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Our sister site, Craftbits.com, has just published their Valentine Card themed newsletter, and it is chock full of great handmade card ideas. It is published in full below.
This Newsletter is filled with handmade Valentines Day … Read More...
The Smooshers Guild from ArtFire had a cute tutorial perfect for Valentine’s Day last week – it’s a video offered by Michelle of CreativeCritters. Have a watch and get your shiny powders out!
Kim from Magnolia Bay Quilts is giving away a copy of her book, Scrap-Basket Sensations:
More Great Quilts from 2 1/2″ Strips. Why? She says she’s celebrating. Jodi, at Sew Scraps Along is featuring her 60 Degree Quilt tutorial … Read More...
Kim at Magnolia Bay Quilts saw this quilt design in a dream. That it worked out tickled her. She explains this is a great quilt pattern for using up fabric scraps. Go HERE to get the Tutorial, in … Read More...
Debi is sharing a video tutorial for making this charming mermaid pendant! Check it out Debi’s tutorial on YouTube. Love it? You can get a kit for making one at Debi’s Etsy shop – Debi’s Design Diary.
CraftBits shows how to make a tall, round fabric pouch with a zipper closure. It’s a good size to take make-up or small toiletries with you when you travel. The bow at the top also serves as a handle. Get … Read More...
Jackie from Canton Village Quilt Works is featuring batiks in this week’s fabric giveaway on her blog. She’s offering up 7 batik fat quarter in blues, greens and purples to a lucky reader. Go HERE to get entry details.… Read More...
It’s often the little details that make a project pop. Katy from No Big Dill guest blogs in the Nesting series at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make her Triple Stitched Blanket. It’s a simple minky blanket … Read More...
Tricia from Leafy Treetop Spot shows how to make a simple fleece scarflette. It buttons snug around the neck to keep you warm in the cold winter air. You can keep it plain, or you could have fun with embellishments … Read More...
At first glance, I thought these had tiny chunks of peppermint candy in them, but then I read into the post, and you can put glitter in to get the same effect! I love how cute these hearts are. You … Read More...
So much attention is given to Valentine’s Day desserts, but what about dinner? Make heart-shaped chicken parmesan for your honey HERE at Hungry Happenings.
Tim Holtz has teamed up with the Sizzix Eclipse electronic die cutting machine for his latest line to debut soon at CHA called Stamp2Cut. With this amazing new system you’ll be able to use the machine to die cut around … Read More...
Ruth Rae. Need I say more? *happy sigh* See more views at Ruth’s blog post.
And I had to share another football-themed sweet with you. This is such genius: An edible chocolate chalkboard with white chocolate “chalk” to draw the football plays. It makes me want to learn how to play football. Find the how-tos … Read More...
There’s something poetic, I think, in using tiny sprinkles to represent football fans packed in a stadium. Or am I searching? No, definitely poetic. I like the sprinkle version of me. Anyway, find step-by-step how-tos to make an ice cream … Read More...
I am sure this project could be used for all sorts of topics but Lowri sent in a link to her blog Paper Vine where she posted a charming tutorial on how to make a Valentine’s Day card out of … Read More...
You could win this teensy, gorgeous Anne Boleyn DeriDoll! Deri has team up with Sarah of Anne Boleyn: From Queen to History to award this doll to one lucky reader. Go to Sarah’s blog post to see the rules. … Read More...
Mary Corbet walks us through the process of properly setting up silk gauze for stitching. If you’d like to try your hand at needlepoint miniatures, this tutorial is a must. Go to Mary’s Needle ‘n’ Thread blog post.
I realize that smashing up conversation heart candies could be construed as anti-Valentine’s Day, and that the act of smashing conversation hearts renders conversation hearts unreadable (hence, no conversation), but really, they lend themselves so beautifully to chocolate bark. Find … Read More...
