Stitching on your paper crafts is a very popular trend but it can be a little intimidating. Let Hero Arts give you some tips in this great video and use your sewing machine to add a little something extra to … Read More...
Last Minute Valentine’s Day Ideas
Still searching for a card or treat idea for Valentine’s Day? Here are some more links to ideas, freebies and tutorials!
Be Mine freebie from The Rubber Punkin
Simply, I Love You
The small polymer clay rocks capture the expression perfectly and simply. SkyeArt has a shop full of equally sweet pieces.
Tutorial: Pocket Full of Love throw pillow
Michelle Engel Bencsko from Cloud 9 Fabrics shares a tutorial for her Pocket Full of Love pillow. The large heart-shaped pillow has a pocket on the front for a special love note. Get the tutorial.
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Sparkly Valentine Gel Candle
For this valentine candle I picked a pretty glass to pour the gel into. A wine or champagne glass would also work well.
You can figure out how much gel you need by simply comparing how much water it takes … Read More...
Tutorial: Stay-Put Dishtowel
Sarah from Sew Saucy shows how to make a dishtowel that stays put when it hangs over your oven door handle. You can make one with a store-bought dishtowel, some fabric, and ribbon. Get the how-to.
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Soapylove Boxed Gift Set Giveaway
Soapylove was started in 2006 by Debbie Chialtas. Debbie discovered glycerin soap crafting whilst pregnant with her son. The beautiful colors, designs, and shapes that are possible with “melt and pour” sparked her creative passion. She loved being able … Read More...
Chocolate Truffle Kisses
Yum! Learn to make your own Kisses from chocolate truffles HERE at the Dollhouse Bake Shoppe.
Conversation Heart Ring
Gosh, people are just so clever. Learn to make these (easily) HERE at blue moss. {via Make and Takes}
Themed Link Ups at Funky Junk
If you haven’t had the pleasure of perusing Donna’s site, Funky Junk Interiors, then you are really missing out. Donna has a totally cool decorating style where she incorporates items that many people would consider junk. I don’t just … Read More...
25 DIY Valentine Crafts and Wreaths To Make
Valentine’s Day is here, just a couple days away! I wanted to share with you some of the creative projects I’ve seen and have been saving over the past few weeks. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! These valentine’s day wreaths are … Read More...
Freebie: Tags
Download some pretty tags for free from Papertrey Ink, click here to download.
-Heather
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download our digital stamps. Make sure you check out … Read More...
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You’ve won our Knitting Green Giveawway…
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A Valentine’s Day Sweets Roundup
From me. For you. Well, for you and my readers over at my blog. In case you need some last minute Valentine’s baking inspiration… a roundup of all the Valentine’s cookies and marshmallow treats from my archives, with tutorials. … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric gift box
Michele from Michele Made Me shows how she made this completely adorable fabric gift box. She promises this project will not only make you a gift giving maven, but it will help you perfect your free motion quilting skills. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: Ice Fabric Dyeing
After Lynda from Bloom, Bake and Create posted her tutorial on snow fabric dyeing she received many comments from readers asking her what to do if you don’t have snow. She responded with a new tutorial on how to use … Read More...
Tutorial: Block for monochromatic quilt sampler
Margaret from Konstant Kaos shares how she made this “building block” styled block to go into her monochromatic themed sampler quilt. By the way, the Modern Quilt Guild’s second challenge is to create a mono quilt so Margaret’s timing of … Read More...
FOR YOUR VALENTINE??
I had to pass along this free pattern! It’s not suitable for my curvy shape, but would be very attractive on the ‘right’ woman.
http://blog.bramcostpublications.com/2011/02/12/free-pattern-vintage-crochet-brassiere-pattern.aspx
Maybe, ‘back in the day’ when this vintage design was created, more women were less … Read More...
Millie Green’s Felted up-cycled Wrist Pincushion (FREE DIY)
Millie Green, of Yahoo! Contributor Network tells us how to create is pretty and useful wrist pincushion. To learn how you can make this project, join Millie for complete instructions. Here is an easy sewing project that you can … Read More...
Tutorial: Baby quilt in 7 steps
Crafty Mummy wants you off the sidelines if you want to try quilting but have not jumped in yet. This easy to put together baby quilt is made up of simple rows. For a beginner, sewing a series of straight … Read More...