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Treat your guests to java-inspired wedding favors like these customized coffee bags featured at Emmaline Bride! Click this link for 9 more great ideas and all the details.
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Judy from Scrappy Pieces agrees with this saying on her sewing room wall. She explains,
I find so much peace and calmness in sewing. Whether its cutting, piecing or quilting either by machine or by hand.
Nicely stated. Probably the … Read More...
Monika of My Sweet Prairie shows her technique for machine-couching this beautiful crochet-weight thread. Her bobbin-case tip is brilliant! See her post.
The Scrappy Canuck shares a tutorial for making a paper purse to carry all your paper crafting essentials. This altered project features papers from Echo Park’s line Stepping Out in Style. Click here to go to the tutorial.
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The handy brilliance of others amazes me. I’m NOT handy. At all. Even when I try really hard to be. Even if I thought “hey, it’d be really handy if this mason jar had a spout,” I’d likely not figure … Read More...
For every good snowball fight you must have an arsenal of snowballs at the ready. Find the how-tos to make these adorable pile-of-snowballs snowball fight cupcakes (with free cupcake wrapper downloads!) HERE at Hungry Happenings.
Angry Birds, Happy Cake! Despite my loyalties to ’80s video games, I have strayed of late and finally gotten into Angry Birds (though Letris is now giving the birds some competition for my limited time). Loving this bright and fun … Read More...
And speaking of Ashley of Cute as a Fox, check out what I spotted when I went to her site to thank her for sending the cookie tip: Penguin JellO and a Snowman Globe Cake.
Both are inspired by … Read More...
My kid who loves unicorns and rainbows and thinks “poop” is a hilariously bad word that the naughty kids on the playground say would most certainly enjoy these “Unicorn Poop” cookies. Find the how-tos HERE at instructables. Thanks, Ashley, … Read More...
Gerdiary is giving away one of her new line of Good Intentions pincushions, which sports some of her outstanding free-motion embroidery. Go to her post to enter before January 23.
Looking for more pin cushion patterns? Check out these quilting … Read More...
Thankyou to all who entered CraftGossips LL Magnetic Clay Detox Bath Kit Giveaway. Competition is now closed and a winner has been picked. …………….Congratulations to Laura Tedesco I have emailed you to inform you of your win.
Thanks to all who entered CraftGossips ECO TAN giveaway. Competition is closed and a winner has been picked ……………Congratulations Bron I have emailed you to inform you of your win!
Denise Phillips from Birdnuts Mixed Media shared some ideas for Valentine Themed Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). Click here to see more.
Treat your loved one to something handmade with love this Valentines Day. The following won’t cost the earth nor will it require too much “expertise” as the instructions are so easy to follow a 5 year old could make these. … Read More...
Admiring all the different types of water marbled nails out there I had yet to come across someone who was willing to offer up a tutorial on how to do it all by yourself. Then I was contacted by Mixed … Read More...
Lindsay at Craft Buds shows how to make a whirligig block without any special tools or templates. She adds,
It’s the perfect quilt block for using up your scraps!
Hear, hear! And I’ll add a comment. This design is a … Read More...
I’m seeing pink and gray everywhere, and that’s a good thing. Just found this 100% cotton print Furniture in Gray from the Daisy Cottage collection on sale here for $7.95 USD. Designed by Bee in My Bonnet for Riley Blake … Read More...
Craft Test Dummies brings us this cute tutorial that combines texturing (making impressions), a fine finish technique that resembles ceramic glazes and makes a great Valentine’s Day piece to boot.
Here’s another tidbit from them about how to make several … Read More...
