Make your own falernum, grenadine, bitters, maraschino cherries and such bar necessities (though I have to admit, even as a bar-goer, not knowing what falernum was) with photographically fantastic (how’s that for a phrase?) recipes HERE at Chow.
Tutorial: Clay Table Numbers & Flags
Create custom table numbers and flags in a flash using polymer clay! Stop by The Sweetest Occasion for a step by step tutorial.
Flossie Teacakes: Shirring tutorial
Flossie Teacakes provides a good tutorial for shirring here. I’m a big fan of shirring and use it for the back panel of a dresses instead of adding a zipper. Not that zippers a so hard or anything but … Read More...
Fabulous Wedding Dessert Buffets
Dessert buffets are taking the wedding world by storm! Tiny treats like macarons, petite pies, and mini cupcakes are sure to be a sweet hit with your guests. The Ruffled blog featured an array of gorgeous dessert tables styled by … Read More...
Tutorial: Card Condo, a credit card and loyalty card organizer
Here it is! The tutorial for the Card Condo I made last week. This little organizer has 24 credit card sized pockets and two larger pockets to hold all of those plastic cards we seem to accumulate – credit cards, … Read More...
How to recycle a toothbrush into a bracelet
There is an awesome tutorial on how to recycle a toothbrush into a bracelet posted at Two girls being Crafty. Thanks Tristin for sending in this link and all the crafty girls who love to mix up their fashion with … Read More...
Free download: Woodland Faeries
Natalie from Cinderberry Stitches gave this pattern out at the Houston Quilt Market in October of last year. Called Woodland Faeries, she designed the project for Lecien to showcase COSMO embroidery threads
and the Flower Sugar fabric line
. You … Read More...
Raffle: Vintage Stars quilt
Vikki from Field Trips in Fiber is handling the raffling of this beautiful 75″ x 84″ Vintage Stars quilt. Talented members of her local guild Country School Quilters made the quilt with proceeds going to the Virginia Quilt Museum. … Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Lined oilcloth lunch sack sized to hold your reusable plasticware
The thing about the lunch boxes and lunch sacks you buy in the store is that they are rarely large enough to accommodate reusable plasticware
. Prudent Baby shows how to make an oilcloth lunch tote sized just right to … Read More...
Tutorial: Resize a man’s dress shirt to fit a small child
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she resized a man’s dress shirt to fit her little girl. This is SO cute! And what little girl wouldn’t feel soooo proud wearing one of her … Read More...
Tutorial: Dragon slippers for little boys
Rae from Made by Rae kicks off Celebrate the Boy month for 2011 with a tutorial showing how to make these super cute dragon slippers. I am LOVING the little ric rac dragon spikes! Get the tutorial.
[photo from … Read More...
(Healthy) Green Monster Pops
You just have to mention that a treat is related to children’s literature and I’m hooked. Visit The Hokey Pokey Kitchen to learn to make these awesome green apple pops to match the monster in Ed Emberley’s Go Away, Big … Read More...
Free pattern: Basic little boy pants
Dana from MADE kicks off the 2011 edition of Celebrate the Boy month with a free pattern and tutorial on her blog for making basic little boy pants. The pattern is sized for little boys size 2-3t. If you need … Read More...
Giveaway Reminder
Our giveaway for the camera strap cover is still open for entries! Click here to go to the giveaway post. Entries close Friday February 18th at midnight PST.
Flower Cupcake Toppers
Learn how to make these flower cupcake toppers HERE at Berlin Patch. I’ve been so intrigued by cupcake toppers with height lately, I just find these to be gorgeousness on a stick.
Tutorial: Reversible Tie Back Swing Top for little girls
Jess from Peanut To Princess shares a tutorial for her Reversible Tie Back Swing Top. The design of this top is sooo flexible and can be worn year-round. For the colder weather, wear it with a long-sleeved tee and a … Read More...
Freebie: LivePink Magazine
Pink Paislee is offering a free download of their new magazine LivePink! It’s full of wonderful scrapbooking, card making and paper crafting ideas. Click here to download it.
-Heather
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? We love … Read More...
New Scrapbooking Service Launched
Bite-sized Scrapbooking is a unique system for creating layouts for people who feel overwhelmed with all the choices in scrapbooking and for those who want to be scrapbooking regularly but feel they don’t have time. It’s also for people who… Read More...
WHEN WINTER IS TOO MUCH WITH US – and other inspirations
Is winter too much with you ? It is with me. So, when I saw this I knew I had to share it.
Or, maybe you want to brighten your day by crocheting a field of flowers like this:
In … Read More...
Tutorial: Beaded Card
Learn how to make this lovely beaded card. This technique can also be used on scrapbook pages. Click here to go to the tutorial at Sandy’s Space