Kara from Creations by Kara shows off the canvas throw pillow with an oversized dimensional rosette that she made. What a cool look! Read more about her project at her blog.
[photo from Creations by Kara]
Tutorial: Materials and measurements to draft your own patterns
LiEr from ikat bag begins her series of tutorials on drafting your own patterns. This first post gives a rundown of the materials you’ll need and how to take measurements. Her tips for getting accurate measurements are awesome! She makes … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a gadget case from a stray sock
Mique from 30 Days guest blogs over at Skip to My Lou with a tutorial showing how to make a gadget case out of a stray sock. The top of a sock, to be exact. Use one with a bright … Read More...
DIY Lap Tray
Now this is smart. I just love it when I come across a project that’s just plain creative as all get out. I mean, don’t get me wrong, everything I find and post here is creative, of course. But some … Read More...
Flower Cart Revamp
Yard Sale + $4.00 = Rusty old flower cart. Sounds like a great deal to me! This little cart sat in Sandy’s garage all winter long, then all spring, then summer came.. well, you get the picture. But she pulled … Read More...
Free Wipe Off Labels
Organize all your “stuff” with these downloadable labels from In My Own Style. She has free PDFs you can grab and she’ll tell you the how to as well. I think these are just what I’ve been looking for!
Go … Read More...
Pretty DIY Cake Stand
I’m a sucker for cake plates and stands. You may remember that I recently shared some cool cake plates and cupcake platters a week ago. Well I’m back with more today. I came across a blog called Life with Little … Read More...
Sci-Fi Bar Stools
These bar stools were jazzed up using Mod Podge, old calendar pages, and some trim. Cool huh? Wouldn’t these be awesome in a game room? That is, if I had a game room…
Get some inspiration from Made by … Read More...
Cold Process Soap Tutorial
Birch Bark Handmade Soap posted a Cold Process Soap tutorial on their blog.
The Complete Idiots Guide To Knitting Illustrated Giveaway.
The Complete Idiots Guide to Knitting
Illustrated by Barbara Morganroth
30 fun projects—from casting on to trying on!
Here is a step-by-step instruction book for beginning to intermediate knitters featuring 30 fun projects to wear or make for friends, including … Read More...
The Complete Idiot’s Guide “Selling Your Crafts” Giveaway
The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Selling Your Crafts
walks readers through the process of preparing goods for sale, pricing and bookkeeping, finding venues, marketing and promoting products, and working with customers both online and off, all without quitting their day … Read More...
Giveaway: Tulip® Tie-Dye Fashion Kit
Thanks to ilovetocreate.com, we are giving away a prize that has three of the Tulip® Tie-Dye Fashion Kits™ with innovative techniques. (Value $60). From the product website:
… Read More...The fabulous tie-dye looks on the fashion runways of nearly every
New Classes at OATKA Glass
In the most recent newsletter I’ve received from GAS they listed the newest classes for August and September at OATKA Glass in Batavia, NY. So if you live on that side of the United States this is a good thing … Read More...
ST LOUIS YARN CRAWL – 2010
Whew! We made it to all the shops on our ‘passport’. We looked, we petted, we bought! As we had the ‘help’ of two youngsters, Miss Isabella, age 4, and Miss Gabriella, age almost 3, our efforts to touch every … Read More...
Tutorial: Quick and cute pincushion
Teresa from My Patchwork tells how to make a quick and cute little pincushion. It’s also a great project for the scrapbin – you need only two 6-inch squares of fabric, some buttons, a bit of ribbon, and a wad … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage-inspired bow belt
Tilly from Tilly and the Buttons shows how she made this lovely red bow belt. She made hers to go on her vintage-inspired Birthday Party Dress, but the pretty little bow would look equally at home belted around a … Read More...
Cake Bunting… A New Trend?
Hmmm, dare I declare a trend? I shall: Tiny little bunting. I remember seeing bunting at the celebration shoppe to adorn a cupcake stand and the image has stuck with me. When I happened upon this cake bunting at Design … Read More...
Project and Techniques: Close to My Heart Stamp and Scrap Video
(image by Close To My Heart)
Visit Close to My Heart for another informative stamping and scrapbooking video featuring techniques for masking sentiment stamps, making your own paper embellishments with a circle punch, clear card tips and much more. Click … Read More...
Food Photography Tips: Aperture
Good food photography is essential for a good food blog. And hence, good food photography is my greatest struggle. I am not a natural. So I snap a million pictures hoping for one at least minimally suitable to post on … Read More...
Vintage Frame Collage
I’ve begun looking at thrift store and garage sale frames in a whole new light. Not sure why it took me this long to do so, as so many others around the blogosphere seem to have been at it for … Read More...