Sew4Home shows how to make a bag to hold trick or treat loot. It has a long cross body strap for easy carrying. Safety lights are slipped around each of the straps. Get the how-to.
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Pumpkin and Jack O’ Lantern Cupcakes
I’m utterly in love with both of these ideas for deconstructing some orange cupcakes. The tops are used for pumpkins and the bottoms are joined to make the cutest Jack O’ Lanterns ever. With … Read More...
Idea file: Vintage-inspired ruffled lace onesie
This vintage-inspired onesie that Melissa from Honeybee Vintage made for a friend’s new baby is absolutely gorgeous! It’s a plain white onesie with a couple of rows of gathered lace added to the neckline. Read more about it at Honeybee … Read More...
Puppy Dinner Rolls. I Mean, Dinner Rolls that LOOK Like Puppies
And now for something completely different (from the monkey brains of my previous post)… how about something cute on the plate? Like dinner rolls fashioned into puppies. Yep, it’s all about balance. Find them HERE at Little Food Junction.
{Monday Moods at DIY Weddings} Modern Teal, Gray, & Yellow
Pretty palette for a modern wedding featured at Heart Love Weddings!
Monkey Brains Cake
This cake is so terribly, wonderfully creepy, yes? I mean just perfect, in a terribly, wonderfully creepy kind of way. And I’m proud to say that my first thought was the scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom … Read More...
Show & Tell | Accordion Birthday Booklet
Lisa Fyfe of Little Monster shows how she made this accordion booklet to celebrate her son’s second birthday. It’s a great memento for grandparents! Click here to see more
Freebie | Fall Photo Checklist
Here’s another great photo checklist from Rebecca Cooper of Simple as That. This time the theme is Fall Photos. To get the file you need to be a follower of her blog. Click here to go to the download.
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Inspiration du Jour | Oh The Places You’ll Go!
LogoGarden Constest – Create Your Own Logo and Win!
Do you use a logo for your blog or craft business? If not, now’s the time to make one using LogoGarden. You can create a brand new logo for free and enter it in a contest to win $1000! … Read More...
Freebie: Project Runway bingo cards
If you’ve been following Project Runway this season, you know what a “chiffonie” is. And you probably can’t count the number of times you’ve seen someone wonder aloud what they should do next. Sewn Studio took the quotes and the … Read More...
Tutorial: Mend a hole in gauze or other lightweight fabrics
Mending a hole in gauze or lightweight fabrics can be tricky. The fabric is relatively sheer so you need a repair that won’t show through. And, the loosely woven fibers needs to be stabilized as well. Shannon from Shannon Sorenson … Read More...
Fall Fabric Leaves {a Tutorial}
Nature supplies us with stunning colors in the fall and we love to use her as an example and then take the beauty one step farther. Trish hosts “Uncommon” along with her sister-in-law Bonnie share their love of sewing, decorating, … Read More...
Free pattern: Mom’s Perfect Fit Shirt with a drapey hem
When you find a shirt that fits exactly the way you like, you want to have a bunch of them. Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection made a shirt for her mother based on a shirt with a perfect fit … Read More...
Tutorial: Walli the Whale softie
Hannah from We Lived Happily Ever After shows how she made this sweet Walli the Whale softie. She has button eyes and a big heart patch stitched to her side. (If you’re giving this to a baby or small child, … Read More...
Tutorial: Boot socks with lace trim
Fall is here and that means boots!! Tamara from Etcetorize shows how to make a pair of faux boot socks that give the look of socks without the bulk. Lace trim peeks out the top of the boots as if … Read More...
How to make a recycled t-shirt pillow
Reverse applique is a great technique and using it along with a kid’s outgrown t-shirt is the perfect combo. See the great tutorial Pam of the blog Threading My Way shared on how she recycled her kid’s t-shirt into a … Read More...
DIY: Striped Nails
Just have to love the stripes…find out the step-by-step from Chalkboard Nails here.
The Winner of “Sock It To Me: Creepy, Crazy” book giveaway!
Irkalla, is the winner of our book giveaway “Sock It To Me: Creepy, Crazy” lucky #72 selected by random.org! The last couple of winning numbers have been smaller, but pulling 72 shows it is never too late to join in … Read More...
Behind the Scenes with a Knitting Consultant
Sometimes people are cast into roles in plays or movies that require them to act out knitting even though they are not knitters themselves. There used to be a time when people could just hold the knitting on screen and … Read More...