Rosey from The Nesting Project shows how to sew up some burlap into bags perfectly sized to hold a bottle wine. She embellishes them with rolled felt flowers. A handle at the top makes them easy to carry. Get the … Read More...
Tutorial: Cookie Decorating with Royal Icing
Royal icing got you down? Find a great, step-by-step photo tutorial for decorating cookies with royal icing HERE at The Crafty Penguin.
Tutorial: Make a baby tutu for just a dollar
Trish from My Crafty Moods made this sweet tulle tutu for her baby daughter – and she did it for just a dollar. How did she do that? She used the tulle from an inexpensive chair tie, the kind you … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Fabric pocket gift tags
Roselee from BabyE Crafts and Jane of All Trades shares a tutorial for making these gift tags with pockets. The tags are cut from paper, and the fabric pockets are stitched down and can hold a little candy treat or … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a door snake to keep the drafts out
VonFrau from Ruffled Feather Designs shares a downloadable PDF tutorial for making a door snake. This long pillow is filled with dried beans and lies at your door to keep cold winter drafts from coming in. Go to the tutorial… Read More...
Tutorial: Holiday Art
Jennifer Johner creates holiday themed art using Hambly products and embroidery hoops. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Technique: Watercolor Bleed
Visit Splitcoast Stampers and let Christine Okken show you a lovely watercolor technique using stamp Re-Inkers and water.
-Heather
Tutorial: Modern Paper Ornament
Jessica Jones from How About Orange shares this step by step tutorial for making this striking porcupine ornament. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Christmas Sweets Table
I believe would like to go to a lovely Christmas party where everybody speaks French and we eat these desserts. Find the details of this charming Christmas Sweets table HERE at Prunille fait son show.
And Star Trek Cookies
Hmmm, maybe I was right that the classic cookies are changing. Look what else I found in my inbox. Star Trek Cookies. Find ’em HERE at Punk Projects.
Star Wars Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread men. A classic this time of year. And Star Wars gingerbread men? Please let’s make these a classic for this time of year. See these guys HERE at Sugar Swings!.
Tutorial: Doily Trees
Here’s another version of doily trees, this time made by Cheeky Magpie. Click here to go to the tutorial.
DIY: Jumbo stamp fabric coasters
Design Sponge shows how Jennifer takes a simple stamp image (enlarged) and prints it on fabric backed by felt to make a unique coaster times four. Get the know-how.
Looking for more coaster patterns? Check out these quilted Coaster … Read More...
Tutorial: Bento Box quilt
Khris from Freebies for Crafters spied this Bento Box tutorial at Nickels Pickles. I downloaded the free PDF and noticed it’s written in German. However, the photos are descriptive enough you can likely follow it even if you do … Read More...
Patchwork Wrist Warmer tutorial
I gotta have a pair of these groovy wrist warmers. And I can when I download the Quilted Wrist Warmer Sewing Tutorial PDF available for purchase over at JCasa *handmade Etsy. Look for it under Make It Yourself. What … Read More...
Star Wars paper cut snowflakes
I got this link to a tutorial for making Star Wars snowflakes via EPBOT (I only just found that blog!). I don’t know the secret identity of the woman who made these, she must be guarding it closely so that … Read More...
Tutorial: Multi reversible cape jacket
Lia from Lia’s Space shares a tutorial an ingenius little wrap that can be worn any number of ways – as a jacket, as a little caplet, even as a scarf around the neck. It’s also reversible, which gives you … Read More...
Tutorial: Hanging gift pocket
Collette from Serendipity Vintage and Serendipity Handmade shows how to make a small hanging gift pocket that you can fill with candies, ornaments, or other small treasures. If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, you could make 25 of them and use … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew flower bobby pins
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how she rolls up ric rac trim to make these no-sew flower embellishments. She puts hers on bobby pins for a fun (and totally giftable) hair accessory. What a great idea! Go to the … Read More...
Snow in the forest earring tutorial
Lori Anderson offers a free tutorial at Art Bead Scene to make these lovely Christmas tree inspired earrings. These earrings would make a wonderful handmade gift for someone special on your list!