Need some last minute red, white and blue drink ideas? Find a collection HERE at Punch Bowl, including this festive shot.
Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check these supplies out.
We also have 100’s of 4th of July … Read More...
Tutorial | Fabric Flower
Tutorial | Travel Journal Cover
Join Melissa from Bursts of Creativity as she shows you how she created the cover for her travel journal using a vintage book. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Looking for supplies for journaling? Check these Art, Junk and … Read More...
Tutorial | Folded Mini Album
Katie at Punk Projects shares this tutorial for making a cute folded mini album. This would be nice to use as a travel journal for a short trip! Click here to go to the tutorial
Mini albums are great … Read More...
What’s Happening at The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet
A good place to go if you want to know what’s happening in the glass world is The Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet. Some of the things they’re writing about include the glass painting by glass artist Gregory Grenon that … Read More...
DIY Elephant Lamp – How Joyful
How Joyful has done it again with this adorable Elephant Lamp! What a super fantastic project, made out of recycled styrofoam and wall mud. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with wall mud, but I’d be … Read More...
Video tutorial: Basque stitch
Mary Corbet‘s instructional videos make even complicated embroidery stitches doable. Her latest is basque stitch. She says, “You can think of the Basque stitch as a combination of twisted chain stitch and buttonhole stitch, upside down.” It’s easier than … Read More...
Mosaic: The Wedding Season
It’s that time of year – summer weddings, brides in fabulous dresses, lovely flowers… How do you clay it up? Here’s a few goodies:
1. Beautiful Floral Necklace, 2. Polymer Clay on Glass 005, 3. Day of the … Read More...
Free patriotic pattern
Just in time for Independence Day in the USA, here’s a patriotic doodle for your embroidery pleasure, thanks to Primitives by the Light of the Moon. Go to her blog post to get the design.
Ed. note 7/6/12: Many … Read More...
Win a pretty scissors fob
Leslie of Leslie’s Art and Sew has been meeting the challenge of stitching a heart every day for a year by creating sweet embroidered felt scissor fobs. Each one is different; each is utterly charming. You can see them all … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew fleece octopus
I’m loving Abby Glassenberg‘s update of a classic kids’ craft. She says she spotted the instructions for a yarn octopus in a 1966 magazine. (I remember making one in Brownies about 1960–one of my first crafts!) You can get … Read More...
DIY Vintage Escort Card Fridge Magnets
Love these escort cards that double as fridge magnets! Learn how to make them with a quick and easy tutorial at Intimate Weddings.
Sewing Pattern: Ruffled linen shorts for little girls
Jill from Handmade by Jill shows how she adapted a child’s shorts pattern to make these absolutely adorable ruffled shorts. She used the Class Picnic Shorts by Oliver + S, but any basic shorts pattern will work. Go to her … Read More...
Tutorial: Color blocked D-ring belt
Kate from See Kate Sew brings the color blocking trend to a belt with her tutorial showing how to make her Candy Colored Belt. It’s her guest post in the Sewlebrity series at Family Ever After. Go there for … Read More...
Shopping Organization Board
I’ve seen quite a few organization boards, and they are all great, but so many of them look the same. This one caught my eye because of the fun fonts, shapes and colors that were incorporated. You can see the … Read More...
Tutorial: Throw pillow covers in four easy steps
Centsational Girl shows how you can make new covers for a throw pillow in just four easy steps. Make them from outdoor fabric and you can give your front porch (or back porch, or deck) a quick facelift. Get the … Read More...
Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton on Sale
Summer is the time for knitting with cotton, if you ask me, and Lion Brand has a limited time sale on its Kitchen Cotton yarn happening right now.
At 15 percent off a ball of this beauty costs just over … Read More...
Project: Stamped Tealight Candle Holder
You light up my life! This is project is simply precious! Find directions from Karina over on the Whiff of Joy blog on how to make this folded tealight candle holder.
-Heather
Innocent Drinks’ Big Knit is Back
Here’s one for all you Brit knitters out there: Innocent Drinks recently announced that it will be doing the Big Knit again this year.
There aren’t yet a lot of details, but the project was announced on the company’s Facebook … Read More...
DIY Eye Chart
I love the look of these eye charts that spell out fun phrases. They make for great conversation pieces and are a lovely design element that you can add to any room. There’s a tutorial over at Design, Dining + … Read More...