Denise’s Yada Yada blog recently featured a soap making recipe for Fortune Cookie Soaps. For an extra dose of cleverness, print your own fortunes to include inside the soaps! These make wonderful gifts, as well as treats for yourself.
DIY: Scrappy Cat applique for a swag bag
Marion from Mad Cat Art Studio took some of her fabric scraps and whipped up this cool cat. So fe-line, cute! Marion is going to put her finished cat on a swag bag. Go here to download instructions for this … Read More...
Merry Hippo doll quilt
Mary from Scraps Du Jour made this doll quilt top for a charity project. It’s one of 50+ doll quilts she’s made this year. Read more here.
Tutorial: Girl’s tiered ruffle dress from a long-sleeved tee
Ashley from Make It and Love It shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to turn a girl’s long-sleeved shirt into a tiered ruffled dress. Because you start with a store-bought shirt, all you have to do is gather … Read More...
DIY: Fat Quarter Baby Quilt
Red and turquoise – always a winning color combo – set the tone for this happy little patchwork quilt for baby. Kate from Two Little Banshees made it all from fat quarters. She wrote a tutorial so you can … Read More...
Tutorial: Crocheted fabric trim
Leigh Ann from Strawberry Truffle and Spincushion shows how she makes her own trim out of fabric. She crochets strips of fabric into trim that she can use to embellish costumes or other projects. This is a great use for … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Fishy fleece hats
Lookie what Nikki from Lilybug Designs made – a set of fish fleece hats for her kids. These are SO stinkin’ cute! She gave them big fishy mouths and wide eyes and colorful fins. See more photos and read about … Read More...
Cake, Unnecessary Frosting, and the Elimination of Me
As one whose professional life revolves around unnecessary ornament (that is, cookie decorating), I must take issue with the early 20th century limited view of Austrian architect Adolf Loos that frills and ruffles mire a culture in our own indulgence, … Read More...
Homemade Butterbeer
Every time I read Harry Potter I crave a mug of butterbeer. Even if I don’t know what it is. Find a yummy-sounding seems-about-right recipe for butterbeer HERE at Bakingdom.
Are you hosting a Harry Potter party? Check out … Read More...
Projects and New Releases: Papertrey Banners
Banners, banners every where! They are truly the hot thing in paper crafting right now. make tiny banners for cards and tags or make larger one for home decor. Papertrey Ink has just released a bunch of banner dies with … Read More...
Bullseye Posts Winter Class Schedule
The new class schedule for winter has been posted on the Bullseye web site. Looks like a great roster of classes too. There’s pate de verre and image transfer and demos and lectures and even vitrigraph…I need a trip to … Read More...
Cashmere and Herb Handmade Ornaments
The Magic Onions has a great tutorial for making handmade ornaments your children can make from start to finish. I just love all of the natural materials in this craft. Enjoy!
How to make a recycled thread spool advent calendar kit
I love old spools of thread and I am always on the lookout for fun ways to use them. Over at the blog Just Something I Made there is a super cute idea for making an Advent Calendar with them. … Read More...
DIY Spray Paint Tent
How smart is this? Way to upcycle! I love this idea, even for those of us that have a garage. My husband gets a little twisted when I get spray paint on the garage floor so this is an ideal … Read More...
Pine Cone Turkey
These could just be one of the cutest turkeys I’ve seen. We don’t have very large pine cones here in Florida, but I’m sure I could find a few that will work! Head on over to Naturally Educational to see … Read More...
Mayflower Craft
Naturally Educational is a great site to get ideas on how to incorporate crafts and learning. Here, she shows how to make a Mayflower Ship…I love that they had inspiration pictures to get a ‘true’ feel for how the … Read More...
Mason Jar Toppers
My love of things-in-mason jars requires me to share this idea from Craftzine. Learn to make these Thanksgiving mason jar toppers for HERE at Craftzine, a perfect hostess gifts for the big day.
CrossStitcher gets a redesign
Look what has happened to CrossStitcher magazine! Charlie Moorby of the magazine’s staff tells us:
… Read More...Here at CrossStitcher magazine, we’ve just had a re-design and now we’re rocking a trendy new look that’s jam-packed with contemporary cross stitch designs and
Three Easy Embellishments for Ready-Made Felt Christmas Stockings
This could be posted under “Dollar Store Crafts” because you can pick these up at the Dollar store and then go to town with your personal decorations. What a good idea! Transform ready-made felt stockings into Merry Christmas decorations with … Read More...
New stitchy mag: Spool
We got this heads-up from Debbie Coe, social networker for Spool, a brand-new needlework tabloid:
… Read More...Spool is a multi-technique publication in a tabloid format. It’s size is 11″x14″ and the graphics and photographs are sharp and colorful. Anyone