Kim Frantz shares this tutorial for making a chunky mini book on the Memory Makers Masters blog. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Inspiration du Jour – Watching The Birds
Watching the Birds by Nerrida M
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Looking for Bird themed papers, stamps and embellishments? Check out these Bird themed supplies on scrapbook.com
Heather Trimlett and Caitlin Hyde in Corning! A Bead Intensive…
If you’re in Corning or the surrounding area and want a week of bead intensiveness check this out. It’s Heather Trimlett and Caitlin Hyde and you better be ready to really learn about bead making. These ladies are truly masters … Read More...
Cinnamon Bun Candles
Tonight I made a couple cinnamon bun candles after purchasing the cinnamon roll fragrance oil
to match it. 30 ml (2 tbsp) of the fragrance in a pound (453 g) was quite sufficient.
I swear you can even smell the … Read More...
Imprinted Clay Gift Tags
Ilene writes up a quick tutorial for how to make cookie cutter style gift tags that she then uses small alpha stamps to add text to. She uses model magic – an air dry clay from Crayola – but this … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy drawstring backpack from a place mat
Prudent Baby shows how to create this drawstring backpack – from a place mat. A two-sided fabric place mat creates the body of the bag; you just need to add the casing and attach the straps at the bottom. Get … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage hankie hairbow
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to turn a vintage hankie into a pretty hairbow. This is a quick, easy project. And because the handkerchief gets folded and gathered together, it’s easy to hide a stain or a flaw. … Read More...
Book: Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts due in May
This beautiful quilt (the blue color is outstanding) is one of the projects in a soon-to-be-released book Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts
by Pam and Nicky Lintott. Published by David and Charles of the UK, it’s release date is mid May, … Read More...
Tutorial: Loyalty Card Holder
Christie from A Lemon Squeezy Home guest blogs at Grosgrain with a tutorial showing how to make a small pouch designed to hold your loyalty cards. Unlike other wallets and card holders, this does not have individual pockets for each … Read More...
Pure Essential Oil Compositions For Body Talc
Choose one of these essential oil compositions to add to one of the talc bases mentioned here.
EXOTICA
9 drops cinnamon
8 drops petitgrain
8 drops palmarosa
15 drops orange
HEAVEN
12 drops lavender
10 drops may chang
10 drops … Read More...
DIY Cornstarch Body Talc
I previously posted about making your own deodorant. Applying talcs is another wonderful way to fragrance the body as well as absorb excess moisture. Pure Talc, Cornstarch & Kaolin make excellent fine textured powders. The finest texture being Pure … Read More...
Tiny Bunnies….
Hamburger Dollop by rufftuffcreampuff
The History of Wedding Cake
It’s everything wedding out there as April 29 approaches. Find a brief history of the wedding cake (well, the Britain-based history) HERE at The Telegraph. {spotted on the kitchn}
Sale: Impress Stamps
Watercolor Favor Tags
I love the soft and dreamy look of these watercolor favor tags created by A Subtle Revelry for Project Wedding! Use them for wedding favors, escort cards, gift tags and more. Click this link for a quick and easy … Read More...
DIY Ring Holder
A tea tin turned wedding ring holder is the perfect accent for a vintage or tea themed wedding day! Threaded Together Photography created a great DIY tutorial for Style Me Pretty to help you make your own. Get the tutorial … Read More...
Circus Waffles, Cake Candelabras and More
Back in my 20s I haunted the Urban Outfitters DC store weekly. Well over a decade (OK, closer to two decades) later, after graduating to Anthropologie, I too often forget about the kitschy cool collections there. Check out the Urban … Read More...
Spring Bridal Shower Inspiration
Brenda’s Wedding Blog hosted an April Wedding Vendor Challenge that resulted in 7 incredible photo shoots filled with gorgeous details for spring bridal showers! The color palette was bubblegum pink, mint green and robin’s egg blue. Brenda requested vendors to … Read More...
Lollipop Speakers
I spotted these cuties on Cute Everything, and I know, I know they are so very much not edible, but c’mon. Lollipops. Speakers. How could I not share? Find the lollipop speakers for MP3 players HERE at Perpetual Kid.