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Yummy buttercream vs. user friendly fondant. The classic debate amongst bakers and wedding clients everywhere. Find a solid, concise and well-articulated argument (ultimately siding with fondant but without dissing buttercream) HERE at Amy Atlas’s blog, Sweet Designs.
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Molly, aka The Creative Maven, made this child-sized guitar strap for her 2-year-old rock and roll star. Knowing that he won’t be a little little guy forever, she added buttonholes to make it adjustable. If you have your own … Read More...
The next time you’re feeling the need for some new jewelry, how about giving your fabric stash a visit? You can make this knotted fabric and bead necklace easily from beads, fabric, and grosgrain ribbon. Jennifer from My Life a … Read More...
Kathryn from I Can Find the Time shares a tutorial for a sock embellishment that blows my mind in both it’s simplicity and it’s cuteness. She adds ribbon ruffles to the ribbed cuffs of plain ankle socks. Genius!! Go to … Read More...
Anj from Multi-Purpose Wings shares a tutorial for making these long-stemmed fabric flowers. I love the look of a bunch of them all in a vase together!! Go to the tutorial.
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Barbara at Paper Pursuits is celebrating 2 years of her wonderful blog and is having a giveaway! Click here to visit her blog and leave a comment by June 13th to be entered to win some great stamp sets, ribbon, … Read More...
Scrapbooking and Cards Magazine is giving away a set of dies from QuicKutz on their blog. Click here for details on how to enter.
Paperclipping is giving away this package of products from Glimmer Mist. Sorry International readers, this one is for US Residents only. Entries end, today June 11th at midnight. Click here to go to giveaway
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Want to go green, but not ready to give up on beauty products? Good news: you don’t have to, according to Mother Nature Network! This article gives tips on how to shift your habit, including making your own beauty products. … Read More...
It’s so exciting! The Bullseye Glass Santa Fe Resource Center is up and running. They have glass and classes and are fully staffed, ready to assist glass artists and future glass artists with their adventures. Their big grand opening shindig … Read More...
Editor’s note: The blog linked to in this article is no longer available, so all of the links below are broken.
Amy from The Fabric Bar posts on her blog about the organization system she developed for her sewing patterns. … Read More...
Jackie from Blessings Overflowing shows how to make this super cute tote bag out of a pair of placemats. This is a quick, inexpensive sewing project. I love the texture and the bright green of the placemats she used in … Read More...
Destri from The Mother Huddle shows how to make this waterproof park or picnic blanket. No more wet spots on the bottom of your shorts from damp grass! She includes a loop to hold your keys so they won’t get … Read More...
Those of you who read this blog regularly know that I TOTALLY LOVE Kim Hargreaves. Her styles and mine are pretty much right in sync. So, of course I was ultra-excited to see this book, Misty with all of her … Read More...
My Favorite Things has just released tons and tons of wonderful new clear stamp sets with themes like bears, cute kids, phrases, thanks, going green, computer geek, bath time, days and loads more. Plus lots of new die cuts like … Read More...
I think this project is charming and who would have thought of Quilling felt, well the Role Playing Mom did and the results are fun and cute. She shows you step-by-step how to create this project. She also made a … Read More...
Cathie Filian shows how to make this sweet little Ribbon Mermaid Doll. Her body is made from fabric, but her swishy, fishy fin is made from strips of ribbon. Look at her seashell bikini top! Go to the tutorial.… Read More...
I have a confession to make. I’m horribly jealous of the steadiness that must belong to Renee of Kudos Kookies. Pure cookie decorating perfection! Learn cookie painting from the master (ie Renee of Kudos Kookies) with these tips… Read More...
This cute little girl’s wrap/pullover is made from Classic Elite’s Princess yarn. The pattern is free.
Classic Elite says this about it’s yarn. “Princess is a clever blend of several fibers that includes a bit of cashmere and angora. The … Read More...
