Handmade flowers are showing up in weddings everywhere! Making them completely from scratch can be time consuming and they can a bit pricey to purchase. A quick and inexpensive alternative is adding handcrafted elements to premade silk flowers from the … Read More...
Tutorial: Valentine tree embroidery
Beth of The Modern Lady has a great idea for a valentine gift: this personalized tree-carving embroidery. She’s sharing her design and instructions. Go to her blog post for the pattern and tute.
Freebies with purchase from Sue Rangeley
Sue Rangeley, author of Embroidered Originals, has a terrific promotion going on at her site:
… Read More...Special Promotion for February: With each copy of Sue’s book comes an extra ‘step by step’ worksheet to make a flower corsage, plus
Sale at Follow the White Bunny
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny announces,
… Read More...Until the 7th of February I have a Year of the Rabbit Sale in my shop! Use the special Coupon code and get 20% off all…patterns! On check out use this
Cardboard Moose Trophy by CardboardSafari on Etsy
I saw these great cardboard taxidermy trophy heads. Cardboard Safari laser cuts them and then sends them to you flat and you assemble them yourself. I really think having a few of these would enhance my home.
Fred Large Moose … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrappy hearts Valentine’s garland
Mrs. Cummings Rx combines stuffed fabric hearts and tied fabric strips to make this scrappy Valentine’s garland, and she shares a tutorial showing how she made it. This would make a cute decoration for your mantel! Get the tutorial.… Read More...
Tutorial: Make cropped footless tights from outgrown tights
Christine from From an Igloo shows an easy fix for a pair of girls’ tights that have grown too short. She cut the feet off of them and turned them into cropped, footless tights. This is such an awesome idea! … Read More...
Tutorial: Frayed heart Valentine’s shirt
Jen from iCandy Handmade shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this cute cute frayed heart t-shirt for Valentine’s day. Love! Get the tute.
[photo from iCandy Handmade]
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Henna Candles Bejeweled With Crystals
This unique and detailed candle was created by artist Daxa.
What do you think about her henna candle combo? She uses real henna and then enhances it with Genuine Swarovski Crystals.
It would definitely make an original conversation piece! You … Read More...
Congratulations, Michele
You’ve won our Warm Knits Cool Gifts Book giveaway!
I’ve sent you an email and as soon as you get back to me, I’ll get your book to you.
Thanks for playing all, keep checking back, I have LOTS more … Read More...
Hot News from Trautman Art Glass!!
It’s the Boro Box ‘o’ Mystery for TAG, also known as Trautman Art Glass. They make gorgeous boro and thankfully 104 glass for torchwork. They have a limited time offer for the Boro Box ‘o’ Mystery, which is a … Read More...
Tutorial: Layered fringed fleece winter scarf
Erin from In Between Laundry guest blogs at Craftaholics Anonymous with a tutorial showing how to make a fringed fleece winter scarf. Not only is the scarf super cute, but it’s made from fleece so it’s also easy to sew. … Read More...
Super Bowl Sweets, Part 2
And speaking of the round up at Ohdeedoh, when I checked out the cupcake on the Hostess with the Mostess blog, there were plenty more cupcake ideas for Game Day from Celebrations.com. Like how about delivering a … Read More...
Super Bowl Sweets
Hey, thanks Ohdeedoh, you did my work for me! Visit Ohdeedoh HERE for a roundup of Super Bowl treats and sweets around the web.
Are you planning on having a party or … Read More...
Magazine Review: Stamp It Techniques
I always look forward to the Stamp It magazines
published by Papercrafts, they are always full on beautiful samples and their latest ” Stamp It Techniques” is no exception. I liked this magazine even more then the regular Stamp It … Read More...
Tutorial: Spice It Up apron from Pat Bravo
Pat Bravo shares a free downloadable tutorial for making her Spice It Up apron. The gathered bib and flower embellishment are sooo pretty! Get the project sheet.
[photo from Pat Bravo]
Tutorial: No-Sew felt LOVE Banner
Marla hosts her “plain & small” Blog with some fun ideas. Today she is sharing her “Tutorial: No-Sew LOVE Banner” with a step-by-step pictorial tutorial and it is super easy to follow. So here’s an easy project you can do … Read More...
Tutorial: Heart-shaped hot pad, and two ways to apply bias tape
Dana from MADE shares a two-in-one tutorial for making a heart-shaped hot pad and applying bias tape around the edges. She gives two methods for applying the bias tape – the do-it-the-right-way method, and her cheating method. Get the tutorial… Read More...
Newsy: Apple App for Quilt Lovers
The Alliance for American Quilts announces Quilt Index To Go, a new Apple app compatible with iPhone, iPod, and iPad. You get a quilt a day accompanied by bits of history right on your device. The quilts are pulled from … Read More...
“Corn”y Popcorn Box for Valentine’s Day
I love the vintage feel to the “corny” character and sentiment of this popcorn box HERE at A Craft a Day. And yep, it’s a free printable!
Looking for some amazing Popcorn flavors? Check out these yummy and amazing … Read More...