Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar shows how to make a garment cover to keep a favorite dress or nice outfit dust-free while hanging in the closet. She made hers to protect the dress her daughter wore for her first … Read More...
Tutorial: How to hem your jeans
I’m a little on the short side, so any jeans I buy tend to be at least an inch too long. How about you? I could pay to have them altered, but I don’t want to spend the money. Sew … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Busy book for small hands
Adrienne from drienny and A + A = Z created a busy book to keep her young daughter occupied during a long plane trip. Each page was created with a different type of activity or discovery in mind. One page … Read More...
Stamping Tip: Reverse Stamping
Here’s another easy way to create a reverse image of your stamp using large blocks of craft foam. Sally from Hero Arts shares all the details here.
-Heather
Child’s blanket decorated with cute felt monsters
Linda our crafty Italian friend bought a white fleece blanket from IKEA and decided to take the leap from sweet Winnie the Pooh to some loveable little monsters for a child’s bed. She used four different felt colors and found … Read More...
Cookie Decorating Party Crafts
Find how-tos and ideas to make super-cute invitations and decorations for a cookie decorating party, including these rolling pin invitations, the cookie banner and (my favorite) the cookie straws HERE at Fiskars.
Exclusive Discount for Craft Gossip Readers
Jenny at JB Cross Stitch www.jbcrossstitch.com says, “Thank you for all of the lovely comments we have received from your readers who downloaded our free charts. We would like to offer your readers an exclusive 20% off all of our … Read More...
Rustic Lace Scarf
Beautiful Rustic Lace Scarf! This is made from Plymouth’s Haciendo Yarn, a thick and thin creation available in lots of colors.
The scarf would be pretty in almost any color combination, or a tweed.
You can get the Free Lace … Read More...
Wrapping Store-Bought Candy for Valentine’s Day
Find some ideas for dressing up and packaging store-bought candy for Valentine’s Day HERE at Martha Stewart.
Dress up Your Roll contest kick-off
Now this is *different but good. The Dress up Your Roll Competition starts today over at Want it Need it Quilt. Jane says all you have to do to enter is make a fabric cover for your toilet roll. … Read More...
Inspiration: Hearty Craft
I have to share just one more handmade Christmas ornament. This beaded felt bell by Hearty Craft is perfect in every way–so unbearably sweet that I want to eat it. See close-up views at her blog post.
Looking for … Read More...
DIY Picture Tiles – You Will Never Buy a Photo Frame Again | Crunchy Betty
Crunchy Betty gives us a tutorial for transferring our images to tiles! very cute and a similar process to the wood transfer I posted a while back.
DIY Picture Tiles – You Will Never Buy a Photo Frame Again … Read More...
Valentine Penguin
Quaker Heart Sampler
Welcome Sampler Freebie
How to make your own Washi tape and then use it to dress up blah office supplies
I bet lots of you have “get organized” on your New Year’s Resolution list and why not make your organizing elements pretty? That’s just what Jenny of the blog Craft Test Dummies has done. And this is another case of … Read More...
Which size needle and thread?
Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik shares tips about the right size needle and pearl/perle cotton to use for different embroidery applications. See her post. And bookmark it for future reference!
Party Food – SnoBall Igloos and Cookie Penguins
Brrr… Make penguins and igloos from store-bought cookies and SnoBalls HERE at the Hostess site.
Looking for more Penguin party ideas? Check out these Penguin Party Decorations
and these Penguin chocolate molds.
Giveaway from hen’s teeth
Viv of hen’s teeth blog is having a lovely giveaway. She says, “Just as a small thank you for all the kindness and support over the last year.” You could win this sweet vintage-silk purse embellished with hand-embroidered flowers and … Read More...
Chocolate Cupcake Liners
I’m preeeetty sure you can’t actually bake cupcakes in these, but think of all the candy possibilities for filling. Make edible chocolate cupcake liner cups HERE at Bright Ideas.