This week’s featured Etsy shop is Drops of Color. Drops of Color specializes in custom made baby mobiles and other home décor accessories. Each mobile is made to order and they’ll match it to your nursery colors and tastes. … Read More...
Tutorial: Mend the holes in your jeans
Holes in jeans can be good in some places, and bad in others. In the right places, they give a wonderfully distressed look. In the wrong places, you end up showing everyone what color panties you’re wearing that day. The … Read More...
Using vintage fabrics in your sewing projects
As I clean through the piles in my sewing studio, I’m realizing exactly how much vintage fabric I have hoarded. I think I’m much better at acquiring the vintage fabrics than actually using them in projects. Are you in the … Read More...
Make An Adorable Mobile From Embroidery Hoops (A Great Baby Gift!)
Make this “darling mobile” for your home and do it together with the kids and make a few! Make one as a great handmade gift like a baby mobile for the nursery. She has a complete tutorial to for us … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric football made for tossing
Joel from Made By Joel, and author of Made To Play, shows how to sew up a fabric football. He stuffed it with strips of old t-shirt fabric rather than a polyester stuffing in order to give it … Read More...
A Touch Of Gold
1: Gold Doilies 500pk $71.95
2: 5lbs Gold Wrapped Almonds $82
3: Gold Tinsel Chandelier $20
4: Gold Cupcake Liners (Available almost everywhere)
5: Large Foil Number Balloons $15
Project: Birdhouse Card
7 DIY Food and Drink Gift Ideas for Dad
Beer, ties and moustaches. Always the same thing for Dad. Here are a few ways to make beer, ties and moustaches awesome.
DIY beer bread mix packaged IN a … Read More...
Now That’s a Great Yarn Storage Solution!
I’ve seen and shared a lot of different ways to sort, store and display yarn through the years, but this has got to be one of the coolest and cleverest solutions I’ve seen. Bonus: it doesn’t cost a lot, makes … Read More...
10 Star Wars-Inspired Treats
I have to admit, I’m totally out of the Star Wars world now. I’m about old school Star Wars. The original, unenhanced trilogy. Playing Princess Leia in the backyard, my brother was Luke, or maybe Han. We probably made my … Read More...
Sunflower Book Winners, Take Two
Thanks to everyone who shared their moments of organizational embarrassment; I feel a lot better.
Our winners this time around are numbers 1 and 4: Constanza, who shared a story about a scheduling mishap that happened when she had surgery; … Read More...
Tutorial: T-shirt dress with a sweetheart neck
Ari from Max California guest blogs over Shaffer Sisters with a tutorial showing how to make her 12 Parsecs Dress. It’s a t-shirt mini-dress with a retro sweetheart neckline. Love!! Go to her tutorial.
[photo from Max California on Shaffer … Read More...
Tutorial: Tablecloth weights
Alexandra from Kalinka Handmade shows how to make tablecloth weights. They clip the bottom of a tablecloth to keep it from blowing away when you’re dining outside. The ones she made are shaped like fish, but you could sew them … Read More...
Tutorial: Roomy summer tote bag
Bridgit from Wag Doll made a new summer tote bag for herself. The striped fabric came from a table runner that she fussy cut so that the printed words would appear on the front of her bag. She shares a … Read More...
Free pattern: Scalloped sunglass case
Amy from Positively Splendid shows how to make a pretty scalloped sunglass case. They don’t take much fabric to make, so you can use up some of your scraps of favorite fabrics. Go to her blog for a pattern and … Read More...
Tutorial: Add tuxedo stripes to a skirt
The difference between a plain pencil skirt and a tuxedo skirt is just a couple of strips of contrast down the side. Kristina J. shows how you can update a plain skirt to give it the tuxedo stripes, in the … Read More...
Technique: Wood Burning with Stamps
Here’s a super cool idea using stamps that I’ve never seen before! Wendy Price used her stamped images as a design base for wood burning, how fun is that? She has details on how she made this photo frame over … Read More...
Handy Genius and Casting Spells
Sometimes the most humble crochet project can really make a difference in the quality of one’s life. That’s crochet genius! In this case, Sheila has invented a potholder we weren’t smart enough to know we needed, but will not … Read More...
Trending: Sharpies on Your Dishes and 8 Ideas
The Sharpie® marker was introduced in 1964, the first permanent pen of its kind, coveted for its ability to write on almost any surface. Fifty years later, Sharpie is still coveted for its ability to write on almost any surface. … Read More...
Freebie | Summer Themed Gift Tags & Gift Wrap
Lia Griffith designed a matching set of summer themed gift tags and wrapping paper, that would work well for those occasions coming up: Graduations, Bridal Showers, Father’s Day and of course birthdays! Click here to download the tags and … Read More...