Favorite Part of Summer by Jen Kinkade
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Some of the regular events (and cool but less regular) out on the net for clayers:
by Heidi Gustad
Today was the first day of the Michaels 2012 Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX. I got up bright and early to catch a plane from my Chicago home. Here’s my awesome view from above the clouds.
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by Sarah White
For some reason a hiccup of the Internet made it so I couldn’t access the fancy random number generator yesterday, so I’ve got two winners for you today.
The winner of the cable knitting books was number 12, Wendy, who … Read More...
Love this mold. I’ve mentioned it in an earlier post and it’s available now! Check out the tutorial over at the Colour de Verre web site. It’s the Rain Forest Leaf mold on one side and you can slump it … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Shelly Pagliai from Prairie Moon Quilts shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College showing how to make her Candy Roll Pincushion. They’re quick and easy to make out of your fabric scraps. She gives cutting dimensions to … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Shannon from Shannon Sorenson Designs shares a tutorial on her blog, Shannon Sews, showing how you can lengthen a covered elastic belt. Because it’s covered with scrunchy tube of fabric, you can open the belt and add a lengthening piece … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Jill from Creating My Way To Success made Olympic themed tags for her daughters’ swim bags, and she shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to do it. She made the tags to encourage her daughters, who were both … Read More...
Debbie P from Make It Crafty shares how she makes a cool lightening background effect, perfect for Halloween cards. She lightly traces her lines and then adds color and blending with Copic markers. Find out more about her technique here… Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Rosslyn from Sew Delicious shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of kid pajama pants. You’ll be using a pair of pajama pants that fit you as the cutting guide, so you don’t need a … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Abby from Things for Boys guest blogs at Emmaline Bags with a post showing the postage stamp bag she made for a good friend. At first glance, it looks like she found some awesome fabric printed with postage stamp images. … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Amber from Crazy Little Projects shows how to make a throw pillow with an an accent stripe and jumbo ric rac. The envelope opening on the back makes it easy to remove the pillow form when you want to change … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
A French seams sounds so ooh, la, la froofie, right? But it’s actually a very useful seam that keeps the inside of your project just as neat and clean as the outside. Heidi from Elegance and Elephants shows how to … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction says that one thing she likes about sewing is that it’s a good excuse to collect things. I can soooo relate! Can you? She … Read More...
Jess at Playing with Paper has gathered all her digital stamp sentiment freebies in one place on her blog, click here to find some lovely sayings to print for your next card.
-Heather
by jd wolfe
I write about other blogs all the time. I’m endlessly inspired and often intrigued by what I find in crochet blogs around the internet. Some blogs I return to frequently. Others, I check from time to time. Some blogs are … Read More...
If you are a fan of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week line up, then you are sure to love this post from JCK Online by Jennifer Heebner featuring 12 pieces of shark-themed jewelry. See all twelve at JCK online!… Read More...
Elena Rosenberg’s silk crochet “Sea Kelp” lariat is beautiful for its natural forms and muted color. One of her many wearable art pieces, you can see more of Elena’s fiber jewelry on her Flickr photo stream.
Elena says,”Each piece … Read More...
Have you seen the gorgeous polymer clay jewelry of Kathleen Dustin on Pinterest? If not, take a look! You can see more of Kathleen’s exquisite work in her gallery. Don’t miss her wearable art purses as well! You … Read More...
Art Jewelry Forum‘s Gabriel Craig discusses Art Jewelry 2.0 – jewelry that will be created by you and me as manufacturing technology becomes easier to access and more affordable to use. Read Craig’s insightful article and see examples from … Read More...