Monica from Crafty Nest shows how to make your own cloth napkins with mitered corners. The miter gives the corner a neat, bulk-free finish. Go to her tutorial.
[photo from Crafty Nest]
Mother’s Day Gift Idea | DIY Photo Canvas Wraps
If you love the look of wrapped canvases, take a look at the DIY version from COSCO Industries. The DIY Canvas Wrap kit retails for $29.99 and includes the supplies to create three wrapped canvases using your home printer. 
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Family and Friends Sale at Sears – One Day Only
Just in time for Mother’s Day, get the home Spring-ready for Mom! For ONE DAY only, on May 5th, Sears is having its Family & Friends sale where you have a choice between receiving 15% off your purchase, … Read More...
Technique: Recessed Stamping
Lots of stamp companies are now offering matching dies to go with their stamp images so you don’t have to cut around it out, just die cut it. The My Favorite Things blog has another way to use these same … Read More...
Mother’s Day Gift Idea | Painted and Embroidered Notebooks
I love this idea from The Experimental Home that uses a toddler’s finger paintings as the basis for these embroidered notebooks. The notebooks are a wonderful Mother’s Day gift, and you can also use this idea for making scrapbook page … Read More...
Best Mother’s Day Crochet Ever!
I’m a practical person. You knew that, right? I am NOT a well organized person. You knew that, right? So, when I ran across this, I knew, just KNEW, that this would be the best Mother’s Day present ever. … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Graphic Greeting Card
Love triangles? This free printable greeting card is for you! Download this freebie from Creative in Chicago, then print, cut,, fold and send off to a friend. Click here to go to the download.
Winner: Personalized Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Gifts Giveaway
First off I want to thank everyone who entered the giveaway. I enjoyed reading all of the comments from each of you that entered. I emailed Regina, the designer who is responsible for making these lovely prizes, she said she … Read More...
Mother’s Day Idea | Paper Flower Corsages and Boutonnieres
Lia Griffith shares this tutorial for making paper flowers into corsages and boutonnieres, perfect for Mother’s Day! You can use her printable PDF flowers, or click here for tons of paper flower tutorials.Looking for more “Mother” themed embellishments, stamps … Read More...
A Collection for Mothers
My little jaunt through Flickr turned up mom themed work from favourite artists and new finds alike. What are you planning on claying for Mother’s Day?
1. Mother Nature Bottle Art Doll, 2. Mum Mouse and Puppy, 3. … Read More...
How to make a recycled clothespin single page book
Over at Craftside there is a tutorial on how to make a recycled clothespin book inspired by this page from 1000 Artists’ Books.
Tutorial: Reversible shrug
Sew Simple Dress shows how to make a reversible shrug. She shows how to draft a pattern starting from a basic bodice or peasant top pattern, and then how to sew it together to make the shrug. Go to her … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: No-sew lattice cutout t-shirt refashion
You can create this awesome lattice cutout on a t-shirt using a pair of scissors and some metal studs. Did you notice I didn’t mention a needle and thread? That’s because this is a no-sew technique. Anne from WobiSobi shows … Read More...
Tutorial: Dyed stripe tee and colorblock jeans
Aimee from Clones N Clowns shares a couple of cool fabric dying techniques. In the first, she uses masking tape and powdered dye (not mixed up, still in powder form) to create a faded stripe effect. In the second, she … Read More...
DIY: Whipped Soap
Finally the secret to making whipped soap! Whipped soap is just another way of making cold process soap — at a lower temperature and using a blender like you would in making body butter — but the end result is … Read More...
Inspiration: Gothic Nail Art
Because you really just can’t have too much fun with your nails, just stumbled over these Gothic beauties from Never Too Much Glitter. Keep scrolling down for some other versions, and she threw in some totally unrelated cherry pie … Read More...
How to Make and Use Wool Dryer Balls
I have covered making “Wool Dryer Balls” a couple of times; but I think these are something we should all think about using. They work and would make a lovely “Mother’s Day Gift” and they last for years and years! … Read More...
Technique: Embossed Paper Edges
Add just a touch of heat embossing to the edges of your paper for a unique card look, Maile Belles at Simply Stamped will show you how.
-Heather
Knitty Surprises are Here
It’s time for the spring/summer extra patterns from Knitty, and there’s some cute stuff there for sure.
The Galadriel lace tank is a beauty, lovely for layering all summer long. The designer, Sophy DiPinto, calls the top an “epic quest” … Read More...
Sprucing up Fudgsicles
As if they need sprucing… Actually, these sprinkled versions are way better, so I guess they did. Fix up Fudgsicles with Magic Shel and sprinkles, making them WAY more festive, HERE at Jac o’ lyn Murphy.