Ashley of Film in the Fridge shows us her latest quilted creation, Trailmarker. Love the quilt and the truck’s not bad either. She said she used the same pattern that’s in her Nautical quilt, Scrappy Triangles, without the scrappy … Read More...
Review: Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast
I was supposed to be writing this on the Tuesday. Instead, I am writing this on a Thursday. And I can only blame it on myself. I wanted to check out of the hotel on the Tuesday, but I just … Read More...
Tutorial: Paint your own brightly colored lace
Brightly colored lace is all kinds of popular right now. If you can’t find lace in the colors you want, why not paint your own? The Threads magazine site has a tutorial showing how to do just that. Get the … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a Retro Travel Bag
Melissa Mortenson from The Polkadot Chair shares a tutorial at the Riley Blake Designs blog showing how to make her Retro Traavel Bag. The boxy bag is made from laminated cotton, with contrast piping at the seams. Pockets on the … Read More...
Tutorial: Olivia top with cap sleeves and gathered yoke
Jess from Bits for Babyand Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to make her Olivia top. It has puff sleeves and a body gathered on to a straight yoke, with a button placket down the front. She shows it … Read More...
Project: Floral Card using Pan Pastels
Maria McGuire shares a card on Donna Downey’s blog using Donna’s lovely poppy stamps and coloring them with Pan Pastels. I love how she even used them to color the canvas banner pieces too. I *really* want to give these … Read More...
How to make a seamless wet-felted bag
Lyn and Annie of “Rosie Pink” have a tutorial on how to make a seamless wet-felted bag. The pictorial tutorial takes you through the entire process so you too can create a bag. Pick your colors and follow along. … Read More...
DIY Wedding Candy Buffet & Free Printables!
Learn how to create a wedding candy buffet in 5 easy steps at Emmaline Bride! You’ll find instructions, resources, and even free printables here!
Who made the buttons for Fork and Talk?
In my earlier post about Craft Gossip’s Spring Fork and Talk Blogger’s Meetup, I forgot to tell you about the cute buttons one of the attendees brought along. Here’s mine, shown. Leslie of Leslie’s Art and Sew handed them … Read More...
Cinco De Mayo Felt Burro/Donkey Finger Puppets DIY
These Finger Puppets are so cute and I am sure they would add fun to Cinco De Mayo for children. Hide these cuties in a piñata or top silverware or pencils with them for holiday theme! Place a small dot … Read More...
Fancy Magical Princess Cupcakes
Oh my goodness, princesses, cupcakes, frosting, rainbows, unicorns??!? My kid would go bonkers for these. Make super fancy cupcake princesses HERE at CakeSpy, inspired by the Wicked Pumpkin Cupcakes from Amy Atlas’s book, Sweet Designs.
How to make recycled book and box art surfaces
Do you like the look of thick box style art and want to make some to then create your paintings or mixed-media collages on? Check out this great tutorial sent in by Alma where she shows you how to make … Read More...
Crisco Emergency Candle
Lifehacker shares how to make the simplest DIY candle you can think of, which is also perfect in emergency situations. Simply put a piece of string in a tub of crisco shortening
, and it will burn for up to … Read More...
Sweetambs Cookies
Have you seen the incredible cookie decorating skill of SweetAmbs yet? If not, I thought I’d lead you there immediately. Exquisite is the word that first comes to mind. Check out her etsy shop HERE. Shown are the Mother’s … Read More...
More Pinata Cookies with a Secret Candy Stash
Remember when I posted on these uber-cool pinata cookies with a secret stash? Well, looks like taking cookies to this other level of cool uber-cool cookies is a new trend. A trend I can pretty easily accept. Check out these … Read More...
Yoda Apples
Your apple eat, you will. Hmm, I’m not very good at Yoda speak. But these Yoda apples are pretty dang cool, yes? Make them HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.
Wondering why there is a new … Read More...
Edible Spoons
How so very clever and eco-friendly (no waste, no washing!): Edible spoons from dough. A statement making serving idea, for sure. Enter to win an Edible Spoon Kit and learn to make edible spoons HERE at Scissors. Paper. Wok.
Tutorial: Zippered toiletry bag from laminated cotton
Sew4Home shows how to make a zippered toiletry bag from laminated cotton to take with you on your travels. The laminated cotton is waterproof and can take the wear and tear of travel. Get the tutorial.
[photo from Sew4Home]
Tutorial: Make a petticoat to add poof to a girl’s dress
My 8-year-old daughter loves what I call, “poofy dresses.” They’re the dresses with a fitted bodice and big ol’ poofy skirt. Tight gathers hep get the fullness in the skirt, but for true poofy you need a petticoat. They’re not … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux sequin designs using freezer paper
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how she used a freezer paper stencil technique to create a faux sequin starfish design on a shirt for her daughter. The faux sequins are actually dots of glitter paint. Her tutorial includes a … Read More...