Check out this clever idea for making to-go cereal: Cereal Kabobs. Find the how-tos HERE at No Fuss Fabulous.
Check out these Make-Ahead Recipes books
we found on Amazon.
If you are looking for more easy breakfast ideas check out … Read More...
Free Photobooks from ArtsCow
ArtsCow, the online photo developer, has a great coupon code that you can use to get not one, not two, but up to eight free 8″x8″ photobooks! The code is valid until July 4th, 2010, but once activated lasts … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Just 1 Bite!
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog
Pretty In Pink
1. Sweet Pea Whipped Soap In a Jar by Clean Queen Soap Co.
2. Strawberry Rhubarb – Olive Oil Soap by Paradise Body Shop
3. French Macaroon Collection by KcSoapsNmore
4. Body Mist Pink Sugar by My Beauty Addiction
Tutorial: Trim and Ribbon Bracelets
Looking for something to do with those left over bits and bobs of trim and ribbons?
Jessica from Oh So Happy Together created this fun tutorial on creating bracelets from your left over scraps. The bracelets shown in her picture … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Make a swimdress out of a knit mini-dress
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs has a brilliant solution to the ever-agonizing and always-stressful bathing suit search. This year, the “perfect” suit wasn’t actually a bathing suit at all, but a mini-dress that happened to be made from a polyester/spandex … Read More...
Tutorial: Large tote bag from a wrap-around skirt
Priti from Arm Candy For You shares a tutorial showing how to refashion a wrap-around skirt into a large tote bag. I love how she reused the trim of the skirt to dress up the top of the tote bag! … Read More...
Tutorial: Ribbon embellished bath towel with hanging loop
Shelley from House of Smiths created these pretty bath towels by adding a strip of ribbon across the bottom. But she didn’t stop there, she also added a hanging loop to make it easy to hang from a hook or … Read More...
Glass Bead Making Tutorial – Making a Glass Jack Murrini bead
Tutorials are always fun things to post since you all get something new to learn. Lori Greenberg, who used to write this blog, posted a tutorial on how to make a glass jack bead using murrini’s made by another … Read More...
Project: Shaker Flowers
How pretty are these shaker blooms by Jody Morrow?? Visit her cleverly named Confessions of a Ribbon Addict blog for her step by step directions on how to make these fun flowers.
-Heather
Old is new
I tend to think of the sculptural effects in bridal and evening fashions as being a fairly new trend. This bodice by Pierre Balmain is more than 50 years old, proving that using stitching to “freeze” fabric folds and draping … Read More...
Sign your stitchery
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has some interesting ideas about signing your needlework. See what she has to say.
Embroidering a mixed-media surface
Hanna of iHanna’s Creative Space gives us a detailed look at her mixed-media work, Fly photo over an Inner Landscape. She says,
… Read More...I love this name! It goes so well with what I see in this embroidery; myself. The winding
How to stitch a tree
Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) is guess blogging on Needle ‘n’ Thread about several ways to create trees in stitch. I want to try them all! See the post.
Tattoos to embroidery
Sarah Terry of Guerilla Embroidery has created needleart from the sketches that served as patterns for her personal body art. Tattoo designs = ideal needlework patterns. Sarah’s work proves it. See more on her blog post.
Colette Patterns giveaway on Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing
You may have seen the new undergarment patterns in the Colette patterns collection. They are very lovely! There is a new slip pattern and a new tap pants and bra pattern.
You can win one 25 dollar gift cert to … Read More...
Progress and Possibilities
The International Polymer Clay Association has posted a gallery of the winners from Progress and Possibilities 2010
Click here to explore the gallery! So very much inspiration!
While you are there, check out this page regarding membership, and consider joining!… Read More...
Tutorials with Fimo
Did you know that at the Fimo website, they have several tutorials you can download in PDF format, including this colorful paisley bag charm?
Click here to check it out!
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Fun Felt Crafts for Kids tutorial
This is a fun and easy project for you and your kids and I love the colors they used. This is the perfect pincushion for a beginner sewer. The simple whip-stitched cushion is filled with batting and topped with … Read More...
Recycle smocking from a little dress into a cute headband
I usually post projects where something is sewn into a little dress. The clever crafter of the blog innocentia took the smocking section from her daughter’s baby dress and made a cute headband for her. What a great re-use for … Read More...