Vanessa from V and Co shows how to use freezer paper and spraypaint to make these decorative pillows with wheat motifs. The masking creates a clean, modern design. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from V and Co]
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Tutorial: Business card-sized luggage tag
Earlier this week, Skip To My Lou shared a tutorial for making fabric luggage tags. Now she’s followed it up with this tutorial for luggage tags sized to hold a business card. Instead of writing down all the information … Read More...
Knit Picks Free Patterns and Felting Yarn sale
Get-a-jump on your holiday knitting and felting with the help of Knit Picks. There are many adorable patterns and the yarns are affordable so you can stock up. They also sell all the products for your knitting needs. I … Read More...
Tutorial: D-ring belt from fused plastic bags
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo shows how to make this cool D-ring 
belt. The colorful stripes aren’t made of fabric; they’re made of fused plastic bags. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from Lil Blue Boo]
Project: Paper Flower Embellishments
Folded paper flower embellishments are popping up all over papercraft projects recently, here’s an easy to follow tutorial on Sunshine Memories to make your own. They are perfect accents for cards, scrapbook pages and they make pretty ornaments too.
-Heather
How To Make Cookie Cups For Cocktails and Desserts
As one who has made cookies a career, I’m all about using cookies in lieu of as many objects as possible, like drinkware. Find the recipe for making these gingerbread cookie cups… Read More...
Handmade Glass Bead Trunk Show and The Whole Bead Show
‘Tis the season for bead shows and craft fairs and trunk shows and backyard crafty gatherings. Everyone needs gifts. Crafty types need to sell people those gifts. So here’s a trunk show being held in the Ventura County area of … Read More...
Blog Hop: New Moon
Twilight Tuesday and Artful Inkables have teamed up and are hosting a New Moon blog hop on Nov. 20th to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated second movie in the Twilight saga (I personally can not wait!! :)) Nov. … Read More...
Traditional and some not so traditional ways to recycle a bottle
Over at Boisdale there are some traditional ways to recycle a bottle like glasses, vases and terrariums and then some not so traditional like the one pictured here as a computer accessory.
[tags]bottle recycling crafts[/tags]
What’s A Girl To Do?
One good girl. One good boy. One bad boy. She takes care of her family, runs the family restaurant and has dreams of opening a yarn shop in honor of her mother’s memory.
He’s the town sheriff, straight as an … Read More...
“Corn” Cookies
Family Fun has a collection of kid-friendly sweets for fall and Thanksgiving HERE including these “corn” cookies.
[tags]cookie decorating, candy, corn, Thanksgiving, Fall[/tags]
Tutorial: Anthroplogie-inspired sweater cap for little girls
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff guest blogs at 30 Handmade Days with a tutorial showing how to make this sweater cap for little girls inspired by a similar hat from Anthropologie. Rather than spending the big bucks to buy one … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew fruit lacing cards
C&T Publishing blog shares a fun no-sew project from the book 100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts for Kids by Mary Link. Use fused fabric to make these fruit-shaped lacing cards. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from C&T Publishing blog]
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Product Review and Project: Flower Soft Display Globes
Splitcoast Stampers has a wonderful product review and project video featuring Display Globes by Flower Soft. I love this card, what an adorable idea!
-Heather
Christmas Penny Mat and new fabric line
It’s Friday the 13th and day 5 of the Cross Country Blog hop. Heather Peterson shares this “easy to accomplish before Christmas” project, a penny mat. Download here.
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Kit Club Feature and Giveaway!: Scrapbook Deals 4 U
Scrapbook Deals 4U is a no commitment club. You can cancel your subscription at any time with no fees, and you are welcome to skip a kit. The club offers two kits a month. A one kit subscription costs $24.95, … Read More...
Kit Club Feature and Giveaway!: Scrapbook Deals 4 U
Scrapbook Deals 4U is a no commitment club. You can cancel your subscription at any time with no fees, and you are welcome to skip a kit. The club offers two kits a month. A one kit subscription costs $24.95, … Read More...
CROCHET PROJECTS – THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE
While I’m not a huge fan of calling people ‘idiots’ or ‘dummies’, these series of books are often helpful for learning a new skill. In this case, I believe the ‘idiots’ do a better job than the ‘dummies’.
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Tutorial: Thanksgiving Roast turkey from felt
With this felt version of a roast turkey, your child can set a pretent Thanksgiving feast. Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots shows how to make one. The drumsticks are removable. How cute is that! Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Quick and easy burp cloths
Homemade Mamas shares a tutorial for making quick and easy burp cloths. These are always awesome baby shower gifts because sooner or later, every baby is gonna drool. Give a trio of these in coordinating prints, and everyone at the … Read More...