Simple but, oh, so effective. Make some inchies with scraps of canvas and tapestry wool. Attach them to craft sticks. Voila! Bookmarks, perfect for tucking into a Christmas stocking. Check out more beautiful little needlepoint creations at the Pin Pals… Read More...
Tutorial | Purple People Eater Treat Bags
Hollie from The Seven Year Cottage came up with these Purple People Eater treat bags, inspired by the song of the same name. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial: Machine stitched and bound buttonholes
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin recently shared a tutorial showing how to make hand-worked buttonholes. She follows that up with tutorials showing how to make a simple machine-stitched buttonhole, and also a bound buttonhole. Get the tutorial … Read More...
Cheese Skeleton Pops
From the master of cool-stuff-with-Babybels…. Make skelly cheese pops HERE at Cute Food for Kids.
Vacuum Cake
As one is often made fun of for vacuuming every day (I have three cats!), I can appreciate a Vacuum Party. Learn to make a vacuum cake HERE at Sisteroo. Love the clever use of supplies and donuts to … Read More...
Freebie: Halloween Chevron to print
Kara at Mine for the Making did a guest post at tatortots and jello where she shared this scary Halloween printable. The Chevron background is so cute. Go to the free download and see what inspired Kara to make it.… Read More...
Concentric Circles Canvas Art
I spotted this on Pinterest while browsing for a recipe believe it or not. Isn’t it fun and bright a beautiful? I really love it and I discovered a blog I haven’t visited before too. All in all a good … Read More...
Build an inkle loom
Check out the rockin tutorial on Craftzine.com for building your own inkle loom. The guest post by Kristin Roach steps you through materials, tools, and construction with clear instructions and handy illustrations. She says,
… Read More...I love the way woven straps
Tutorial | Decoupaged Pumpkin Decor
Jenni Swenson of Vintage Umbrella came up with these cute decoupaged pumpkins for scraproom decor. All you need are mini pumpkins, newspaper from the recycle bin and decoupage medium. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Free! Weave App for Craft Businesses + 50$ Giveaway!
Intuit has a new iPhone app for business owners called Weave.
I have only just downloaded it and entered some things that need to happen for me this week. So far it has been easy to figure out and … Read More...
Tutorial | Sewn Journaling Cards
Linda Tieu of Back to Paper shows how you can make your own sewn journaling cards in a rainbow of colours. She even includes a free printable template! Click here to go to the tutorial.
Looking for supplies for journaling? … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Take a Break
Chicago’s Design Harvest – Oct 1&2
Chicago’s Design Harvest is coming up this weekend! If you live in the Chicago area this look well worth going to.
… Read More...This one of a kind fest will feature Chicago’s best local furniture and home accessory makers, vintage and
Forest Hill Boutique Market – Lockyer Valley
Forest Hill School of Arts Hall on Railway Street Will be hosting the Handmade Expo from 9am-3pm Saturday the 1st of October.
There will be up to 50 stalls of handmade fashion, toys,gifts,bags and food including
Devonshire Teas and stalls … Read More...
Winter Scene Gel Candle
Those beach scene gel candles were getting old (for me anyway), so I was delighted to find this sparkling snowflake candle project. For an added holiday feel, scent your winter gel candle with Jack Frost (peppermint & vanilla) or Holiday … Read More...
Bullseye Glass App for the iPhone!
I feel like such a glass geek sometimes! Hanging with some of my favorite glass girls today I heard there was an app for the iPhone from Bullseye Glass and I squealed with delight. Wouldn’t you? So as soon as … Read More...
Embroidered Postcards – Teach Kids To Sew
This could possibly be my favorite project of the year! What a great way to teach your children sewing techniques while using their imagination…the possibilities are endless. You are going to want to head over to The Magic Onions right … Read More...
Nature Crafts : Autumn Leaf Mobile
One of my least favorite things about Florida is that Oak Trees are few and far between, at least where I live…. I must say that I am having acorn envy as I look at Donni from The Magic Onions’ … Read More...
Ghosts in a Jar
This project is perfect to (in the words of Homemade Mamas kids) ‘Halloweenify’ your home. Your kids will love making these ghosts ‘float’ catpured in the jar…head on over to Homemade Mama.
Check out more fall fun with … Read More...
Make Your Own Minifig Lego Poster
This project is so great because you and your child can pick the lego ‘minifigs’ that they love best. All you need are your children’s minifigs, some construction paper and a camera, and you are off and running. Just imagine … Read More...