Technology is allowing more and more people to create spectacular things in ways our grandparents couldn’t have even imagined. Take these adorable figurines called “The Scrappies” designed by Ulrich Schwanitz to commemorate his 30th wedding anniversary. Inspired by junkyard findings, … Read More...
Corrugated Fountain by James Grashow
As a kid, cardboard is prime building material for everything. You need a fort? Cardboard. Doll needs a house? Cardboard. You need an interstellar spaceship capable of faster than light travel? Cardboard. However, most cardboard creations retain a certain essence … Read More...
Tutorial: Pillowcase nightgowns for 18″ dolls
Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how to make a quick and easy pillowcase nightgown for an 18″ doll. The doll-sized nightgowns were inspired by the kid-sized pillowcase gowns she made for her daughter. She used scraps of fabric for the … Read More...
Juice Carton Purse
Only this one is for grown ups. I’ve seen plenty of tutorials on making purses from juice boxes, but they are all geared at the younger crowd. This was is a bit more grown up. A fabulous recycling project with … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage-y ruffled bike basket
Christy from A Lemon Squeezy Home guest blogs in the Ruffles 2012 series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how a simple ruffle turns a plain basket into a vintage-y bike basket. Get the tute.
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Tutorial: Striped circle skirt
Terra from Mama Says Sew created a striped circle skirt to play along with this week’s Circle Skirt Remix challenge at Project Run and Play. Because of how the circle skirt hangs from the waist, the horizontal stripes are actually … Read More...
Felt workshops with amazing felters
Dawn Edward’s “work pictured above, the hat and shawl” is hosting two marvelous international feltmakers, Nicola Brown of Ireland, and Charity Van der Meer of the Netherlands for two amazing workshops which Dawn has posted on the “Felt so … Read More...
Project: Round Shaped Card
Why not step outside the box from boring square cards and make shaped cards?! Shari Carroll with Hero Arts has a wonderful video showing how to combine shapes cut on a Silhouette die cutting machine (one of my personal favorite … Read More...
Monster Softie Tutorial
How darling is this monster and every little child would just love one of their own. Ashley host of “distractions” survived her son’s birthday party and treated the little ones with her handmade favors! These monster softie favors were a … Read More...
Tin Can Candle Holder Idea
How cool is this idea? That’s a tin can recycled into a lovely candle holder. I don’t even know how to describe this idea beyond that. Just go check out the tutorial. (While your crushing on the tutorial, take … Read More...
Kari Minnick’s Newest Newsletter!
I love Kari Minninck’s work and wanted to share her newsletter so if you’re in the Maryland area you can take a class from her…she also lists some classes she’s teaching outside of her studio. And if you check out … Read More...
Help Sarah Clean Up her Office: A Felty Book Giveaway
Sarah E. White is hosting a wonderful giveaway for three amazing felting books: “Picture Yourself Felting Your Knitting” (Sarah wrote this!), “Knitting Never Felt Better” by Nicky Epstein and “Feltique” by Nikola Davidson and Brookelyn Morris. Those links are to … Read More...
Bumble Bee Cookies
What an adorable addition to a bumble bee-themed party, yes? Makes me look forward to summer (but not to the real bees). Make super-easy bumble bee cookies from store-bought wafers HERE at the Celebration Shoppe blog.
Electroformed Glass from Seung Hee Lee
We can thank Daily Art Muse yet again for bringing this lovely glass art to our attention. Seung Hee Lee casts glass, electroforms it and adds lampworked elements to create some really beautiful pieces. And scroll down and check out … Read More...
Creature Cup Set by Creaturecups
How great are these cups from creaturecups on Etsy? Imagine the comments you’d get as your guests got to the bottom of their coffee, only to discover an octopus. Or the delight you’ll get each morning from the unexpected presence … Read More...
Tutorial: Twelve Triangles BOM Placemats
Fabric Fascination shares how to make quilted placemats starting out with four blocks from her Twelve Triangles Block of the Month (BOM) pattern featured last week on her blog. After you add some fabric, you will end up with … Read More...
Lucky Little Free Charts
Birdcage Cross Stitch Pattern
An April Tea Cup
Cookie Wallpaper
It’s funny, the difference in our feelings towards germs in childhood vs. adulthood. “Ew, holy germfest” never even crossed my mind from the notion of Willy Wonka’s lickable wallpaper, but that’s the first thing I thought of when spotting this … Read More...