Aimee Ray is doing a Doodle Stitch Along over on Lark Crafts’ blog. Each week for four weeks a free design will be posted from Aimee’s rockin book, Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection. You can stitch along as you see … Read More...
Make Heart Sun Catchers
Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it! Christmas is over and there’s nothing else to decorate for, so start sprucing up your home with these pretty heart sun catchers I made for Craftown.com. They are actually hanging … Read More...
From Garbage Comes Imagination
Take a bag full of cardboard tubes, empty snack and cereal boxes, cardboard egg cartons, washed out plastic tubs and lids… toss in some electrical tape and some scissors and you have an imagination-fest. Come and see what the kids … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Children Download
Tutorial: Olive Oil Favors
If you’re looking for a charming and unsual wedding favor check out these mini olive oil bottles adorned with handmade clay tags! A detailed tutorial for creating these lovelies can be found at my little black book. Thanks to Efrat … Read More...
Preserving Family Recipes
Find a great roundup of ideas and how-tos for preserving and organizing family recipes HERE at Martha Stewart.
Tutorial: Quick and easy no-hem gathered skirt
Hickety Pickety Handmade shares a tutorial for this quick and easy gathered skirt. The contrast band at the bottom is super cute, and also takes the place of a traditional hem. No turning and pressing and turning and pressing all … Read More...
Tutorial: Snowman pillowcase dress
Mandy from Sugar Bee Craft Edition shows how she made a snowman pillowcase dress. This is such a cute dress for winter!! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Sugar Bee Craft Edition]
Candle Cake
Learn how to make this amazing candle cake (with a real candle) HERE at Duff.com (as in, Duff of Charm City Cakes and Ace of Cakes), including a downloadable pdf.
How to turn old bits of paper and tiles into great new coasters
Rachel of the blog My Chic Life whipped up these great coasters and she shared her great tutorial on how to make recycled paper and tile coasters over at this post. Wouldn’t these make a great hostess gift that you … Read More...
Breathable Chocolate
Chef as exhibiting artist. I adore this concept. Read about the fascinating work of Thierry Marx and his efforts to create “new ways to prepare, visualize and consume foods” HERE at BoingBoing, excerpted from David Edwards’s book, The Lab: Creativity … Read More...
Sponge Bob Sandwich
I’ve seen so many sweet versions of Sponge Bob (I I just recalled the 50 some Sponge Bob cookies I made for my brother’s 30th ten years ago), it never occurred to me a successful version could be created from … Read More...
Tutorial: Braided sweater scarf with pom poms
Larissa from Just Another Day In Paradise shows how she cut an old sweater into strips and braided it to make this awesome scarf. (This would be a great use for a sweater that’s damaged.) And the giant pom poms … Read More...
Tutorial: Embellished sweater with gathered flower applique
Jennifer from Two Butterflies created this beautiful embellished sweater, inspired by a similar sweater from Anthropologie. I’m loving the bias tape edging around the neckline, and the beautiful ruffled and folded flower applique! She shares a tutorial showing how she … Read More...
Tutorial: Charlie Brown Apron
Kelly from Sewing in No Man’s Land shares a tutorial for making her Charlie Brown Apron, named so because of the bold zig zag stripes across the skirt. It’s part of her Apron Week series. In addition to the bold … Read More...
Tutorial: “Be Mine” reverse applique Valentine bunting
Jessica Peck from Sweetie Pie Bakery shares a tutorial on her blog for making this sweet Valentine’s bunting. Pillows hanging from a cord are reverse appliqued to spell out a Valentine’s message, while yarn pom poms lend a bit of … Read More...
Tutorial: Quilt your fabric on a serger with a decorative chain stitch
Amity from Amity Originals shares a tutorial on her blog for a cool fabric embellishment technique. She uses the chain stitch on her serger to create decorative quilting on a piece of fabric. She used her chain stitch quilted fabric … Read More...
Freebie: Printable Valentine’s Wrappers and Tags
UCreate is offering two sets of printable candy wrappers and tags for Valentine’s Day. Click here to go to the download.
Technique: Custom Ink Pad
Hop on over to Mellisa Samuel’s blog and learn how to make your own custom ink pad for your stamps. It’s an easy way to add color to an intricate stamp design!
-Heather
Tutorial: Custom Calendars With the Bind-it-All
Here’s a tutorial from Jennifer Priest of the Zutter Design Team showing how you can bind a purchased or printable calendar together. Click here to go to the tutorial.