Chevrons add a bold, modern edge to wedding details like invitations, cakes, and more! Check out this post at Polka Dot Bride for lots of chevron inspiration.
Free Sewingpattern: Easy baby doll diaper from felt and Velcro
Jessica from Happy Together shares a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making a baby doll diaper. Made from craft felt with a simple Velcro closure across the front, they’re super easy and super fast to make. The … Read More...
Sewing Pattern: Insulated laminated and buckled reusable lunch bag
Sew4Home shares a tutorial for making a reusable lunch sack that’s insulated (to keep the food cold), laminated (to make it easy to clean), and buckled (to keep everything inside). A handle at the top makes it easy to carry. … Read More...
Inspiration: “Drought” art quilt
Helen’s Drought spied at Twelve By Twelve. She said she was inspired by photos of refugee camps. Visit her post to read more about it.
Tutorial: Pleated scarf from 20 inches of duck canvas
Rikka from Ricochet and Away! shows how she made this awesome pleated scarf out of duck canvas. You read that right – duck canvas! The pleating and the frayed edges give the heavy fabric a pliability and softnewss you wouldn’t … Read More...
Newsy: Supernatural Christmas Swap starts October 1
Found at Craftser, A Very Merry Supernatural Christmas Swap. General info below:
… Read More...Signups: October 1-14
Sendouts: November 30The requirements of this swap are as follows:
1 large, 1 medium, 1 small
1 item must be wearable
1 item must
Peanut Butter “Cheeseball”
Awesome. Lame word, but perfect to describe this peanut butter and cookies ensemble in the style of a cheeseball. Hee hee. Learn to make it HERE at The Girl Who Ate Everything.
Brush Embroidery Decorated Cookies
I love this cookie decorating idea of creating an embroidery effect with royal icing and a brush, and I’ve yet to try it. Find a tutorial for Brush Embroidery Cookies HERE at Tradewind Tiaras.
New Release: Glaz-On
I love Staz-On Ink, but some times when I stamp on a project using Staz- On stamps. I want to seal it and it tends to bleed. Well, the folks at Tsunieko have solved that problem. Their new Glaz-On is … Read More...
Brighten up a shirt
Deborah of Art Threads transformed a plain white knit shirt into this colorful gem with a bit of dye and a few embroidery stitches. Go to her blog post for the details of how she did it.
“I love the ’80s” Decorated Cookies
Egads! I almost forgot to share with you my latest blog post. As a child of the ’80s who is annoying about telling people she’s a child of the ’80s, I made some ’80s tribute cookies HERE.
Apple Cookie Pops
Apple cookie pops from all store-bought ingredients: Oreos, candy, pretzels and frosting. Find the how-tos HERE at Family Fun.
Video tutorial: Using hemostats in making softies
Abbyjane of While She Naps has put together a video showing various types of hemostats and how they can be used to turn softie parts right-side out and stuff them firmly. See the tute.
Toast-Shaped Eggs
Hmm. This actually makes a lot of sense to me. Bread-shaped eggs. No more eggs slipping out of your breakfast sandwich. Find it HERE at amazon.
Amy Atlas Dessert Table Miniature Art
Pretty stunning Amy Atlas-esque dessert table, yes? Can you believe it’s really a piece of teeny tiny art? Check out the feature at Amy Atlas’s blog to see the dessert table to scale. It was created by miniature food … Read More...
Felt Juice Box Monsters tutorial
Amanda (our home and garden editor) has been meaning to make these guys for quite a while now. Every time she pulled out her craft supplies to make something, those empty juice boxes
just keep staring at her. With Halloween … Read More...
How to make “pretend” nail polish out of a recycled jar
Angela of the blog Little Blue’s Room whipped up this cute “pretend” bottle of nail polish out of what she had around and a bit of computer time. Pop on over to her tutorial on how to make glam pretend … Read More...
Book sale at Nuts About Needlepoint
Check out the Back to School sale for readers of Janet Perry‘s Nuts About Needlepoint blog. Included are a dozen e-books and projects at 20% off and printed books–including Needlepoint Trade Secrets and Bargello Revisited–for 40% off! Be … Read More...
New design from Janet Granger
Janet Granger has released a new design for her miniature needlepoint called Alice. The design is available in a variety of kits – two sizes of carpet, pillow, round footstool, rectangular stool, dining chair, firescreen, bellpull, and bolster. Lovely! … Read More...
Drift Wood Plaque
Driftwood = love. I really like using driftwood in projects, there’s just something serene about it that projects a calming feeling, don’t you think? This fun plaque can be seen over at Diary of a Crafty Lady: Drift Wood Plaque… Read More...