Make your own faux mercury glass votive holders for an elegant addition to any centerpiece. Check out the DIY at coordinately yours.
Tutorial: Make a belt for your doll
Cinnamon Miles from Liberty Jane Patterns shares a free tutorial over at We All Sew showing how to make an itty bitty belt for a doll. Her instructions include the lengths to cut for an 18″ American Girl doll, an … Read More...
Tutorial: Traveling Pincushion with place to store your thread
Jina Barney shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College showing how to make her Traveling Pincushion. It’s a pincushion and notions organizer in one. It’s made around a plastic container, with a trio of pincushion flowers on … Read More...
Freebie: Crayon Box Cut File
This adorable crayon box is perfect for back to school! It’s sized to hold a gift card, how cute and clever. Down a free svg. cut file here from SVG Cuts.
-Heather
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Moroccan Candle Holders – Creme de la Craft
Cheap glass candle holders are everywhere these days–and lots of them are purchased for decorating events and never used again. It’s a good thing then that craft bloggers like Creme de la Craft are creating fabulous photo tutorials on what … Read More...
Meet BloomyJewelry
BloomyJewelry is run by two sisters, Zane and Ieva, from Latvia. The shop specializes in bright fun polymer clay jewelry and definitely needs a peek!
Ta Dah!: Mike finishes daughter’s quilt, a hexy
Mike of The Amateur Quilter just finished his hexagon quilt. It’s a gift for his daughter. She’s going to love it. Go HERE to learn more.
Image credit: The Amateur Quilter
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Floriani and FMQ yields pretty puckers
Jacinda of Prudent Baby applied Floriani Heat N Shrink to this piece of fabric after it was free motion quilted to highlight the flowers. Look at the results, so neat. I missed this post when it first came out last … Read More...
Free Knitting Patterns: Tank Top Edition
One of the winners of yesterday’s giveaway mentioned that she loves to knit herself a new lace tank top every summer. That sounds like a marvelous thing, and reminds me of the knit tank top languishing in my T-shirt drawer … Read More...
Tutorial: Dancing Girl Card
You can’t tell from the photo but when you move this cute card the little girls body swings from side to side so she dances, adorable! Find out how to make a dancing girl card over on the Penny Black … Read More...
DIY: Christian Louboutin-Inspired Nails
Kick off the last month of summer with this manicure tutorial designed to give you nails that mimic the style of couture shoe-designer Christian Louboutin. (For those who don’t know, the soles of his shoes are always red!) But don’t … Read More...
Tutorial: Iced Tea M&P Soap
It’s been so hot on the Eastern Coast of the United States I’ve been living on iced tea. And now, the Wholesale Supplies Plus folks show us how to make a melt & pour soap that actually looks — and … Read More...
Kids Art Gallery Wall
Need an inspiring idea for saving all of your children’s artowkr? How about displaying it, in frames, on a gallery wall? That’s just what Angie from Echoes of Laughter did. See the wall, read the post and check out photos … Read More...
Day 6 Winners
Sometimes the random number machine cracks me up. There were two winners for the Dolce Handknits book, which means, of course, that I needed two numbers. Look at the numbers I ended up with: 53 and 52. It doesn’t seem … Read More...
Wedding Party Name Tags
Make it easier for your guests to meet and greet your wedding party members with cute name tags! Robyn at So Many Sweets shares a tutorial for making them here. Thanks for the link Robyn!
Le Petit Prince
Squee! The Little Prince as a bitty DeriDoll! Go to Deri‘s post to see his awesome epaulettes.
A kitty to remember
So sweet! When her friend’s kitty passed away, Amy of Lucykate Crafts made her this little cuddle-kitty as a comfort and memorial. RIP, sweet Onion. See more at Amy’s blog post.
Embroidery Inspiration: Ludmila’s flowers
Ludmila I of Russia embellished this block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project with a profusion of flowers in a variety of styles. Go to the blog post for an image you can click to enlarge so you can enjoy … Read More...
Artist interview: Di van Niekerk
Needle artist Trish Burr interviews the queen of ribbon embroidery, our beloved Di van Niekerk. Go to Trish’s post to learn a bit more about the artist behind all those gorgeous roses.
Make an embroidery kit in a tin
Check out this clever idea by Haley Pierson-Cox of Craftzine.com. She says,
… Read More...I’ll show you how to make your own travel embroidery travel kit, complete with a magnetic pincushion, a needle-holding magnet, and a removable organizer pouch with special