This is a darling idea from Poppy Lane. I located a online shop for the retractable tape measure at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents each, very affordable. Kali offers us a wonderful pictorial tutorial to follow. Enjoy! About Kali: … Read More...
Tutorial: Hamptons Hooded Beach Towel for little kids
Click over to Prudent Baby to find out how to make this cute Hamptons Hooded Beach Towel for little kids. A bath sheet (oversized towel) gets paired with a yard of printed cotton to make a fabulous wrap for drying … Read More...
Tutorial: Photo Pinwheels
Learn how to make these photo pinwheels from PhotoJojo. Click here to go to tutorials.
Free pattern: Bath mitt puppets
Jessica from Running with Scissors and Primo Bambino shares a free pattern & tutorial for making these super cute bath mitt puppets. The downloadable PDF includes patterns for a shark, fish, and alligator bath mitt from washcloths or towels. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a fitted sheet for a crib or toddler bed
Dana from MADE guest blogs over at luvinthemommyhood with a tutorial showing how to make fitted sheets for a baby crib or toddler bed. They’re easier than you think and allow you to create custom bedding for your child’s room. … Read More...
Article: Small Tool Storage
Heidi Ann Giebel discusses how she stores her smaller tools like pens, stamps and Cricut cartridges in this article on Scrapbook.com. Click here to go to article.
The Great Great Gatsby Cake
Learn how to make this gorgeous Great Gatsby, Jazz Era, Roaring 20s, Art Nouveau, literary-inspired chocolate cake at Poires au Chocolat. Find the detailed recipes and how-tos for adding the chocolate decor HERE.
[tags]The Great Gatsby, dark chocolate, … Read More...
Technique: Scrapbook Paper Transfer
Join Claudine Hellmuth for Ranger as she shares with you this super cool transfer technique using her sticky back canvas, a sewing machine and scrapbook paper to make an awesome flower necklace, how fun! Click here for the video.
-Heather
Jim’s Pancakes
At the end of my recent rave over not martha’s pancakes, I suggested you scroll through some of the pancake links she collected. Well, Jim’s Pancakes definitely deserves his own post. Oh my goodness, I urge you to scroll … Read More...
Book: One Line at a Time
Lily from Block-a-Day grabbed this *book off her shelf to help her with her quilting stitches on the machine. Go here to see how it helped.
*One Line at a Time: 24 Geometric Machine-Quilting Designs Made Easy by Charlotte … Read More...
IT’S YOUR TURN – A GIVEAWAY – WEEK TWO, MAY, 2010
You’ve read my book reviews. You’ve perused my website reviews. You’ve lingered over my reviews of ads in magazines. Now, it’s your turn to post a review here. I can’t read every book, visit every website, or click on every … Read More...
DENIM DELIGHT
You know how I like the idea of recycling for crochet and other crafts. Ran across this nifty idea that comes with a free pattern so you can make your own. If you don’t happen to have old jeans to … Read More...
Online Class: Photoshop for Digital Scrapbooking
Take this self-paced class by Paula Gilarde at Get it Scrapped to learn how to use Photoshop (CS or Elements) to create digital scrapbook pages. The class costs $25 and includes downloadable videos and PDF class notes so that you … Read More...
Giveaway: Create your own Stickers
Scrapbooking and craft stickers personalized by you! Create distinctive letters and flowers in the size, color and quantity you need, or upload and frame your own photo stickers. Use artist’s imagery to create the perfect sticker for you and your … Read More...
Article: Balance on Scrapbook Pages
Debbie Hodge has written an article for The Daily Digi on achieving balance on your scrapbook pages. In it she discusses horizontal and vertical balance, how to achieve balance using “weights” as well as symmetrical and asymmetrical balance. Click here… Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Thoughts on Motherhood
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog
Do It Yourself! Natural Beauty
SELF magazine had a great article in the May issue titled Do It Yourself! Natural Beauty. The article lists at-home treatments for strong, shiny hair and healthy, radiant skin. For example, you can achieve shiny strands by combining 1 … Read More...
Kiln Forming – Things You Need to Know
How do you work with glass? Are you a torch worker, making beads and little sculptures? Do you fuse or kiln form, making pendants and plates and tiles and goodies like that? Do you do stained glass? Or mosaic work? … Read More...
Kawaii Kids Bat Wing Harness
Kawaii Kids have these adorable bat wing walking harness’s ($20.00) for the wee little ones. They also come in Angel wings. Now all I need is a Devil horn hat.
Giveaway: Easy Knit Top/Dress ePattern from Squiggly Twigs Designs
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs is celebrating Mother’s Day witha giveaway. She’ll give a copy of her Easy Knit Top/Dress e-Pattern to one lucky reader. Go to Squiggly Twigs Design for details and to enter the giveaway.
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