Love love love. How can you not love this fabulous ruler table runner inspired by Country Living Magazine? I think numbers are such a fabulous design element and they have been popular for several years now. This is just one … Read More...
Free Knitting Pattern: Shoulder Hug
I’m the sort of person who is cold pretty much all the time. It doesn’t matter how hot it is outside, I’ll get a chill as soon as the air conditioning comes on. I live in the South, so everywhere … Read More...
Project: Sea Shell Tag
Using a combination of stamping, embossing and stains with stencils Richele (aka California Art Girl) made this pretty summer themed tag. I’m crazy about how she added the sea grass in tiny glass bottle!! Find her direction here.
-Heather
SpiderMan Quesadilla Bites
Wait, there’s another SpiderMan movie? Does that take it up to 47 now? For all those SpiderMan fans out there, whatever your age (I know at least one 41 year old fan), make SpiderMan quesadilla bites HERE at Recipe.com, … Read More...
Tutorial | House Pop-Up Card
Linda from Pane Amore e Creativita shares this tutorial for a cute pop-up card shaped like a doll house. This is great for giving or as a game for kids. Her blog is in italian but you can use … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | We Go Together
Freeze and Fuse Tutorial
There are never too many tutorials…so here’s another for the glass fusers out there. Freeze and fuse. Sounds interesting. I tried it in the past. Didn’t work. Maybe that’s because I didn’t see this tutorial. It’s from JS Glass Art… Read More...
DIY Jewelry Tags
Here is a very clever way to make custom, plastic tags for your jewelry designs. See how Kerry created these fabulous little tags with shrink plastic at Penny Dog Patchwork.
A Polymer Clay Wedding… in Miniature
An adorable teapot of mice for a decoration and some of the prettiest wedding cakes out there… at 1/12th scale. The starts of a perfect miniature polymer clay wedding scene.
1. Teapot Mice, 2. Miniature Wedding Replica, 3. … Read More...
Terrific Tassels
Here’s a 2-minute tutorial from Honor for terrific tassel earrings. Get the tutorial at Home Heart Craft.
Message in a Bottle
Take a look at this cute necklace from Lana Red. In addition to sharing her DIY tutorial, she’s having a giveaway! Hurry over to Lana’s blog for your chance to win one of her charming necklaces filled with secret … Read More...
Tutorial: Stripes + Color Tote
Mandy from Fabric Paper Glue shows how to make this awesome Stripes + Color Tote bag. Hers is made from a bold black & white stripe with yellow leather straps and lined with solid red fabric. Leather strips are looped … Read More...
Add to My Knit List: Lion Brand Bonbons
Lion Brand Yarn has some really great products, and I’ve been a fan of theirs for a long time. But their new product, Bonbons, really caught my eye.
These mini-skein packs offer eight different colors of yarn in either … Read More...
Citronella Mosquito Candle DIY
Garden Therapy has a cute idea for making insect-repellent citronella candles and shares a step-by-step tutorial. Try it for yourself.
With the arrival of the Japanese Encephalitis Mosquito, it has become important to make sure those pesky mosquitos are not … Read More...
Tutorial: Wavy gathered skirt from three button-down shirts
This gathered skirt by Stefi from Just Chic may have you running to rescue some button-down shirts out of your donate pile. (Or perhaps running to the thrift store to score some there?) She shares a tutorial on her blog … Read More...
Simple and sweet: Painted glass candle holder
By Wilma shares an idea for creating texture on a simple glass candle holder with nothing more than some acrylic paint and a little imagination. See how she does it.
“Bacteria” Treats
While I’ve never tried, I can say with almost near certainty it’s very difficult to make bacteria cute. But dang it if these aren’t adorable. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, candy eyes make everything adorable. Find … Read More...
Imperial Stock Ranch Desitination Event to Return
There are lots of knitting-related travel opportunities out there, but some of them stand out as dream events and destinations. That’s the way I felt when I heard about the Vogue Knitting Live destination event at Imperial Stock Ranch in … Read More...
Technique: Shimmer Window
Using Perfect Pearls powder and acetate Sophia at the Magenta blog has a tutorial for making a pretty shimmer window card.
-Heather
Birthday Surprises from Cotton Clouds
Irene of Cotton Clouds Mail Order Yarns is celebrating her birthday this week and buyers will get the surprises. Now on her website there’s a range of gift packages available to choose from, ranging from a $50 value package going … Read More...