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DIY: Farmers Market Summer Facial
Golden Path Alchemy shared a refreshing summer recipe for a Farmers Market Summer Facial in their recent newsletter. Pick up these fresh ingredients at your local farmer’s market for a DIY skin brightener!
Farmers Market Summer Facial
Ingredients: 2 strawberries, … Read More...
Rock on!
Custom headphones
Originally uploaded by Mommysaurus
Isn’t this fun?
Custom decorated headphones by Mommysaurus.
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Green Bird Polymer Clay Beads Creation
Originally uploaded by _shimshoni
Check out this fun litte Green Bird polymer clay cane created by Flickr member shimshoni.
The beads were made as a custom order for a bead shop. I love seeing … Read More...
Bunting, bunting everywhere
Fabric bunting done well like these three strands for sale at Knotted Nest Etsy is a great addition to any room’s decor. Stringing these up is as popular as ever yet lately I’ve seen bunting branch out a little. Yesterday … Read More...
Lookie what she made: Antique lace applique for a Bible cover
Lookie what Kristin from Lu Bird Baby did with a bit of antique lace! She appliqued it on to her Bible cover. The lace lends a feminine feel to an otherwise plain Bible cover. And the black cover really shows … Read More...
Tutorial: Appliqued Necktie Napkin for messy eaters
Jessica from Sweetie Pie Bakery shares a tutorial over at her blog for making these Necktie Napkins. The appliqued necktie is placed hang perfectly when the napkin is tied around the neck. How cute is that! Get the how-to.… Read More...
Tutorial: Gathered tulle embellished tee
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to embellish a plain t-shirt with gathered tulle. This simple technique can make a plain t-shirt look oh, so girly! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Squiggly Twigs Designs]
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Futurama Cupcake Toppers and a Giveaway
Learn how to draw Futurama characters on cupcake toppers with food writers with fantastic step-by-step tutorials HERE at Duh-Licious. And…. enter to win a Wilton Edible Writer giveaway at Duh-Licious to boot. Click HERE for the tutorial and giveaway … Read More...
Felt Mouse Pin Cushion Tutorial
This is a simple project that can be done up in a short time and you may want to share making this with your children. Make a whole family in colorful felt and you have an instant gift for a … Read More...
Gorgeous ironing board covers
Etsy has some beautiful ironing board covers. I need one right now so I am trying to decide which one to buy!
I considered making my own but really, I have too many other projects and would much rather give … Read More...
Review and Giveaway: The Sewing Answer Book
**THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED**
When I was learning to sew, I kept my mother on speed-dial so she could answer my random sewing questions as they arose. “Uhh, Mom? The pattern is asking for something called interfacing. What is that? … Read More...
The finishing touch: Tatted hearts
A pearl-embellished, tatted heart edging is the perfect finishing touch for the ring pillow created by Tatskool for her son’s upcoming wedding. See more delicious photos on the blog post.
How to stitch faces
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread offers some insights into needlepainting faces effectively. See her blog post.
How to make a recycled fishing pole
The clever crafter of the blog …imagine childhood really got their creativity on in the materials they recycled to create a charming fishing pole.
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Stitch Susan’s tea tables
Holy mackeroly! Remember when Susan Elliott was invited by DMC to create a crazy-quilt piece for The National Needlearts Association? And she produced her amazing The Right Alice CQ block? A post on DMCThread’s Blog not only features that … Read More...
Get this free embroidery BOM
Bronwyn Hayes of Red Brolly is sharing a free block-of-the-month embroidery series, Brutus the Cat. You might enjoy making up these cute images into a quilt. Or you may have some other personal-use projects for which they’d be perfect. You’ll … Read More...
Teeny tiny stitches
Patricia Richards is guest blogging on Needle ‘n’ Thread about stitching in miniature. Her replica of a 17th century casket, shown here, is 1-1/8 inches wide. (Be still my heart!) You know you want to read her blog post.
Which wool should you use?
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread tried stitching on linen with four different types of wool thread. She shares her observations and lots of photos of the results. See her blog post.
Teach a young one to stitch
Anne of Bunny Tales proves that teaching a young one to do needlework is as rewarding for the teacher as for the student. In this photo, her granddaughter Alyssa, age 8, shows off her first project. Beautiful! You’ll enjoy … Read More...