Pat Bravo’s soon-t0-be-released line is called Paradise, and she’s offering a bag of scraps from this lovely line to one lucky reader at her blog. Get the details and enter at her blog. She’ll announce the winner on Monday, … Read More...
Tutorial: Do-Rag Sports Headband for girls
Brown Paper Packages continues their Sewing for School series with a tutorial showing how to make this Do-Rag Sports Headband. The wide fabric headband will keep hair out of the eyes during sports activities – AND it will look cute, … Read More...
Freebie: Art Nouveau Book Plates Download
Click here to visit Dover Publications to download some lovely art nouveau book plates and backgrounds for free.
-Heather
Felting Your Crochet Projects
Felting (or, to be proper, fulling) is a fantastic technique to add to your crochet skill repertoire. If you’ve never tried felting, now is a great time! All it takes is your hook, some yarn with a … Read More...
Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks 3
Creating Keepsakes has just released the third issue of Scrapbooking Tips and Tricks. The issue retails for $5.99 in the Scrap and Paper Corner store. Plus get free US shipping when you spend $20 or more, by using coupon … Read More...
Floor Candlesticks
Why pay Pottery Barn over $100 when you can make your own floor candlesticks for just $12.00? I know. It’s a no brainer! Katie, from Impatiently Praying for Patience, was guest blogging over at seven thirty three and shared … Read More...
Mason Jar Solar Lights
There are quite a few tutorials around the internet telling you how to make cool solar lights. Amanda at The Hand Me Down House made some really pretty ones from Mod Podge and food coloring.
See Amanda’s solar light tutorial… Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Reluctant Little Fashionista
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog
DIY: Cupcake Soaps
Soap Queen never fails to post tutorials on how to create the cutest soaps, including cupcake soaps. This tutorial utilizes Bramble Berry’s new cupcake mold.
The History of Dichroic Glass According to Howard Sandberg
Howard Sandberg is the owner of CBS, also known as Coatings by Sandberg which produces the best dichroic glass in the art glass industry. Love their dichro!! So Howard has written an article for the newest issue of The Flow … Read More...
Tutorial: Fast and easy reversible drawstring bags
Holly from Domestic Dork and The Year of Sewing shares a tutorial for making a reversible drawstring bag. This project sews up fast and can be made in just about any dimension. You can use the bags to store small … Read More...
Video tutorial: Sew easier buttonholes with a buttonhole foot
Buttonholes in sewing… they can’t be avoided. Sooner or later you’ll encounter a sewing project that requires at least one buttonhole. Kathleen from Grosgrain and The Tumtum Tree shares a video tutorial that shows how a special buttonhole foot can … Read More...
Project: Stamped Acetate Pocket Card
(image by Hero Arts)
Join Shari Carroll on the Hero Arts blog for a fun video tutorial and learn how to make this lovely stamped acetate pocket card. Click here for the video.
-Heather
New Feature! Recipe Tuesday. And What is “Edible Crafts” Anyway?
Trying to define “edible crafts” is part of the fun of this job. But it’s tricky. I often opt for foods that are manipulated to look like other things, foods made for gifts or with clever packaging, unique kitchen tools, … Read More...
Follow the leader
Yesterday I posted about following links from other peoples sites. Ever since I started using a feed reader it’s something that I have to remind myself to do: go to actual websites and look at peoples blogrolls and follow their … Read More...
Cute, Cute, Cute!
This free pattern for a dinosaur sweater will be a favorite for your young-in’s!
And an awesome stash buster project.
And think of the fun you’ll have shopping for buttons.
And how cool would it be to come up with … Read More...
Squiddy, free knit-felting pattern from Berroco
I know my new Grandson Weston, now almost 5 months old, would love to this Squiddy to play with because he could hang onto all Sduiddy’s tentacles. I would embroider the eyes and use wool that has minimal pilling because … Read More...
Free pattern: Sundress for the Dolly Donation girl doll
**The PDF file has been fixed and should print correctly. Now that it’s sized correctly, turn OFF page scaling. The dress skirt should be 5 inches wide when printed correctly.**
My pledge for the Craft Gossip Dolly Donation Challenge was … Read More...
Tutorial: Fit a shirt to your shape with a basic alteration
So you have a shirt that is cute enough but doesn’t fit quite right? Assuming that it fits through the shoulders and arms, you can easily take in the sides to make it fit you better. Liz Copeland explains how. … Read More...
Sugarplum Sorbet. With Champagne. And Amazing Photos.
Find the recipe for Sugarplum Champagne Sorbet–along with the trials and tribulations of concocting these beauties and ridiculously gorgeous photography–HERE at zested.
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