Melissa from Melly Sews created this fabulous flapper-inspired Pintucked Poppies dress for her little girl. The dress is assembled like a basic t-shirt dress, but she shares a tutorial showing how she created the pintucked bodice and the layered handkerchief … Read More...
Project: Gnome Punch Card
How cute and clever is this Travelocity Gnome card?! Lisa Young from Add Ink and Stamp shows how she used different punches to make this adorable card. Click here for her detailed step by step instructions.
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Tutorial: Gathered fabric carnation blossom
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to gather a strip of fabric or ribbon into a pretty carnation blossom. You can use any type of fabric, but the chiffon that she used creates sheer layers with a hint of … Read More...
Video tutorial: Embroidered hem
Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World has posted a new video showing how to embroider the hem of a knit skirt. See her tute.
Tutorial: Throw pillow with lattice embellishment
Aimee from Twigg Studios shows how to make this textured throw pillow with a lattice design stitched on the front. The surface embellishment is inspired by a similar pillow from West Elm. You can create the surface design by stitching … Read More...
Article | 5 Simple Photography Tips
Rachel at Pointless Pretty Things shares five tips for improving your photography. These are all things that she has picked up in her photography journey. Click here to go to the article.
Tutorial: Cardboard bobbin organizer for a drawer
Anita from Cardboard is Free! shows how she used the humble material to make a bobbin organizer. The cardboard base sits in the bottom of the drawer, and small wood pegs keep the bobbins from rolling around. Genius!! Because cardboard … Read More...
Win buttons by Karen Ruane
You could win two handmade buttons embroidered by Karen Ruane! And you get to choose the color and style of embellishment. Go comment on her blog post to enter. Her post doesn’t mention a deadline, so you’d better … Read More...
Tutorial | Valentine Card With Treat
The Scrappy Canuck came up with this adorable penguin card that holds a surprise treat for the recipient. She made the penguin out of basic shapes, and shares for tutorial for making the slider element containing the candy. Click here… Read More...
Finish It Friday – An Idea I Like!
Things don’t always work out as planned. BUT, this is a good idea that we all should get behind – so that we don’t get behind. Most of us need help remaining motivated, especially when we have deadlines coming … Read More...
Book Review – Push Up Pops
With all these great books by bloggers coming out, I need to clear some more space on shelves. Just when you thought there was no new clever sweet left to decorate, the push pop came about. And Courtney of Pizzazzerie… Read More...
Stitching in Alisa’s footsteps
Inspired by Alisa Burke’s Sew Wild, Gina of Fan My Flame has been doodle stitching on her sewing machine. She says,
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Tutorial & Freebie | A-MAZE-ing Valentine Card
Mariska at No Time To Be Bored shares a tutorial for making these cute Valentine’s Day cards. She also includes a PDF printable for the sentiment. Click here for more.
Tiny, Mini Macarons
Micro, teeny, tiny versions of bigger food are just inherently cute. Like micro, teeny, tiny versions of macarons. Find them HERE at Prunille fait son show.
Colorful Cookie Pops
You know, I’m all talk about cookie pops on my other blog, but my versions are really just decorated cookies on a stick. These cookie pops are really cookie pops. Lollipopesque cookies. Lollipop-evoked cookies? I’m not articulating the difference well, … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012 by jackiep1102
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Fabulous February Markets
Fabulous February Markets in Brisbane Australia.
Hello to all you craft crazy folk out there and welcome to 2012! If you’re half as craft crazy as me, I bet you just can’t wait for the first craft/handmade markets of the … Read More...
Celtic quilt and more
Quilter and teacher, Scarlett Rose, shares this photo on her website of a Celtic-style quilt entered in the Pacific International Quilt Festival 2011. It’s Bird from the Book of Kells by Phyllis Arthur. Want to see some or Scarlett’s Celtic … Read More...
Stained Glass Goodies from D&L
I don’t spend enough time on stained glass and I apologize for that. So when I saw that D&L had a number of specials in their mailing list for stained glass I had to share it with all of you. … Read More...
Giveaway: Kaye Wood’s Starmaker books
Terrye at Kaye’s Quilting Friends blog is hosting a contest for 5 sets of Volume 1 and Volume 2 Starmakers Ablaze by Kaye Wood. She is asking those who enter to tell which quilting newsletter they like best. Commenter Ray … Read More...