Sabrina from Honor Roll shows how she added a folded ribbon bow to her daughter’s slip-on shoes and turned them into princess slippers. It’s an easy no-sew project that can be completed in just 20 minutes. Get the how-to.… Read More...
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Easy way to lengthen your jeans
With jeans, there’s a fine line between perfect length and highwaters. If your jeans are verging on highwaters, Suzannah from Creative Dressmaking and Adventures in Dressmaking shows an easy way to get a little bit of extra length out of … Read More...
Tutorial: Cowl neck t-shirt refashion
Melanie from The Crafty Cupboard shows how to take a pair of crewneck t-shirts and turn them into one awesome cowl neck shirt. She does it with just three seams! Go to the tutorial.
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Freebie: Holiday Digital Stamps
Visit the Ladybug and Friends blog to download several darling Holiday digital stamps for free. Click here for the download and some ideas too.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to … Read More...
Craft Room Tour
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Christina takes you on a tour of her craft room and explains how she organizes it all. Click here to go to the video on YouTube
Two massive giveaways
Just a reminder. We are hosting two really big giveaways worth over $300 each! Make sure you get your entry in.
- The Amy Sedaris giveaway is exclusive to CraftGossip (and to our sister site Craftbits.com) You can win
Etsy find – Beth Pohlman
I love this piece Beth calls “Granulated Cup Circle Necklace.” It makes me think of chemistry lab with various compounds ready for weighing on the triple beam balance. Take a look at Beth’s other work in her Etsy shop beth … Read More...
Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day with The Digi Chick
This year Digital Scrapbooking Day falls on Saturday November 6th. The Digi Chick will be celebrating all week, November 1st to 7th 2010. All products are 30% off during the week, and when you spend $15 you will receive a … Read More...
Recipe Tuesday: Leftover Halloween Candy
This post lacks the savory, but perhaps anyone else saddled with hundreds of leftover pieces of Halloween candy might appreciate this collection.
1. Make a Halloween candy pie at Serious Eats, from CakeSpy.
2. Find a bunch of ideas … Read More...
Terrariums
There are a ton of different kinds of terrariums you can make. They are pretty easy to do and make a nice gift or a center piece of even something to sit on your depressing cubicle desk.
I’m taking some … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Look Out!
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Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog
Got Chickens – Painted Tile
Do you remember when I introduced you to Renee at Kudos Kitchen and all of her amazing painted tiles? In this “got chickens?” post, Renee shoots a couple of short videos as well as providing step by step photos … Read More...
DIY: Rebatching Soap
Michelle Gilbert-Hoskin, owner and creative director of Sarva Natural Artisan Soaps, created a tutorial showing how to rebatch soap and it has been posted on the Essential U blog. This is a great way to use soap scraps and … Read More...
Tabletop Sign of Memories
Just the other day I featured a marvelous table from Funky Junk Interiors. Seems I’m not the only one who liked it! Leslie over at Rustic Whimsy was inspired by Donna’s table and decided to make her own. I love … Read More...
Snow Banner
Snow?? Already? Well, yes I suppose it’ll be here soon. When Halloween ends that signals the ramp up to the Christmas and winter season. Amy over at Mod Podge Rocks has a great idea for you to usher in the … Read More...
Candy Wrapper Decoupage
I love decoupage. Such a fun medium and so versatile! You can decoupage almost anything. Here we are, the day after Halloween, and you’ve got all that candy laying around. Don’t let those colorful wrappers go to waste! Martha has … Read More...
DESIGNING
Here’s an easy to follow tutorial for designing your own vest. It needn’t look exactly like the one pictured here. There are simple schematics and a lot of information in a few paragraphs so you can design one to fit … Read More...
Book giveaway: Picture Piecing
This week the generous folks at Kaye’s Quilting Friends will be giving away this book Picture Piecing: Creating Dynamic Pictorial Quilts by Cynthia England. Burn some scraps and get a photographic look to your quilts to boot. Appropriate for all … Read More...
Free month-to-month calendar
Janet from JMD Designs does some amazing applique and needlework. She then quilts and photographs her lovelies and turns them into a calendar. This is November 2010. Visit her post to see more of her stitched sea horses and to … Read More...
Tutorial: Double potholder that protects your wrists
Emily from The Boy Trifecta shows how to make a double potholder that protects your wrists while carrying a hot dish or cookie sheet. These would make awesome Christmas gifts!! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from The Boy Trifecta]