We’ve just gotten back from a little beach vacation, which is just what we needed after being home for so much of the past year and a half.
If you’re not heading for the beach this year or just want … Read More...
Star Wars Party Pinatas You Can DIY
Despite having an 11-year old I have not hosted a Star Wars party, yet! I say yet because the fandom never seems to run out. It certainly hasn’t been because he hasn’t wanted one, it’s just been other DIY party … Read More...
Back To School Supplies You Can Make At Home
Back to school is here, but what might not be here is a surplus of money to buy all those back-to-school supplies. But don’t think you have to be frugal to want to make yourself supplies. Making your own school … Read More...
Easy Homemade Pottery: Make Your Own Stylish Decor Using Polymer and Air-Dry Clay
Creating amazing clay home décor doesn’t require a pottery studio. Following DIY pro-Francesca Stone’s easy, step-by-step techniques for working with air-dry and polymer clay, readers can craft contemporary accents for every room. These clays are affordable and easy to find, … Read More...
Critters on the Beach Slimline Card
Nichol Spohr used adorable new stamps from Mama Elephant for this fun Beach Scene Slimline Card. The long slimline style has lots of room for creating a terrific scene and the die she used breaks the design up into different … Read More...
Easy Wristlet Key Fob – DIY Sewing Tutorial
These wristlet key fobs are super easy to sew, and make great little gifts! They’re quick to sew and use just some strips of fabric and a swivel hook. Sew Can She shows how you can sew a wristlet … Read More...
Scrapbook Layout with Slots for Extra Photos
Connie has a great way to add more photos to a layout. On this fun Art Activity page she twice cut a square die that has slots in it so she could slip lots of extra photos into the slots … Read More...
Flat Shaker Cards
Intimidated by shaker cards? Well Amy R. has a quick and simple way to create shaker cards and bonus, they are flat for easier mailing! She used thin clear plastic from packaging (recycling, that’s another bonus!), wrapped it around her … Read More...
Pocket Journal Pages
Using pockets, cards, tags and envelopes Shari created lots of interest on these Mixed Media Journaling pages. There are lots of places to tuck in photos, notes and ephemera in the pockets or slip inside the envelope making this a … Read More...
Camping Printable Games for Your Outdoor Adventures
Whether your campsite is in the backyard, at a park, or even in your living room, these printable camping-themed games and activities are a lot of fun for kids and just might teach them something about the great outdoors.
Growing … Read More...
Knit Sweet Socks with a Pom-Pom Flourish
If you’re a certain age you might remember socks with pom-poms on the back. You might have even knit short socks or slippers with a pom-pom on the back as one of your early knitting projects.
That’s what the Hop, … Read More...
The perfect Essential Oil Storage shelf doesn’t…
I was going to say, the perfect shelf doesn’t exist. However, I’d be lying if I said that because I think I found the perfect shelf when it comes to organizing essential oils.
My office is a small space, like … Read More...
10 Ways to Transfer Embroidery Patterns
I don’t know about you, but we probably all learned how to transfer embroidery designs onto our canvas in different ways. We also may not love the way we do it, but aren’t quite sure about other methods. Now you … Read More...
Succulent Rainbow Card
Michelle Short combined two popular trends, succulents and rainbow colors for this beautiful botanical card design. She stamped the bouquet onto watercolor paper using liquid watercolors to color around the outside of stamped images, she then stamped and colored the … Read More...
How to Trim and Grade Seams – Sewing Tutorial
Trimming and grading seams are both methods for reducing bulk on the inside of a sewn project. But they’re not interchangeable terms. There’s a difference between trimming seams and grading seams. Heather Handmade shares the why and the how for … Read More...
Baby Traveler’s Notebook Pages
Kerri Bradford created this sweet double page Baby spread for her Traveler’s Notebook. On one page is a large photo (how cute is this baby and dog together!?) adding just a half sheet of pattern paper and a title strip. … Read More...
Whatever Floats Your Boat Pillow Crochet Pattern
Pretty Rainbow Pillow – Free Sewing Pattern
This pretty rainbow pillow will brighten any room! It would be so cute in a tween’s bedding set, or how about a fun accent for a front porch? Lisa from Love to Color My World has a free pattern and … Read More...
How to Make the Jazz Quilt Block
Calling all scrap quilt fans!! This free pattern from Sewing with Scraps is for you. It’s fun, it’s easy and did I already mention that it is free?!
As some of you may know I love love love scrappy quilting … Read More...
Hand Embroidered Strawberry Pincushion Pattern
Embroidered onto linen handkerchief fabric, this is a charming little strawberry pincushion. The tutorial is from Samelia’s Mum and it easy to follow.
To make this project you will need standard hand embroidery supplies like a needle and thread. The … Read More...