We’ve all seen coffee filter flowers, but I had to suggest this post because of the beautiful colors she created using a little bit of food coloring. They almost look real! Head over to Easy-Home-Made for the tutorial.
DIY Bubble Makers and Bubble Recipe
These bubble makers bring back so many memories. I remember making them as a kid myself! You can create lasting memories for your children if you head over to Fireflies and Mud Pies to see the instructions!
Sunflowers Galore!
I don’t know if all 50 of these are technically sunflowers, but I do know they are all lovely! Kristin Nicholas has created so many flower patterns in so many colors and textures that you’ll find plenty of inspiration in … Read More...
Technique: Color Washed Background
Say “Hello” to my little friend! The Fat Cat Stampers had directions for making a bright color washed swipe background, perfect for summer tags, cards and scrapbook pages.
-Heather
Looking for more Christmas Gnomes? Check these free DIY tutorials out … Read More...
Soo Sunny Park at Rice Gallery – This is colossal
It may be plexiglass and not glass but imagine what this would look like made with dichroic glass. Soo Sunny Park, who’s showing at Rice University Art Gallery in Houston, TX has made this gorgeous installation out of chain link … Read More...
Carved Gourd Lamps – Przemek Krawczy?ski
Gourds are always a popular canvas for different craft projects. But I’ve never seen anything like Polish artist Przemek Krawczy?ski’s carved gourd lamps. Each lamp is unique, hand carved, and has a halogen bulb inside that projects the designs onto … Read More...
Felt Flower DIY Tutorial
These “felt roses” are ones I would love for mother’s Day, they look so soft and real and will not dry up and have to be discarded. Ashley @ A Crafty House is a stay at home mom of two … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl skirt with dimensional flower applique
Frances Suzanne blogs in the Knock It Off series at Elegance & Elephants with a tutorial showing how to make this little girl’s skirt with a dimensional flower applique. The design was inspired by a skirt by Mini Boden. She … Read More...
Tutorial: Make cord keepers from scrap fabrics
Tricia from Made By Me & Shared With You shows how to use up your fabric scraps and make something pretty useful at the same time. The small pieces of fabric can become handy cord keepers. The small fabric sleeves … Read More...
Technique: Coloring Stamps with Distress Ink Pads
Annie Rose sure makes pretty cards! And over on Annie Rose Makes Things she’ll show you how to color in your stamped images using Distress Ink and a Blender Pen
for a soft watercolor look.
-Heather
Painted Flatware Candles
Pairing dollar store candles and painted flatware with a little bit of craft wire, you can create a lovely set of dinner table accents. Learn how at Family Chic from Camilla Fabbri.
Tutorial: Felt monster sleep masks
Marigold from Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! shares a tutorial over at Spoonful showing how to make felt monster sleep masks. The funny, friendly monster faces are sure to keep the nightmares away. Go to her tutorial.
[photo from Hideous! Dreadful! … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bohemian bag from a woven placemat
Stephanie from Henry Happened made this groovy bag out of a woven placemat. The fringe at the sides of the placemat ends up on just the one side of the bag – a cool asymmetrical detail. She shares a tutorial … Read More...
Tutorial: Make-up brush pouch
Kati from From the Blue Chair shares a tutorial over at the Pellon blog showing how to make a make-up brush pouch. The small square pouch unbuttons and unfolds to reveal a long clear pocket divided with stitch lines to … Read More...
Project: Shrink Plastic Jewelry
These little stamped jewelry pieces are totally adorable! Using digital stamps and printable shrink plastic the Some Odd Girl stamps blog will show you how to make some cuteness you can wear.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – LanaBella
This week’s Etsy shop of the week is LanaBella. LanaBella carries bath and body products made with organic herbs, including soap, shampoo bars, perfume, bath salts and etc. But what really made this shop stand out? They sell artisanal … Read More...
Clay Cake Toppers
One of the best things to do with clay is to sculpt. And with wedding season going full tilt you see some of the niftiest little cake toppers:
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| Mouse Topper by MeliMariStudio | Topper with Pets by clayphory |
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| Steampunk Cake Topper |
Tutorial: Big bucket tote
Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane Quilts shares a downloadable tutorial at the Pellon blog showing how to make an oversized bucket tote. Go there to download the project sheet.
[photo from Jennifer Mathis on Pellon blog]
Tutorial: Roll-up travel necklace organizer
Tracie from Cleverly Inspired shows how to make a roll-up travel organizer to keep your necklaces from becoming a big ol’ jumbled mess. The design is cleverly simple – just a fabric mat with Velcro to keep it closed. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: In-seam skirt pockets made from t-shirt sleeves
When I refashion a t-shirt, I often end up with the sleeves as scrap. Do you? Agy from Green Issues shows how to put them to clever use. She uses the leftover sleeves to add in-seam pockets to a skirt … Read More...