This tutorial by Caroline on the Hellobee blog shows how you can print custom text on paper goodie bags using a word processing or photo editing program to create a printable file for your printer. This DIY technique can be … Read More...
Foodie Crafts Kids can Make for Mom
Epicurious has assembled a slideshow of food-themed crafts kids can make for Mother’s Day, including the classic spray-painted dry pasta picture frames. You’ll also find homemade kitchen caddies, a breakfast tray, and these sugared flowers for cupcakes. Find the roundup… Read More...
View Point | Why You Should Shoot RAW
Veronica Armstrong shares her reasons why she thinks even amateur and hobby photographers should shoot in RAW format. She shows a few examples of how shooting in RAW has helped her to save some photos. Click here to read … Read More...
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Mosaic: Looking to Mother’s Day
A collection of sweet Mother’s Day tributes, all made by talented polymer clay artists:
1. I Love Mom Basset Hound Dog clay sculpture, 2. Finished Mother and Calf, 3. Mouse Family, 4. The Slingshot
Got a Glass Problem? Fusedglass.org to the Rescue!
We work so hard to get our glass projects to turn out right but…that doesn’t always happen, now does it? Case in point. I fused a wonderful piece of glass with the intentions of slumping it into a large platter … Read More...
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A Darn Pretty Drawing For A Darn Good Cause!
Each year The Compass School, an independent school for grades 7-12 in Southern Vermont, takes its Junior class on a two week service trip to South America. Every student goes, whether the family can afford the trip or not. And… Read More... Tutorial: Ribbon Bugs Softies
Becky from Whosies & Whatnots and Patchwork Posse shares a free pattern and tutorial for making her Ribbon Bugs Stuffies. The small little bug softies have loops of ribbon for wings, and knotted ribbon for antennae. You can use the … Read More...
Giveaway: Mother daughter appliqued apron set by Cynthia Shaffer
Lark Crafts is giving away a mother/daughter appliqued apron set made by Cynthia Shaffer, author of Stash Happy: Applique
. The apron set is one of the many applique projects featured in this book. It would make an awesome Mother’s … Read More...
Felted iPod Cozy Pattern
This will make a lovely Mother’s Day gift for the iPod mom. Pick her colors and knit away, felt and you have a sweet looking gift all you need is to slip a new iPod in it. Get the pattern … Read More...
How to decorate a vase with hot glue texture
Yah know I forget that hot glue is a great way to create texture (like most we think of it as just a glue) well thanks to the clever crafter Kristie of the blog Home Heart Craft you too can … Read More...
Handprint Flower Planter {Mother’s Day Craft}
Even though I am a mother myself, I always find it fun searching for Mother’s Day Crafts! This handprint planter is so cute! I especially love the fact that she used stencils to embellish the handprints and the planter! All … Read More...
See “This Sharp World…” in Miami
Kate Kretz‘s needle art is amazing. And I mean that literally. When I look at her work, my mouth falls open and I go into a kind of trance, enthralled by her concepts and captivated by her exquisite technique. … Read More...
See the co-op exhibit by UK stitch artists
Michelle Barnard gave us the heads-up about a group exhibit, TenPlus Textiles, at Stoke on Trent, UK, that runs through August. The group’s site says,
… Read More...Ten Plus Textiles was formed in 1991 by ten textile artists from the North West
You can stitch this beetle
The whole stitchy world fell in love with the goldwork beetle Arlene White created for the Fool’s Gold Crazy-Quilt Round Robin. So Arlene is going to teach how to make him! She has five online classes coming up–all fabulous–and this … Read More...
Copyright answers from Interweave
Yea, Interweave Press! If all the recent online hoorah has given you copyright anxiety, Interweave has information you need. And it’s free! Check this message I received from Jaime Guthals of Interweave:
… Read More...Here at Interweave we weren’t planning on releasing
Bead a bounty of blooms
If your life won’t let you take live classes or you don’t have the bucks to travel, online classes are the ideal solution. And one is coming up with Nancy Eha (The Beading Queen) that looks divine! It’s one of … Read More...
Learn from Helen and Mary Jo!
Check out this rockin announcement from Helen Gibb‘s newsletter, Ribbon Snips:
… Read More...Reknowned fabric artist Mary Jo Hiney is coming to Colorado to team up with Helen to teach at our annual Summer Workshop this June, and we can’t wait
May is about blackwork
The free desktop calendar for May is available now from JMD Designs. This month’s edition features an adorable blackwork teddy bear. Get the download.