Sarah White from Knitting.About.com brings us this cool tote bag. Easy to knit in Lion Brand, Vanna’s Choice yarn. The tattoo is done with an intarsia technique, the perfect time for you to learn how to do this!
Article: 5 Ways to be an Eco-Friendly Scrapper
Continuing with the Earth Day theme here is an article by Jill of A Matter of Memories on the Top 5 Ways to be an Eco-Friendly Scrapbooker. Click here to go to article.
Inspiration: 3 Sheets
Inspiration: The Lone Beader
Basilica di San Marco in progress by The Lone Beader
Inspiration: Susan Lenz
Today is all about inspiration. Sometimes I come across needlework that makes me just stop, stare at my screen, and radiate love. Today I’m spreading the love by sharing some of these works with you. Just because they’re awesome. First … Read More...
Sweet Towns
Butterville? Sugartown? Pack my bags… “Washington DC” is so sour sounding compared to putting these beauts on your return address. Visit CakeSpy for a roundup of supersweet USA town names.
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Tutorial: Scrap fabric bookmarks
Vanessa from Punkin Patterns celebrated Earth Day yesterday with a tutorial showing how to turn your scrap fabric pieces into pretty little bookmarks. This is a great way to recycle! Go to the tutorial.
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Create Scrapbooks Live Show!
Join the Create Scrapbooks team for their live show tonight featuring Illustrating Stories. The team from Illustrating stories will show how they create custom backgrounds for their scrapbook pages. Plus Jana will continue the tag book series showing a masking … Read More...
Tutorial: How to make a bow-tie
Prudent Baby shows how to make a bow-tie out of your favorite cotton fabric print. Think of all the fun possibilities!! Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Prudent Baby]
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Sewing Pattern: Make a pair of simple pajama shorts
Dana from MADE continues the Celebrating Mom series with a tutorial showing how to make a simple pair of pajama shorts. The more fitted, to-the-knee style is both figure flattering and trendy. Love ’em!! Go to the tutorial.
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Inspiration: Altered Photo Frame
I wanted to share with our readers this stunning altered photo frame posted on the Craft Gossip Flickr group by Matz Monkey Farms. Didn’t she do a wonderful job, what a pretty spring addition for any home! Click here to … Read More...
Scrap Green: Eco Green Crafts
Yesterday was Earth Day but we can do our bit for the earth every day! Eco Green Crafts is a new company that produces environmentally sound and safe products for crafters. Their line includes craft paints, stamping inks, organic glue … Read More...
MY MOTHER IN LAW’S MOTHER IN LAW’S TOTE
By now, you all know that I’m not the world’s best photographer. But, I had to TRY to show you this lovely tote. Here’s its story.
My mother in law is 87 years old. She married my now deceased father … Read More...
Match Tombow Pens to Bazzill Cardstock
Last year I wrote about the Bazzill Matchmaker Tool for matching their cardstocks with a variety of patterned paper lines. Now you can use the tool to match up your Tombow Dual brush Pens! An example is shown above. Click … Read More...
Article: 6 Cheats for Faster Scrapping
Jennifer Wilson of Simple Scrapper has posted some great tips for scrapping faster. This information is very timely for those doing the Week in the Life Project. Click here to go to article.
Inspiration du Jour – Learning to read
Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog
Totally Twisted Blog Tour and Giveaway!
Welcome to the 6th and final stop on the Totally Twisted Blog Tour! (If you are interested in checking out the previous stops, they will be listed at the end of this post.)
This blog tour celebrates the book T… Read More...
Tutorial: Soda Can Jewels
Here is another project that might be fun to try with the kids. This one comes from Polwig and includes step-by-step instructions on how to create jewelry from old soda cans with the easy use of punches in varying shapes … Read More...
New categories on CraftGossip.com
In an effort to streamline the ton of cool information that CraftGossip Editors produce everyday, we have decided to make sure that all our blog posts get divided into one of 9 categories. This should make it easier for CraftGossip … Read More...
Tutorial: Apron with pockets from an embroidered pillowcase
Sally from Kitchen Clothesline shares a tutorial for making an apron out of a pillowcase. The pockets across the front show off any detailing from the edges of the pillowcase. This would be so lovely made out of an embroidered … Read More...