This Time Capsule by Kelli Crowe is just precious. Now is the perfect time to gather up some precious items to go into your Time Capsule!
Sew, Mama, Sew! sale time!
Sew, Mama, Sew! is having a year end sale. including those lovely Patty Young knits that came out not too long ago!
As time goes by
Take a look at Margot Potter’s tutorial for making her classic, elegant mixed media necklace called “As time goes by.” It’s perfect for New Year’s Eve!
Tutorial: DIY Photo Calendar
The creative folks at Photojojo show you how to make a perpetual monthly calendar for 2001. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Reminders
This is one of those reflective posts – are you working on your end of year clay projects? One of our real life end of year projects is to get another family pic taken for the fridge (where a lot … Read More...
Website Relaunch and Contest
Diana Burton has relaunched her digital scrapbooking website and is holding a contest to celebrate. Enter a layout for a chance to win a Wacom Tablet and more! Click here for more details.
Tutorial: Happy Hostess Gift Box
Head over to Sew, Mama, Sew! to find out how to make their Happy Hostess Gift Box from fabric. It’s just the size for a handmade snackie or small gift. Get the tute.
[photo from Sew, Mama, Sew!]
Tutorial: Cool Car Caddy organizer
Sew4Home shows how to make their Cool Car Caddy organizer. It straps to the back of the front seat so all of the toys, snacks, and other essentials for a trip in the car are right where the kiddoes can … Read More...
Freebie: 2011 Resolutions List
Download this handy printable from Stay At Home Artist to keep track of your goals and plans for 2011. It also comes in grey and turquoise. Click here to go to the download.
How to decorate a plain hanger with a bit of yarn
I really can’t believe I found this tutorial! A friend just gave me a whole bunch of those plastic (not so pretty) hangers and this is the perfect solution to make them colorful and interesting. Pop on over to the … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a boxy jacket from a pair of khakis
Carolyn from Handmade by Carolyn shows how she turned a pair of khaki pants into a boxy little jacket. This is such a clever -and stylish- refashion! Get the tute.
[photo from Handmade by Carolyn]
Tutorial: Herringbone throw pillow
Farah from Craft.a.World shows how to make this throw pillow fabric strips folded and layered into a lovely herringbone pattern. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Craft.a.World]
Technique: Stamping with Paint Resist
Vanessa Spencer shares a cool stamping resist technique using acrylic paint and distress inks over at the Stampington blog. Click here for instructions.
-Heather
Tutorial: Fur-lined aviator hat from an old sweater
Stephanie from Deviantly Domesticated guest blogs at Finding My Aloha with a tutorial showing how to turn an old sweater into an aviator hat. Add some faux fur lining to make it extra warm and extra cute. Brilliant! Get the … Read More...
Tutorial: Crazy Square quilt block
Jennifer from My Two Butterflies made a lucky friend this baby quilt using crazy squares (close-up of a section shown). She creates movement while not having to match corners. Brilliant! She even shares how she constructed the crazy square blocks. … Read More...
Etsy find – Pretty Brilliant
These feathers aren’t from an exotic bird but plastic that was headed for the landfill. Eleanor says her upcycled plastic jewelry aims “to encourage people to see the beauty inherent in plastic packaging and its possible applications to fantastical adornments.” … Read More...
Top 10 Projects from 2010
Shellie, the owner of Craft Gossip, was kind enough to let me start the Home & Garden channel on July 19th of 2010. Since then I have featured hundreds of cool projects from all over blogland and from various other … Read More...
Adding Moudling to Rounded Corners
I used to live in Las Vegas. Out there they build all the houses with rounded corners. That means no moulding around the windows, hence (my opinion mind you) no character. Sure the houses looked nice, but heck I’m a … Read More...
Pique Assiette Mosaics and Melissa Miller
We’re on a bit of a mosaics roll here with the book giveaway and all. So here’s some more inspiration from a lovely artist that specializes in a mosaic technique called Pique Assiette. Her name is Melissa Miller and her … Read More...
There is a Winner…
I have sent a notification to the randomly selected winner of the book Stylish Mosaics. There were so many entrants. WOW! If you haven’t received an email from me then I’m sorry but it wasn’t your turn to win. There … Read More...