sophisticated Cross stitch Silhouette
Here’s yet another fun silhouette chart from Brigitte Dadaux. It would look great paired with this recent posting for a dynamic duo to stitch together. Pick coordinating or complimentary colors to stitch the designs in. Get this free pattern.
Portland Bridge Yarn Bombed for its Birthday
In celebration of the 100th birthday of the Broadway Bridge in Portland, Ore., some 150 volunteers knit up four giant blankets that are now decorating the bridge in vivid colors.
The installation was put up just in time for the … Read More...
Mmm..Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
My mouth is watering.. no drooling as I am writing this. Bakeralla shows us how to make Oreo Cookie Ice cream sandwiches that are ridiculously easy to make.
Why hasn’t anyone else thought of this before?
Actually, I think all … Read More...
Party Ideas – Country Pony
The Barefoot Seamstress shares her “Pony” party from her daughters 3rd party. I really love the way she has styled it in a very subtle way. It’s refreshing to see little girls parties that are not pink. My 5 year … Read More...
Top 5 Water Play Toys
Lessons Learnt Journal is a great resource for ideas that are tried and tested. Pauline shares her top 5 ideas for items to use for water play. I remember when my kids were young letting them just hang out with … Read More...
DIY Band-Aids for Dolls and Stuffed Animals {Pretend Play}
I am definitely going to make several these for our little ones because they love bandaging their stuffed animals. MaryLea of “pink and green mama” designed and created these clever pretend band-aids! All you’ll need to make them is … Read More...
DIY – Dark Circle Repair Treatment
Delighted Momma shares her quick green tea eye treatment to help you look refreshed and revived.
Matcha Green tea contains tannin that reduce the puffy-ness around your eyes and helps relieve dark circles.
For the full recipe visit her website… Read More...
Convert boring storage bins to colorful ones
Autumn shows you how to take inexpensive plastic storage bins and cover the front with any fabric you like for a custom look (printable template and links to bins included on her website. (As seen in the picture above).
Go … Read More...
Things to Learn from Knitting
Someone at Buzzfeed is clearly pretty crafty, because a few posts have cropped up lately related to craft. If you missed it over the weekend, be sure to check out 18 Important Life Lessons to Learn from Knitting.
Some … Read More...
How to make a scrap ribbon and button bookmark
If you are like me and read lots of books and like to mark bookmark them to keep track of the projects you want to make this tutorial on how to make a scrap ribbon and button bookmark featured at … Read More...
Free pattern: Basic summer tank for boys
Autie from iCandy Handmade shares a free pattern for making a basic summer tank for boys. It has a loose fit and hangs long. And made from a lightweight knit, the sleeveless top will help keep him cool in the … Read More...
Review: Gooseberry Patch Stitching for the Kitchen
This is a repost of a review I recently published. It was intended to be part of the blog tour for the release of the book, but I kind of jumped the gun and posted it a few weeks early. … Read More...
Tutorial: 15-minute fabric headband
Jennifer from Monkey See, Monkey Do shows how you can make a quick headband out of your fabric scraps. The thing fabric headbands have elastic sewn at the bottom so they stretch to fit. It’ll take just 15 minutes to … Read More...
Free pattern: Soft doll you can make for charity
You can find a free pattern for this soft doll over at Simple Simon & Co. . Her dress has a removable skirt and a Peter Pan collar. They’re providing the pattern and tutorial as part of their Skirting the … Read More...
Cool idea: Child’s arm sling made special
When her young son sprained his arm, Angelina from JoJo and Eloise made him a special sling. She lined it with a soft fleece and added a Superman logo because that’s his favorite. It won’t make his arm heal any … Read More...
HUGE Sale at Silhouette
All of Silhouette’s consumables are 40% off from July 23rd to July 30th! This sale does not apply to the Silhouette CAMEO® or Silhouette Portrait™, it means all of the physical products that are used with Silhouette … Read More...
Best photographed quilt – Week 6
Mary of Molly Flanders Makerie lays out the top of her Gee’s Bend inspired quilt and takes lots of great photos of it, one with her feet – so cute. This one though, gets my vote for best photographed quilt … Read More...
Tutorial | How to Create a Photo Blending Layer in Photoshop Elements
Stephanie from Bee Tree Studios explains how you can create a photo blending layer in Photoshop Elements. She takes you step by step through the process with a screen shot for each step. Click here to go to the … Read More...