Salley Mavor‘s stitchy take on gardens will have you huddled up to your screen, clicking and studying. Go look at her sprinkling garden hose. Really. See the post.
Lookie what she made: Doll clothes from her daughter’s baby clothes
Lookie what Sachiko from Tea Rose Companyand Tea Rose Home made! She took scraps from her daughter’s outgrown baby clothes that she couldn’t bear to part with and made these heartbreakingly sweet clothes for her daughter’s dolly. What a … Read More...
Tutorial: Decorative pocket opening or bound buttonhole
Head over to Threads Magazine to find out how to make a decorative pocket opening or bound buttonhole. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Threads Magazine]
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Tutorial: Reconstruct a henley t-shirt to give it some kick
Lex from What the Craft shows how to take apart and reconstruct a henley tee. She uses the button placket from a plain t-shirt but adds some fabulous printed knit fabric to give it some much-needed kick. I love this … Read More...
Giveaway and Tips: Finding Your Personal Card Style
Visit the Paper Crafts blog and take a little quiz to help you determine your own personal card making style. To help launch the release of their new magazine called “Card Style” paper crafts is giving away a copy of … Read More...
Eiffel Tower Cookie Sundae
Celebrate Bastille Day with an Eiffel Tower cookie sundae, a la Gusteau of the Disney flick, Ratatouille
. To find the original recipe, click HERE, click on “downloads” and search for the little white, lidded jar on the left … Read More...
Bastille Day Food Roundup
Find a collection of menus and tons of recipes from sauces and appetizers through dessert HERE at La Belle Cuisine.
Find breakfast, lunch, dinner and bread ideas HERE at AllRecipes.
And find a collection of French desserts HERE … Read More...
New: Teresa Collins Stamp Maker
Teresa Collins has just introduced her new stamp maker machine. You can use it to create customised stamp designs in just five minutes! Click here for more information
More about swaps
I linked to Swap-Bot and the Flickr swap page and this site, Swapdex is another great swap resource. She lists all the swaps she finds so you don’t have to go searching for them!
Swapdex links you to many indie … Read More...
Tutorial: Child’s Artwork Portfolio
Repurpose a large brown paper bag into a portfolio for your child’s artwork. Click here to go to tutorial
Inspiration du Jour – Summer Day
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog
DIY: Rose & Mimosa Solid Perfume
The Natural Beauty Workshop shares instructions for creating Rose & Mimosa Solid Perfume that make wonderful gifts or special treats for yourself!
Book Review – MESS
ISBN 9780399536007 RRP $13.95
I was lucky enough to receive a Galley Proof for Keri’s new book MESS. My 2 year old grabbed the book and asked if she could draw in it. I had … Read More...
Review: Wienerdog Tricks downloadable patterns
I’ve recently had the pleasure of receiving review copies of a handful of patterns from Wienerdog Tricks. Her pattern line includes the Cash Money Wallet, the Genuine Article Bag, the Good Writer Bag, and the Gorgeous Nerd Bag. I love … Read More...
ISGB.org – Time for The Gathering Again
It’s that time of year…The Gathering of The International Society of Bead Makers. This year it will be in Rochester, NY on July 29 through August 1. If you haven’t gone to a Gathering and you’re a bead … Read More...
Tutorial: Calla lily embellished tank
Amy from Positively Splendid shares a tutorial showing how to make fabric calla lillies to embellish a tank. Of course, if you’re indecisive like me and wonder if you’d always want your tank embellished with fabric flowers, you’ll be happy … Read More...
Tutorial: Stylish short-sleeved t-shirt from a plain long-sleeved tee
Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how you can transform a plain long-sleeved tee into a more stylish shorter-sleeved version with snap-up sleeves and a little pocket. Go to the tutorial.
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Decorate-my-home-part-18-flower-wall.hanging, by Ashley
Ashley of” Make it Love it” is sharing her house décor redo and making everything herself. She has all the projects under parts such as (part 1 etc.). The one that caught my attention is her flower wall hanging… Read More...
Technique: Painting with Embossing Powders
Visit the Stampendous blog for instructions on how to achieve these gorgeous results on your stamped card by “painting with powder” using embossing powders.
-Heather
Water Rocket
Summertime is a great time to utilize the outdoors to help teach your children. Almost Unschoolers helps her children make a water rocket and they end up with great results…oh yeah, they also learned about Newton’s Law of Motion as … Read More...