Kim made this totally fun and equally impressive lamp shade using some metal tubing she had lying around. A great recycling project and a fun way to update an old light fixture. Head over to A girl and a glue … Read More...
Four Color Printed Decals for Fusing
When I went to BECon in June two of the presenters talked about their company InPlainSight Art and I almost lost my mind. Earlier in the conference we saw a piece of art that had a photograph fused into the … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy prairie points | ric-rac and pom-poms
Julianna from Jednoiglec does a guest post at Sew Sweetness as part of their Sewing Back-to-School series. Learn how to make scrappy prairie points in an original way and get some tips for sewing ric-rac and pom-poms trim. Click HERE … Read More...
Giveaway: Two $50 Gift Certificates at World of Charity
World of Charity Stitching is hosting a giveaway with a generous sponsor – the Fat Quarter Shop. One lucky winner will receive not one, but two $50.00 gift certificates. Click HERE to see how to enter. Contest ends September … Read More...
Endless Candle Tutorial
Do you have any old peanut butter or pickle jars kicking around? If you do, here’s a frugal DIY on how to make an endless candle submitted by Sonya.
She named it endless because once the fragrance is gone; you … Read More...
Tutorial: Chronicle quilt
Jenny at Craft Test Dummies shows how to make a Chronicle Quilt. It’s a style of quilt popular during the Great Depression. Learn how to piece fabric scraps to a newspaper foundation. Click HERE to get the tutorial.
New Product From Vapour Organic Beauty Check It Out
Vapour Organic Beauty have just released their first scent. VAPOUR X WISB* N°1 A seductive solid perfume that showcases the mysterious beauty of Haitian Vetiver, VAPOUR X WISB* N°1 offers a warm, spicy, lush & intoxicating scent. In partnership with … Read More...
Spider and Owl Krispie Treats
Made with Cocoa Pebbles. How perfectly chocolatey delicious and devious for Halloween. And look, their on sticks! Genius all around. Learn to make cereal treat spiders and owls HERE at Cookies and Cups.
Nail Head Letters
This fun project is easy to do and looks like real nail head art. I’ve seen these same decorative nails and was trying to think of what to use them on, I’m loving this option. See Nailed It! at My … Read More...
Tutorial: Toddler’s cheer outfit
Football season is here, and Amy from Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shopand Nap Time Crafters has a well-timed tutorial showing how to make a toddler’s cheer outfit. Make it in your favorite team’s colors and you’ll be ready for game day. It … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a travel sewing kit wallet
Amy from Amy Dunn Designs and Lots Of Pink Here shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a travel sewing kit. The fabric wallet opens up to reveal pockets for carded embroidery floss and scissors, as well … Read More...
Read all about it: The importance of seam allowances
Gwen from Gwenny Penny guest blogs in the Sewing Back-to-School series at Sew Sweetness with a post all about seam allowances. Seam allowances are present in just about every project you make. They’re the narrow strips of fabric between a … Read More...
Wonderfully Wooly Witchy Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern
Deborah of Woolensails shares this wonderful witch on a broom sitting on a crescent moon just in time to stitch for Halloween. Yep – it’s a free chart too!
For the Love of Paper: PTI Blog Hop!
This is a nice tutorial for making paper fortune cookies.I will make these next time I have a tea party!
Review: The Dream MENAGERIE at the Courier Mail SPIEGELTENT
I wasn’t sure how to write this review. Quite perplexed actually. Just not sure what I just saw. Was it a circus act? A vaudeville performance? A comical mystery?
Or was it just a dream?
I was attending the Dream … Read More...
Stamp Art
How colorful and pretty, this wall art was inspired by U.S. postage stamps! Head over to That’s My Letter and she’ll show you how she did it in her post “S” is for Stamps.
“Friendship” earrings
Jessica of Zakka Life had a great idea: What if she used the thread-knotting technique used to create friendship bracelets and made earrings instead? Here’s the result. I think her experiment is definitely a success. And lucky for us, she … Read More...
Sweet Cross Stitch Stitches of Friendship
Ah, sweet stitches of friendship – over at Lili.Hr there’s a new free chart posted that celebrates Amitie, aka Friendship.
Tutorial: Hooped saying
Jessica of Teacher Gone Crafty shares her technique for creating simple embroidered text and embellishing with colorful buttons. Her text of choice was a favorite scripture, but this treatment would work for any quote or saying you like. She says,… Read More...
Victorian Summer Cross Stitch Chart
One of the volunteer groups I work with is based in my little hometown of Summerville, Georgia. A few years ago, several people got the idea to build window displays related to a Victorian Christmas theme. The Victorians were the … Read More...