Summer time means ice cream, and nothing could be more refreshing or delicious for your warm-weather wedding guests than a yummy ice cream buffet! Eat Drink Chic shares how to set up a sundae bar complete with toppings and sauces, … Read More...
DIY Crepe Paper Flowers
Don’t let those leftover party streamers go to waste – use them to make beautiful centerpieces for your bridal shower or wedding! Get the step-by-step tutorial for these blooming beauties at Créme de la Craft.
Cute Cupcakes With A Tie Garnish
Renee of Cutesimplestuff shares these cupcakes that she intended to make for Father’s Day – but didn’t get around to doing it. In any case, it doesn’t matter, as these cupcakes look great nonetheless – and are perfect for any … Read More...
Get Out Your Big Needles to Warm Up Quick
Mel at Mellywood’s Mansion lives in Australia, where it’s winter, and a friend asked her for a cowl. She wanted to get it done quickly, so she pulled out her big needles (20 mm, or US 36) and a bit … Read More...
How To Make Red Riding Hood
Marda Dian from the website Torte di Marda (Italian website) (which I believe means Cakes by Marda?) sent us this link suggestion on how to make a Red Riding Hood cupcake topper.
We are sure glad she did. The final … Read More...
Little Girls And Makeup – What are your thoughts?
I recently came across a discussion that got pretty heated over whether little girls should wear makeup or not. I would love to hear your thoughts (be opinionated but not nasty please).
My 5-year-old has lip gloss and pretend makeup … Read More...
DIY guide – draped skirt tutorial
You might think you have to have a pretty fair body to wear this skirt, but I love it and I can make it longer and I think it is stunningly different. Christina is a 23-year-old fashion blogger who hosts … Read More...
DIY – Paper Doily Hangup
Lisastorms shares her paper doily hangups as a guest blogger on Ucreate Parties. This simple idea would be perfect for a dainty tea party. You could jazz it up by using foil doilies.
Enter to Win 30 Days of Cotton Ease
Lion Brand Yarn is doing a 30 Days of Dishcloths promotion right now, which involves showing off its great collection of colorful dishcloth patterns as well as running a contest on Facebook.
The prize is 30 balls of Cotton … Read More...
Tutorial: How To Sew A Skirt 12-part series for beginning sewists
The How To Sew A Skirt series now underway at So Sew Easy is a great resource for beginning sewers. It’s a 12-part series showing how to sew a basic straight skirt. Along the way, Deby teaches sewing skills like … Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Vintage-inspired baby boy suspender shorts
Over at Crafting Zuzzy, Angela shares a free pattern and tutorial for making these vintage-inspired suspender shorts for a baby boy. Are they not the cutest? The waistband is flat on the front, but on the back it’s elastic so … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a summer top from a pillow sham
Liz from Cotton & Curls made this cute little top out of a pillow sham. The white pillowcase with a ruffled eyelet hem makes a lovely summer top. The ruffle around the opening on the pillow sham easily becomes a … Read More...
Project: Stamped Mermaid Collage
Visit my own personal blog P is for Paper for more information on how I made this pretty Mermaid collage, the focal image is a stamp from Stampendous.
-Heather
Tutorial: Runway-inspired metallic shorts
I don’t know that metallics have ever truly gone out of style, but they’re certainly seeing a resurgence lately. Daniel Parker from Studs and Buttonholes shows how he made a pair of metallic shorts for himself. The look is inspired … Read More...
Quilt display ladder
Blair of Wisecraft had stacks of quilts piling up in her studio with no place to go. Her husband built her a display ladder to hang them. She shares a simple diagram with instructions if you want to make one … Read More...
Tutorial | Stab Binding Bookbinding Basics
Dive into making your own minibooks with this tutorial showing the fundamentals of the stab binding technique. There’s no folding or gluing involved! Click here to go to the tutorial at Tuts+
Best photographed quilt – Week 5
If you can hang a quilt outside to photograph it, you’re half way to getting a decent shot of it. This week, I nominate Cathy of Blueberry Patch who made and photographed this I Spy quilt she calls I Spy … Read More...
Tutorial: Matryoshka Buttons
Fatima has a photo tutorial for the cutest little matryoshka buttons. It continues on for several pages, just click the right navigation arrow on the photo page. Knowing me, I’d probably make these into beads or add caned flower elements.
DIY Bullet Shell Pendants
I love the look of bullet shell jewelry. I am a Southern gal who loves wearing blue jeans, t-shirts, and cowgirl boots. To accessorize the look, I like wearing jewelry with an outdoor, western theme. I have yet to … Read More...
Dino Tripod for your Phone – Eat.Sleep.Make.
I think plastic dinosaurs are fast becoming the biggest trend in DIY. And this post on how to make a Dino Tripod from Eat Sleep Make is one of the most creative I’ve seen. This is the perfect craft for … Read More...