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This Mother’s Day gift idea from Tara Dennis includes both DIY and upcycling! The DIY photo cubes are old lightbulb boxes. Click here to get all the details.
Looking for more “Mother” themed embellishments, stamps and papers? Check these out … Read More...
This Spring time bib necklace is made from old magazines and newspapers. How clever! I like the pastel colors. Check out the in-depth tutorial on the Fine Craft Guild website and learn how this beautiful Paper Beaded Bib Necklace was … Read More...
I try to browse Flickr (and elsewhere! everywhere, it seems, sometimes) every week to see what polymer clayers are up to and posting. This week there was super stuff around –
First off I have to say the blue color of this necklace is BEAUtiful! Seriously it caught my attention the moment I saw it. I love the deep, rich blue color, but then again I just love shades of blue. … Read More...
WobiSobi shows how to make this leather business card holder. The sides are held together with metal rivets, so there’s no sewing required. Go to her blog for the DIY.
[photo from WobiSobi]
Lots of little girls love dressing up like their favorite princess (Disney or otherwise). But you can’t wear a fancy princess costume EVERYWHERE. Jessica from My Inner Need to Create made more casual princess tops for just such occasions. I … Read More...
‘Rosiepink’ is hosted by Annie, and her Mum, Lyn and they both live on the South Coast of England. You may remember when I hosted a giveaway for their eBook ‘Creating Felt Artwork’. Today they are their sharing their marvelous … Read More...
These simple outdoor lanterns are a great alternative for spendy yard lights from the store! The step-by-step tutorial can be found at 30 minute crafts. (PS: 30 Minute Crafts? More like 5 minute crafts!)
Papercrafts Magazine has several baby, birthday and wedding sentiments to download for free. Perfect for the fronts or insides of your cards!
-Heather
Looking for more discussions about Card making? Check out our Facebook group for cardmaking.
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Since I have been sidelined by a crafting-related injury that has made my hands and arms hurt, I’ve been researching some stretches and things that can make my hands and arms a little stronger and healthier.
It just happened that … Read More...
This month was supposed to be my month of finishing, then a crafty injury kept me from knitting — at all — for more than a week. I have to tell you it was pretty darn boring!
I allowed myself … Read More...
Check out my review of Adventures in Pompom Land by Myko Diann Bocek! It’s over in our Giveaways section because there’s a giveaway at the end! Go read my review and leave a comment there to get entered to … Read More...
If you are looking for a little inspiration for your bathroom, here’s a collection of DIY bathroom crafts and ideas to get you motivated. The beauty of dressing up a bathroom is that it doesn’t take a lot, just a … Read More...
Here’s another fun blackwork project from Imaginesque. There’s so much you can do with these little charts – fill in a background or just fill up a bookmark or small ornament. Play around with a fun floss. There are two … Read More...
Are you ready to whip out custom envelopes from any kind of paper is 30 seconds or less? If so, you need to get your hands on the Kreate-a-lope® envelope template! NIck Romer, the creator of this fantastic product sent … Read More...
Meream from Bored & Crafty created this organizer to hold her zipper stash. It fits over a clothes hanger. She can sort the zippers into the long pockets. Sound like something you need for your own sewing space? She shares … Read More...
If you want to use some of the fancy decorative stitches on your sewing machine, check out this tutorial at Sew4Home. They show how to use your decorative stitches to make pretty throw pillow covers. Go to their tutorial… Read More...
Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how she made these striped riding leggings for her young daughter. She adapted a basic leggings pattern to add the inner knee patches. Go to her tutorial to see how she did it.
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Kelly from True Bias guest blogs at Sew, Mama, Sew! with a tutorial showing how to make a pair of suspenders. They’re especially cute when made out of decorative elastic. Go to her tutorial.
[photo from Sew, Mama, Sew!]
The Pellon blog shows a fun project to make with your scraps of t-knit left over from t-shirt refashions. They use some Peltex and some hand stitching to turn them into colorful pendants. Go to the Pellon blog for the … Read More...
