I’m guessing lots of kids need a little pick-me-up right about now. Check out these clever surprise-inside (I won’t give it away, OK, I will, “seeds” and “worms”) apple cupcakes for back to school from The Nature of Grace. … Read More...
Giveaway at Lime Riot
Lime Riot is celebrating her first blogaversary with an awesome giveaway. She says,
… Read More...I’ll be giving away a Sublime hoop and all of the supplies to make your very own felt hoopla including; a stack of my favorite fancy felt,
Fun with JellO
Go babble with this awesome spread of kid-friendly JellO recipes, including JellO petri dishes and sandcastle JellO and JellO shots. I might have to take back what I said about JellO not being able to overtake cupcakes.
Back to School Marshmallow Pops
Check out these back to school marshmallow pops and real alllll about my daughter’s exciting first day of school in DC (as in, hanging with the Mayor) HERE at my other blog.
Enter Rising Star 2012
Check out this announcement from Country Bumpkin‘s latest webletter:
… Read More...We want to share with you the launch of our International Needlework Competition – Rising Star 2012. In the lead up to Beating Around the Bush 2012 we would
Tutorial: Imperfect Pleated Pillow
Tori from Apostrophy Designs guest blogs in the Pleat Weeks series at See Kate Sew with a tutorial showing how to make her Imperfect Pleated Pillow. Don’t let the name fool you – though she says the pleats are “imperfect”, … Read More...
Freebie | CK Fairytale Transparency Font
You can download this free transparency font from Creating Keepsakes here. Also check out their archive of free fonts!
Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com
Tutorial: Quick and easy no-sew clip-on bowtie for baby boys
Kiki from The Kiki Comin Shoppe and Kiki Creates shares a tutorial showing how to make clip-on bow tie for a baby boy – no sewing required. You can assemble the entire tie with your hot glue gun! She also … Read More...
Tutorial: Sail Away School Dress
Kalleen from At Second Street guest blogs in the Dress Your [School] Girl series at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make her Sail Away School Dress, a back-to-school skirt and matching top with a nautical … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s shift dress with bubble hem
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how to turn an adult-sized button down shirt into a little girl’s shift dress with a bubble hem. The dress is sooo cute, and is inspired by a similar dress from J Crew. The … Read More...
Freebie: Girl Digital Stamp
My Sugar Paper has a sweet girl digi stamp for free on their blog, click here to download.
-Heather
Finding the right marker for colouring skin can be exceptionally hard, with 36 different skin color shades, these skin-toned markers … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a bag from an old blazer
Rebekah from Pantyhose & Potholes shows how she repurposed an old blazer and sweater into this cool new purse. I love this!!! Get the tute.
[photo from Pantyhose & Potholes]
[thank you to Francine, our Scrapbooking editor, … Read More...
Join Dream Rocket’s Kansas show
Jennifer Marsh sent us this announcement from The Dream Rocket project:
… Read More...Students and individuals are welcome to participate in a show happening at the National Art Educator’s Regional Conference in Garden City, Kansas. Conference and display will be from October
Review & Giveaway | Bubblewriting Idea Book
Jill at a Matter of Memories has posted a review of the book How to be the Best Bubblewriter in the World Ever by Linda Scott. The book addresses hand lettering techniques and is great for scrapbookers or the … Read More...
ANOTHER SMASHING BRACELET – WITH TUTORIAL
Don’t you love the look of these bangles? I think I have to make one really soon. I wear bracelets every day. I have two wedding bangles (like wedding bands in India, my husband’s homeland) and about 50 other … Read More...
Giveaway | My Memories Suite
Melinda at 28 Peppermint Grove is also giving away a copy of the My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software. Entries close September 1st 2011. Click here to go to the giveaway.
Tutorial | Masks and Stencils from Die Cuts
Melissa Thiesse from Bursts of Creativity shares how you can use your die cutting system to create masks and stencils to use with paint and other media. She shows a similar method using punches too!. Click here to go to … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Three, XYZ
Fuel Gel Candles Officially Banned in Suffolk County
Michael Hubbard was severely burned when a gel-fueled firepot exploded in May 2011.
On August 16, 2011, Suffolk County officially banned the gel-fuel by passing “Michael’s Law”. This will hopefully help prevent other families from the same fate. Michael remains … Read More...
Fat Quarter Stars Quilt Along starts in September
Konda at Moose on the Porch Quilts announced Monday she is hosting a fat quarter Stars Quilt Along starting September 27, 2011 running through March 2012. She explains,
… Read More...Each block will be designed by a different person. Every two weeks