This is a great tutorial to show you how your kids can make their own eraser stamps with their own artistic ideas. You can see how its done over on Simple Analogy. They also provide a link for a … Read More...
Paper Towel Roll Airplane
Saving Toward a Better Life has a great craft you can use to teach your kids about aviation on National Aviation Day, September 19th. The craft is frugal, and is a great conversation starter for a lesson in our … Read More...
Magic Edible Wands from Harry Potter
Just to clarify… these are totally edible sugar, fondant and chocolate wands in the likes of those held by Dumbledore, Ron, and Harry (to the inch), that actually perform magic (as in, dying your tongue colors upon touching, due to … Read More...
Wormy Apple Craft
With fall weather just around the corner, this apple craft might be just the craft to get into the spirit of fall. My children love apples, and I can’t wait till apples are in season and at their best. The … Read More...
Moving Ballerina Toy
This craft is so simple yet it could become one of those treasures your child never wants to give away. Head on over to Zakka Life for this memorable toy tutorial.
Newsy: Bloggers’ Quilt-Uber-Fest starts October 1
Scott Hansen at Blue Nickel Studios wants you to learn German and drink Hofbräu this October (not really). He does want you to join the Bloggers’ Quilt-Uberfest – a quilt along where you will make a block a day for … Read More...
Newsy: Quilt Contest 2012 Challenge | AP&Q and AQC
Australian Patchwork & Quilting (AP&Q) and the Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC) announce their next challenge for quilters. The theme for 2012 is What the World Needs Now. There are three cash awards ($5000, $2000, $500) plus winners will have … Read More...
Milk Carton Napkin Rings
The holidays are coming and that means having company over, pulling out the good dishes, and dressing up the table. Here’s the first of many ideas this fall for making your own napkin rings. Head over to Sunny Vanilla: Upcycle: … Read More...
Tutorial: Girl’s double-breasted sweatshirt vest
Alida from Gigglebug Designs and I Make Stuff shows how she made a double-breasted vest for her daughter. She started with an adult’s sweatshirt, which she cut and reworked into this stylish (and warm) vest. So cute!! It was part … Read More...
Book Review – FLEECE AND FIBER SOURCEBOOK
Did you know that not all sheep have fleece, that there is at least one breed of sheep that has ‘hair’ rather than fleece thus making it of not much use to crocheters? That’s just one of the hundreds of … Read More...
Tutorial: Add a kick pleat to an A-line skirt pattern
Mary from Pudding and Pie shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to alter a skirt pattern to add a kick pleat. The kick pleat adds extra width at the bottom of a straight or A-line skirt, making it … Read More...
Project: Stamped Sewing Kit
How pretty is this mini sewing kit!? It’s designed by Leigh S-B and she shares directions and even a free template for how she made it on her blog. Check out the details here.
-Heather
Lighthouse Candle Holders
It’s magazine-ish isn’t it? I love these candle holders made to look like lighthouses, such a fun nautical accent. You can see them over at Burton Avenue: Lighthouse Candle Holder.
Fall Bouquets
Autumn is in the air, and Project Wedding is ready with a round up of pretty fall wedding bouquets to inspire! Click here to see them all.
Inspiration: Lisa Leggett
Lisa Leggett of A Cuppa Tea with Me created this stitchery for a Phat Quarter embroidery swap. I think everything about it is perfect, from the theme (her swap partner loves sushi), to the pun, to the stitching, to the … Read More...
Little Bird in Flight: A felt Free Sewing Pattern!
I did a book and giveaway on Abigail’s book The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew by Abigail Patner Glassenberg. I check in on her blog “While she naps” to see what she has been up to. Well, … Read More...
Tutorial: Gingerbread girl ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting has started a series of tutorials for simple, stash-busting Christmas ornaments. First up is this sweet felt gingerbread girl. Great for a gift, as a gift tie-on, or for your own tree. See the … Read More...
Cross Stitch – Stitchin’ on a Punkin’
One of my BFFs, Marion of Mad Cat Art Studio pointed this link out to me and I immediately fell “in like” with the idea.
Integrating beads into embroidery
Annet of Fat-Quarter is taking SharonB’s Sumptuous Surfaces online class. The further she progresses, the more adventurous she becomes. For example, she has taken several rockin approaches to incorporating beads. Check out her blog post.
How to make recycled soda can flowers
Now I’ve made recycled tin can flowers but Crissy of the blog Crissy’s Crafts has really out done herself with these flowers! See her awesome tutorial on how to make dimensional recycled soda can flowers along with really pretty photos … Read More...
