Malory of Snips and Spice shares her tutorial to make these clever roses from zippers. The teeth of the zipper look like delicate beading along the fabric’s edge. Malory’s tutorial suggests how you can use your newly crafted rose to … Read More...
How to be a Superstar Food Blogger
You know, like me. (Please, please know I’m kidding. That was to challenge the assumption that I made that assumption by my title.) I mean, of course, CakeSpy. Check out Jessie of CakeSpy’s post inspired by a question from a … Read More...
Polymer Clay Lace Imprints
Continuing on with my lace and clay theme for the week, RedStitchLab from the Netherlands uses clay as a unique way to preserve the delicate print of antique lace elements she has. This brooch is simple and the focus remains … Read More...
Tutorial: Double-knot stitch
Kim of bigB shows us how to do double-knot stitch. See the tute.
New from Kreinik: Hot-Wire
Kreinik Thread has come out with a new product: Hot-Wire. The Kreinik blog says,
… Read More...At the TNNA show, one common question was “How does this differ from DMC’s Memory Thread?” To be honest, we haven’t used Memory Thread so we
Stitch your bike seat
iHannah adds warmth and style to her bike seat with crewel embroidery. See more photos on her blog post.
Tutorial: Fly-stitch leaf
Kathy Shaw of Shawkl shows us how to create a fly-stitch leaf. See the tute.
Great idea: Steampunk crazy quilting
Cathy K of Crazy by Design lets us look over her shoulder as she contributes to a steampunk round-robin crazy-quilt block. I love the combo of hardware and black lace. Go look at the close-up photos while I raid my … Read More...
Stitch a locket
Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive creates a sweet little surprise by mounting a bitty stitchery in a locket. Find out how she did it from her blog post.
Tutorial: Handmade felt backgrounds for embroidery
I am loving Jane LaFazio‘s freeform embroidery on handmade felt. And I’m thrilled that she’s sharing her technique for creating felted backgrounds. See the tute on her Janeville blog post.
Football Party Table
Spaceships and Laserbeams just keeps coming up with fantastic parties. Check out their Football themed table for say, the upcoming Super Bowl. (Um, the Super Bowl is coming up, right?) I love the vintage feel.
I think my favorites might … Read More...
Don’t Believe The Hype Sunburn Is NOT Sexy
A long time ago a deep tan used to be a sign of wealth and good health as only the rich could afford to lie around in the sun all day. Skip forward to modern day where we fortunately realise … Read More...
How to: Make Sewn Valentines
This is a very charming valentine and I hope you all enjoy this tutorial from FaveCrafts Blog. Karisa just wrote this new tutorial for making sewn, 3-D Valentine cards with felt. she knows we be interested in sharing the tutorial, … Read More...
It’s not too late to sign up for Thing A Day!
Thing A Day starts Feb. 1st! There is still time to sign up!
What is Thing A Day?
… Read More...Thing-a-day is a collective creative blog that lives for one month every February. Participants commit to create new things every day and
Felt Bag Tutorial
Linda is 30 years old and I live in the beautiful city of Ferrara, Italy since she married. Linda blog is called “Bread, Love and Creativity” After having children she found herself at home to care for her children, becoming … Read More...
DIY Tater Tots
With yummy-sounding sauces, too. Find the recipe HERE at Chow.
How to Sandblast Glass Tutorial
One of my “friends” on Facebook is the Glass Artists Group. A tutorial on sandblasting glass was posted on the blog connected with this group, Glass Art and Etching News. I’ve always wanted to do this and even plan … Read More...
Hearts Baked in Cupcakes
Learn to make these cupcakes with hearts baked right inside (with Laffy Taffy buttercream frosting! Genius!) HERE at Bake It in a Cake. {spotted on poca cosas)
Valentine’s Day trunk show in the Dallas area
Are you in the Dallas area? this Valentine’s Day trunk show featuring local artists sounds like a great place to get your SO a fun present adn to hang out with local artists drinking wine. fun!
… Read More...Dallas, Texas; Saturday, February
Inspiring look back at 365 days of thriftiness!
I love this post by Rhinestones an Telephones looking back on her year of conscious thrifty choices, she decided to spend 2010 choosing quality over quantity and doing rather than only observing.
Go read this post to be inspired!