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...
Zebra Table
Personally I’m not into animal prints, but this spoke to me! I just love the subtle stripes, it looks really fabulous. You can head over to Salvage Savvy to see the Zebra Table.
Door On the Wall
As soon as I saw this I liked it. I love finding things that have been repurposed and given new life. This old door turned wall art is a great example of that. Check it out over at CRAPTASTIC: The … Read More...
Tutorial: Lentil stitch
Nat of the smallest forest coined the name lentil stitch for her improvised circular stitch. She says, “Because the stitches rotate around the shape, the tension pulls the circumference in evenly, keeping the circle shape very nicely. But what I … Read More...