Nicole Blum from One Golden Apple and Improv Diary shows how the addition of a simple machine-stitched image makes a plain button down shirt into a fun Valentine’s shirt. A paper airplane flies across the front of a traditional shirt. … Read More...
The Key to My Heart
Etsy Shop: Whimsy and Stars Studio Digital Stamps
I love cruising around Etsy looking for new stamp companies, you can find so many unique clear, rubber and digital companies that you can’t find anywhere else. I recently came across an adorable digital company called Whimsy and Stars Studio.… Read More...
Tutorial: Adding wired stumpwork elements
Elizabeth Braun of Sew in Love showed us how to work wired, detached elements for stumpwork, such as these poppy petals. Now she shows us how to integrate those wired elements into the work. It’s not as hard as you … Read More...
Tutorial | Applying Alcohol Inks With Bubble Wrap
The Scrappy Canuck shares a video tutorial showing how she created the colourful title in the page shown above. The letters are colored with alcohol inks applied with bubble wrap. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Free pattern: Tatted heart
Tatting maven Jane Eborall shares her beautiful and timely pattern for a tatted heart. Go to her blog post for the link to the pattern.
Article | Everything You Need to Know About Buying A Camera
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This comprehensive article by Vlad Savov and David Pierce at The Verge will help you decide what kind of camera is best for your needs. The article covers some photography basics and goes on to talk about the … Read More...
My Favorite Crochet Doily
Hooray! Sheila has finally re-posted her Pond Lily Doily pattern online – and it’s free for a while. This is my all time favorite doily! I’ve made a bunch of different doilies over the years, but something about this one … Read More...
Valentine’s Day S’mores
I am so consistently wowed by everything I see at Haniela’s. Her sweets are so beautifully constructed, I envy the precision! Case in point, Valentine’s Day S’mores. Find the recipe for homemade graham crackers, homemade marshmallows and Valentine’s Day s’mores … Read More...
Red Carpet Dresses Cookies
…decorated with gum. I missed the Golden Globes, but there’s still time before the Oscars to whip up some fashionable cookies. And here I thought gum was just for chewing. Find the how-tos HERE at Sweet Designs, Amy Atlas’s blog… Read More...
Seven Layer Football Dip
How do you turn seven-layer dip into a football appetizer? Flip it upside down. Find tips to make it HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.
Pink Sweetheart Cupcakes
What pretty in pink Valentine’s Day cupcakes… But what got me was the quick and easy idea to add a cupcake topper. Cut out a heart, add your message and a ribbon and just stick right in the cupcake. Great … Read More...
Free pattern: Chinese lanterns
Here’s a brilliant little giftie from Mollie of Wild Olive. In honor of the upcoming Chinese New Year, she’s sharing her original pattern for four teeny Chinese lanterns. She says,
… Read More...After I did the lantern embroidery, I threaded a
Giveaway | Silhouette Printpaper Package
Linda from Party Craft Secrets will be launching a new product come February 15th – a package of printpapers customised with a silhouette. To celebrate she is giving a package away to one follower of her blog and Facebook Page. … Read More...
Make Your Own Chalkboard Cheese Platter
Another simple genius idea: Make your own chalkboard cheese platter. A platter and some porcelain chalkboard paint
. That’s it. So smart. Find the how-tos with photographs and important tips HERE at Wit and Whistle. {spotted on Pinterest}
Inspiration du Jour | Little Miss Personality
Hugs and Kisses mini quilt
Caroll from The Attic Window Quilt Shop is ready for Valentine’s Day in her shop with this adorable quilt. She said the pattern is from Kim Schaefer’s Calendar Quilts: 12 Months of Fun, Fusible Projects published by C&T Publishing. Go … Read More...
Process: Improv quilt block
Nicole from Mama Love Quilts walks you through her process for creating an improvisational Log Cabin block. In her example block she used solid fabrics and as part of the requirements she says you must be willing to let go… Read More...
Press Release – Vanna White to Host Lion Brand Yarn Company Fashion Show!
Vanna White to Host Lion Brand Yarn Company Fashion Show at the 2012 Craft & Hobby Association Winter Trade Show (CHA), the first Lion Brand fashion show to feature knitwear projects from some of the world’s top design schools New
… Read More...You’re The Bomb
Valentines Day is round the corner. Break away from traditional flowers and chocolate and put some thought into it. Not everyone needs diamonds do they? Why not make a bath bomb this Valentines Day and get clever as SkipToMyLou have … Read More...