Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction, teaches a beginning sewing class. She’s done it for over 2 years and has helped many a new sewer become comfortable with her … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Easter bunny bean bags
Melissa from Melly Sews and Blank Slate Patterns shows how to make a bean bag bunny. The square bean bags have bunny ears, arms and legs stitched into the sides and a bunny face stitched on the front. The seersucker … Read More...
A blog series all about Japanese sewing books
Japanese sewing books tend to be structured differently than the patterns and books most of us are used to using. If you’ve been wanting to try your hand at a pattern from a Japanese sewing book, check out the Japanese … Read More...
Pig in the Mud Treat
Pudding makes the perfect pool of mud and marshmallows make the perfect pigs. Together at last, make piggy in the mud treats HERE at Christian Games and Crafts, spotted on Fun Family Crafts.
Tutorial: Little girl’s patchwork arrow skirt
Jessica from The Sewing Rabbit and Me Sew Crazy shows how to make a little girl’s gathered skirt with modern patchwork arrow motifs. She used a Jelly Roll (precut fabrics) to create the strips of diagonally striped fabric and has … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew jewelled halter tee
WobiSobi shows how you can make this awesome jeweled halter top, no sewing needed! It’s refashioned from a plain t-shirt, with clever cuts creating the halter neck. Add some jewels or studs to bling up the neck. Go to her … Read More...
Tutorial | Tea Card Invitation or Gift from A Spoonful of Sugar
Do you love tea or know a friend who does? Use this tutorial from A Spoonful of Sugar to make invitations to a tea party, or send a special treat to a friend. This clever card has a pocket … Read More...
Chocolate Potato Chip Bark
Need I say more? There’s chocolate. There’s potato chips. It’s chocolate potato chip bark. Yes, please. Make it–and homemade candy bark–HERE at A Beautiful Mess.
Project: Paper Easter Bonnet
How is some people can look at poster board and crepe paper and come up with something as amazing as this Easter Bonnet? That’s way too much talent for me 🙂 Shelly Hickox shares on her blog how a trip … Read More...
Tutorial | Hand Carve Your Own Stamps with Vitamini Handmade
Casey from Vitamini Handmade shares her process for making hand carved stamps. She touches on the tools and supplies you will need, and shares tips for getting the best results. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg Race Cars
My favorite Easter candy ever, Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs
, made even better and funnier. hose bunnies are even quicker in their race cars. Zoom, zoom, little bunny. Make them HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.
Felted Easter Eggs Video Tutorial
There is not much to write about this “Felted Eggs Video” project except it very easy and totally fun and the kids can work along with you. Have these eggs Easter after Easter. Check out how to make beautiful felted … Read More...
Tutorial | Introduction to Quilling from Lime Riot
This tutorial from Lime Riot will take you through the steps to begin quilling your own embellishments. You will also see examples of some of the amazing things you can do with quilling! Click here to go to the … Read More...
Spring Break Craft: Duct Tape Bracelet Tutorial
I remember as a child I was fascinated with duct tape, as an adult I am still fascinated with its many uses. I love finding new colors and prints to use in craft projects. I have a craft drawer dedicated … Read More...
Stamped Chocolate Cookies
I have so many stamps, purchased not for stamping, as you might expect, but for edible crafting, and yet I’ve done so little with them. Always on the hunt for new decorating ideas, I’m going to put my stamps to … Read More...
Graham Cracker Decorating
And here I’ve been spending hours making dough, rolling it out, cutting it out and baking like a jerk when I could’ve been decorating graham cracker
s all this time. Tsk Tsk. Easy Peasy cookie decorating: Graham crackers. Check these … Read More...
DIY Mini Cake Stands All Dressed Up
Remind me to do this for every holiday. Or every Wednesday: Dress up mini cake stands to make them look totally festive and adorable. Like these candy-filled mini cake stands for Easter. Make your own from inexpensive craft store supplies, … Read More...
Embracing Life As a New Mother With Cancer
When Heather Von St.James approached me for a guest post about Cancer for a second I thought this is another one of those Spam e-mails but something made me reply. Cancer has taken away our loved ones time and time … Read More...
Etsy Shop of the Week – MaryMaryHandmade
The featured shop of this week is MaryMaryHandmade. MaryMaryHandmade is the work of artist Mary Walke. Mary’s jewelry brings together two very popular things: basic silver jewelry and adorable things. Her necklaces feature super cute renditions of naturally awkward … Read More...
New Bullseye Glass Available
There are fresh new colors available from Bullseye Glass. This is very exciting stuff! I heard it through D&L Art Glass which is a wholesaler but these colors are also available on the Bullseye web site to the general public. … Read More...