Note: This, as you may imagine by the title of this post, has nothing to do with what CraftGossip posts regularly. However, we, Shellie and Vikram and our two kids, live in Brisbane, Australia, where there is a rapidly evolving … Read More...
9 Pantry Makeovers: Getting Organized
I moved right before Thanksgiving. I’m still trying to get everything organized, and this week it was the pantry’s turn. It was driving me crazy looking in this cabinet, then that cabinet, then the pantry to try and find something. … Read More...
Tissue Striped Candles
Leave it to Martha to come up with something so simple yet so elegant that they make a dramatic statement. These beautiful candles would be perfect for Valentine’s Day, or change the colors to use for any occasion! See the … Read More...
Felt Heart Bouquet
I fell in love with this whimsical felt heart wedding bouquet posted on La Belle Bride! Click here for a step by step tutorial.
Happy New Year
It’s that time of year again where you resolve to take better care of yourself. Why not start the new year with a detoxifying bath soak using “Sendha Namak” an Indian Rock Salt click here to learn about the benefits … Read More...
Tutorial: Attaching bias tape around corners
Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots shares a pair of tutorials for attaching bias tape. The first is the basic how-to for attaching bias tape to the edge of fabric. The second shows how to make the bias tape go … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage buttonhole covers or brooches from felt
Day 10 of the Ring in the Vintage New Year series at Bramcost Publications brings a tutorial for making a vintage “buttonhole cover” from felt. The buttonhole covers were used to cover up a button or buttonhole. They pin in … Read More...
Tip: Add seam allowances without using a ruler
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how you can add seam allowances to a pattern – without using a ruler. Instead of going around the pattern with a seam gauge making tiny little dots every few inches that you then … Read More...
Last Night – An Egg. Tonight a Basket to Put it In!
Just For Fun, Just Because
Just for fun, from Keep and Share Blog.
New Products from Bullseye!
I love Bullseye Glass but if you read this blog regularly then you already know that. So when they come out with new goodies to improve our glass lives I get a bit excited. As a lover of opaline glass, … Read More...
DIY: The Felted Wool Sweater by Kenneth D. King
Kenneth D. King, couture designer, believes that flawless finish shows that he is master of his materials. Kenneth is a Threads Magazine contributing editor and shows us how he felt and redesigned a wool sweater fabric. When he went off … Read More...
Ice Bowl Creations
Slow Mo Mama has a great idea to be enjoyed in these cold weather months. How great to have some art outside while you have a campfire or just relax and watch the snow fall!
Handmade Kid Monster Snowshoes
Craftzine has a cute little blurb for all the snow that the country is getting… Get your kids out there in their own monster snowshoes! You can find the tutorial at Slow Mo Mama.
New Release: Taylored Expressions Stamps
Taylored Expressions has some adorable new stamps sets just released with themes like treats, penguins, quotes, love and more. There are even several new dies as well. Click here to see what’s new.
-Heather
Fancy Cupcakes
Ooh la la. Find a roundup of oh so fancy cupcakes HERE at Martha Stewart, including these rose cupcakes, chocolate faux bois cupcakes, and baked meringue bouqet cupcakes.
Family Board Game (Memory Lane)
Everyday Mom Ideas has a great idea for creating your own Family Board Game out of fabric. Check it out!
Cookie Cake Cupcakes. Yep.
And speaking of Confessions of a Cookbook Queen (I did, at the bottom of this post), cookie cake cupcakes. I need say little else. But I’m going to. Cookies? Cake? Cupcakes? All in one! It’s like the turducken … Read More...
How to recycle jars into pretty paper flower embellished containers
Over at the blog Homework Today’s Assignment: Be Creative- there is this charming project. Read how to recycle some plain jars into some lovely storage containers embellished with pretty paper cut flowers.
Snowball Cupcakes
As I sit here in the coffee shop (my power is out and my kid’s at school) awaiting the flakes of snow foretold by my local weather guy, I feel these lovely snowball cupcakes from TidyMom are quite fitting. Perhaps … Read More...