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...
Party Speakers
Music can make or break a good party. Make sure your music is being heard with this wireless Audio system. Simply screw them into your light bulb socket and run your iPhone or ipod. GiiNii Audio Bulb $299.99
Tip: Embossing on Buttons
Dress up those plain old buttons with some stamping and heat embossing, Your Next Stamp will show you how.
-Heather
Faux Felted Water Bottle Bracelets tutorial and eBook
This cute doable “Faux Felted Water Bottle Bracelet” comes from “Fave Crafts” and was created by Heidi Borchers and she has a good pictorial tutorial. There is also a free downloadable book “Trash to Treasure: 28 Recycled Crafts” that have … Read More...
5 Minute Gilded Votive Holders
All you need to get this look for your home is a permanent crafting pen. This 5 minute DIY comes from oh-so-stylish Creature Comforts.
Learn Cast Ons with a New Knitting Video
I got word today that Liat Gat of KnitFreedom has released a new video all about different knitting cast ons. The KnitFreedom Video Guide to Cast Ons includes video instruction on 39 different cast ons, from backwards loop to twined, … Read More...
How to make a recycled magazine stool
This is so cool! Pop on over to the blog Green Issues by Agy for an awesome tutorial on how to make a recycled magazine stool. Not only do you get a cool piece of furniture you have a … Read More...
Repeating Motif
Repeating motifs are fun to stitch and useful for filling in backgrounds or just creating fun ornaments or even nice pillows. You can use up odds and ends of flosses or go for a single color filling in the entire … Read More...
Tutorial: 20 Minute Library Bag
Alyce from And Sew We Craft shows how to make her 20 Minute Library Bag. The bag is easily sewn, requiring only straight seams (and not too many of them, either). And it uses fabric efficiently, too. You will only … Read More...