Jessica from Me Sew Crazy and Sew Set guest blogs at Tea Rose Cottage with a tutorial showing how to make her Petal Maxi Dress. This is SUCH a pretty dress! It’s a maxi length dress with a long button … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s color blocked dress
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern and tutorial for making this pretty color blocked dress. It has a simple round neck bodice with puff sleeves. The gathered skirt is made from pieced stripes of solid fabric. The … Read More...
Tutorial: Key Covers
This would fall into the category of useful clay stuff – I no longer have keys really but I remember having a ring of near identical little pieces leading to frustration. This quick tutorial would let you bling up and … Read More...
Tutorial: Paint a Cloud Background
Don’t have a cloud stamp? No worries, visit Paper Craft Planet for a video tutorial for painting your own cloud background. Perfect to go along with so many different stamps like kites, birds, planes, rainbows and more!
-Heather
Painted Cookie Tins
I stumbled upon the blog Cynthia Shaffer. She has a gorgeously simple tutorial on revamping all those cookie tins that surface during the holidays. I love the color of these but you could make them into anything you wanted. Check … Read More...
DIY Clipboard Table Plan
Love this fresh take on seating charts from Whimsical Wonderland Weddings! A little bit modern, a little bit geeky, and totally unique! Get the tutorial here.
TUTORIAL: Fall Felt Leaves
I think the way Dana of “MADE” displayed her felt leaves in the Robin egg blue vase is brilliant drawing attention to the lush fall colors of the leaves. “With summer gone and cooler weather rolling in, Dana’s mind fills … Read More...
Check out Kristin Nicholas’ Colorful House
If you know anything about Kristin Nicholas (and you do if you were here for my Color by Kristin giveaway) you know that she’s a huge fan of color. Her patterns are usually full of colorful, fun designs sure … Read More...
Cross Stitch a Chair
Over at My Poppet, Cinti shares how she took a curbside find and transforms it with cross stitch. It’s no longer a plain Jane chair – it’s a regal seating space! Check out Cinti’s project.
Free Pattern: Knit Flying Pig Mittens
Kathy from Just Crafty Enough says she thought it would be until pigs flew that she would win a ribbon for knitting at the Minnesota State Fair. And pigs did fly, in a sense, on her red-ribbon-winning Knit Flying Pig … Read More...
Giveaway! {My Fair Wedding}
{Please note that this giveaway has now ended}
Celebrity wedding planner David Tutera works magic for brides-to-be who dream of a celebration reflecting their unique personality and sense of style! If you enjoy watching him on the hit WEtv reality … Read More...
Stitches Giveaway for Fiber Arts Fans
Speaking of giveaways, here’s another chance to win a really great prize. Do you know about the Fiber Arts & Mixed Media community? It’s a place for fiber artists to share pictures, posts, news and other information, and they regularly … Read More...
How to make a recycled book organizer
Recycled books are such a great recorce for crafting. Check out how Ann of the blog Wonderstrange recycled a bunch of books into an organizer.
Skull and Crossbones Cheese (And a Radical Shift in the Ideology of the Appetizer?)
I think the appetizer world has just gotten an edible crafting jolt with this cheese plus cool-silicone-mold idea from Hungry Happenings. This simple idea for shaping mozzarella is quick, easy, and has possibility way beyond skulls and Halloween. Make skull … Read More...
DIY Canvas Prints
The gals over at the fabulous How Does She have a great step by step tutorial for you. You’ve seen the photo canvases before, but this tutorial is quite clear and really gets into detail. They also use texture cream, … Read More...
Cookie Monster Cookie Box
Before I took a longer moment to appreciate the intelligence and cleverness behind the concept and execution of the Cookie Monster cookie box, I giggled. Which just adds another dimension of awesome. Find the step-by-step photographs to create your own … Read More...
Tutorial: Burlap apple door decoration
Jenni from Vintage Umbrella shows how to make a polka dotted apple door decoration. It’s made from burlap, lightly stuffed to give it dimension. This is so cute for fall decor!! Get the how-to.
[photo from Vintage Umbrella]
Free pattern: Baby girl ruffle bum jeans
Jen from The Crafting Fiend made the cutest pair of ruffle bum jeans for her baby daughter, due to arrive any day now. They have ruffles around the hem, and rows and rows of ruffles across the seat. She shares … Read More...
Tutorial: Lined drawstring bag with contrast casing
Pam from Threading My Way shows how to make a simple drawstring bag. It’s fully lined, with a contrast casing stitched on top of of the outer layer. Get the tute.
[photo from Threading My Way]
A Sale and a Giveaway from Red Heart
Red Heart is now having its fall sale, which will get you a good deal on a range of yarns at their shop. They are also offering 20 percent off all downloadable ebooks through Sept. 24.
In addition, the … Read More...