Beadalon’s Katie Hacker shares her tutorial for this delicate piece at the FaveCrafts site. The dangles at the end look like they would sway like tall grasses in a gentle breeze.
Baby Jar Cupcakes
Perfect for a baby shower, learn how to make these cute cupcakes-baked-in-a-baby-jar, including a free printable label, HERE at Rook No. 17. {Spotted because we shared a roundup at One Pretty Thing.}
Gerber Baby Food
jars can be bought … Read More...
How To: Felt Raincloud Brooch
Laura “Lupin” Howard of “Bugs & Fishes” has the most delightful tutorials on her blog. Today’s tutorial is pictorial and it is how to make a raincloud brooch. She made hers in two different colors, one white cloud with pale … Read More...
Freebie: Vintage Halloween Digital Stamps
Dover Publications is offering some wonderful vintage Halloween digital images for free, click here to download.
-Heather
Looking for free digital stamps and SVG files? We love using the Design bundle to download our digital stamps. Make sure … Read More...
Halloween Goody Bag Treats
Find a roundup of treats perfect for Halloween goody bags HERE at Parents.com and find a roundup of cute goody bag packaging for Halloween HERE and also HERE, including our own Amanda‘s monster treat bags.
Haunted Forest Centerpiece
Learn how to assemble this haunted forest from black licorice HERE at Parents.com. Though the wire running through the tree renders this an inEdible Craft, I couldn’t resist.
Giveaway Over At Della Q!
Giveaway Over At The Knitty Blog!
Tutorial: Understanding thread tags
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint cautions us to hold onto the tags attached to new needlework threads. She says,
… Read More...You may not think so but there is lots of information there. And if you run out of thread, or
Tutorial: CQ wings from lace
Nikki of Nikki Lee’s RavioLee Dreams shows us how to transform lace pattern repeats into wings for crazy quilting and other applications. Her tutorial shows us ideas for butterfly wings, but I’m thinking this idea is just in time for … Read More...
Tutorial: Mini pincushion
Pinta shows us how to make a precious mini pincushion. The text is in Italian; but the photos are so clear and their order is so logical, you probably won’t need to translate the words. See the tute.
Tutorial: How to stitch line art
Aimee Ray of little dear tracks shows us how she achieves the signature look of her embroidery. She says,
… Read More...When you start out with a line art embroidery pattern, the possibilities are endless. I purposefully don’t specify which stitches or
Tutorial: Adorable dripping wound
Here’s a great idea from Bugs and Fishes by Lupin: Use her raincloud tutorial with red felt and embellishments to create a drippy open-wound brooch for Halloween fun. Get the link to the tute from her blog post.
Looking … Read More...
Tutorial: Freestanding lace mask
I generally have a bah-humbug attitude toward dressing up for Halloween. However, this mask from Urban Threads is so gorgeous, it makes even me want to jump into a costume! The UT e-newsletter says,
… Read More...A bold, romantic freestanding lace mask
Inspiration: lucky jackson
lucky jackson almost killed me with her brain. This is so brilliant, my mouth is still hanging open. An appliqued typewriter with button keys. Of course! See lucky’s flickr photostream.
And many thanks to Sew Lovely Embroidery for pointing … Read More...
That Girl: Serendipity e-pattern
Jennifer from That Girl…That Quilt has added a Pattern Shop to her blog. She is offering her very first quilt pattern there – Serendipity. I’m a huge fan of hers – see That Girl’s Signature Blocks and A hexie lover … Read More...
Fur Ball Monster Cupcakes
Learn how to make these googly-eyed monster cupcakes HERE at the Hostess with the Mostess blog, from the book, What’s New, Cupcake?.
A whole bunch of “Green” Halloween Crafts made out of all sorts of this and that
Caley sent in this link to all sorts of green Halloween Crafts posted at FaveCrafts. I am sure you will find something spooktactular to craft with bits of this and that you are sure to have around.
Eco-friendly Halloween crafts … Read More...
Tutorial: Girls’ ruched leggings
Dana from MADE guest blogs at luvinthemommyhood showing how to make a pair of ruched leggings for girls. Leggings are a wardrobe staple for my daughter. These are awesome! The gathers and the button embellishments are girly perfection! Get the … Read More...
Tutorial: Bands and Buttons Raglan Top
Tricia from Leafy Treetop Spot and Leafy Treetop Spot shows how to alter a basic raglan t-shirt pattern to make her Bands and Buttons Raglan Top. I’m lovin’ this top!! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Leafy Treetop Spot]