What holiday season would be complete without something for Barbie? This vintage knitted Fashion Doll pattern fits an 11.5 inch doll — your standard Barbie and friends size. You can tell this pattern is vintage because it calls for miniature … Read More...
Hanukkah jewelry patterns
Jennifer VanBenschoten has been very busy creating Hanukkah beading patterns like the one above. Jennifer shares three of her Hanukkah beading patterns at About.com: Beadwork. Wouldn’t these cuffs make wonderful Hanukkah gifts?
Tutorial: Small scissors pouch
Always losing your small snippy scissors? Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make one. Make a pretty fabric pouch to store them in. You can even add Velcro to the back to keep it attached to your sewing … Read More...
Manliest Ever Cupcakes (See the Fire?)
Diamonds for Dessert made this BBQ cupcake for The Manly Cupcake Challenge. (Yes, yes, my first thought was that it was a cupcake challenge to celebrate Laura’s sweet nickname for her hubby in Little House on the Prairie, but … Read More...
Free Knitting Pattern – Sampler Afghan
This could totally be a stash buster! Or knit it to match your decor. It could be frilly and girly, or as shown, more neutral and masculine, totally customizeable.
This Checkered Knit Blanket will look fantastic in your living room! … Read More...
Tutorial: Curved patch pockets
LiEr from ikat bag continues the pocket making series on her blog, this time with a tutorial explaining how to make patch pockets with curved corners. The process for making a curved patch pocket is a bit different than … Read More...
Harry Potter (and Ron! and Hermione!) Cookies
Learn how to make these ridiculously awesome Harry Potter (and Ron and Hermione) cookies from Bake at 350, one of my … Read More...
Freebie: Digital Snowman
Bad Bird offers the coolest embroidery patterns but I think they also make perfect digital stamps to print and color too, very versatile! Download this cute snowman for free here at Bad Bird.
Looking for more digital stamps to download … Read More...
Chocolate Turkey Topped Pretzels
I adore this easy, clever craft from The Seattle Smiths: Chocolate turkeys atop pretzels. And it’s kid-friendly. Really, just check out the adorable photos of the little turkeys! Find the how-tos HERE.
Meaty Cupcakes
A word of caution to all vegetarians who may find these cupcakes appealing at first glance: That’s no sweet cupcake. It’s a ground beef base, wrapped in bacon, topped in mashed potatoes. Learn how to make the Carnivore Cupcake HERE … Read More...
Winners of the No-Bake Gingerbread Houses Giveaway
The results are in! The two, randomly drawn winners are:
Jennifer, comment 22 and
Anya, comment 50 (check out her Hills Creek Quilter blog HERE)
Thank you all for participating! And you can still enter the giveaway … Read More...
Crafting to kick cancer – An Etsy store
InspiredRD.com has set up this Etsy shop in order to raise money for the Cancer Kicker Foundation. I couldn’t find any real info about this Foundation and where the money goes as their web address just resolves at a … Read More...
Michelle’s crooked house
Don’t you love this necklace from Michelle? At first glance, I guessed she constructed her crooked house pendant from metal clay – nope! Michelle’s pendant requires no kiln and very inexpensive materials. Her little house even has a secret compartment … Read More...
Felt Grumpy, the Lump of Coal Pattern
This is so cute to give as a gift to someone you like to tease, a lump of grumpy coal. You can have it out to remind your kids that if they are not good they will be getting this! … Read More...
How to make recycled plastic cup word tea covers
Rashmi sent in this link to her blog The Ochre Elephant featuring a great project where she recycled yogurt containers into tea light covers that also spelled out “Happy Diwali”. The Festival of Diwali or Deepavali means “The Festival of … Read More...
Stay tuned: Awesome giveaway later this week
Stay tuned for an awesome giveaway later this week! I can’t tell you right now what it is, but I can give you a couple of clues each day.
Clue #1: It’s smaller than a breadbox. But not much smaller.… Read More...
Tutorial: Simple fabric napkins
Just in time for holiday entertaining, Heather Bailey shows how to make a set of simple fabric napkins. 1 1/4 yards of fabric will make a set of 4 napkins. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Hello, My Name … Read More...
Pumpkin Patch Cake. And a Stop Motion Marshmallow Video.
Well, I’m out of the Project Food Blog contest. My stop-motion marshmallow video didn’t make it past Round 7, so I never got to submit my pumpkin patch cake (prepared for Round 8, just in case). So I’m pawning … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Tooth fairy pillow
AnneMarie from Gen X Quilters shows how to make a tooth fairy pillow. The little pocket on the front keeps the tooth safe and snug until the tooth fairy can make the exchange. It’s also a perfect place to showcase … Read More...
Giveaway: Bernina goodies from We All Sew
We All Sew celebrates Thanksgiving with a giveaway of a Bernina goody bag. I love it when the words “Bernina” and “givewaway” appear in the same sentence! Go to We All Sew for details and to enter the giveaway. … Read More...