Now that the weather is warming up, and you’ll be wanting to eat your lunches outside more often, consider sewing up a recycled lunch bag you can take with you – no more brown paper bags! You can purchase some … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy jeans hem
Dacia Ray shows how to hem your jeans without losing the faded bottom edge. Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Slipover baby bib from dishtowels
When my little girl was a baby, I almost exclusively used the bibs that just slipped over the head. No fussing with ties, or even velcro. Just pull it over like a t-shirt and you’re good to go. Create Everyday … Read More...
Silvered Ivory Tutorial – Part 1
Rose over at the Spawn of Flame blog brings us a tutorial on how to make Silvered Ivory Stringer. What is that? It’s ivory glass, rolled in fine silver foil and then pulled into long glass strings (stringer). These stringer … Read More...
Free Pattern – Hat’s For Boys
Whatever the age of your boys, send them off in Pirate Style with this free hat pattern from Hello Yarn.
Knit with Hauk, a Dale of Norway yarn with water repellant tendencies. There’s a knit-along for this hat too, here: … Read More...
Searching Etsy for Tags and Labels
The crafting world has so many seedy underbellies and back alleys that I do not want to walk down alone, scrapbooking is one of them but I drunkenly stumbled upon it while searching for labels and tags on Etsy. WHOA. … Read More...
Digital Scrapbooking Tutorial
If you want to get started with digi scrapping but are afraid to take the leap check out this video tutorial using Photoshop.
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I’M SO EXCITED – ST. CHARLES HERE I COME!!
Who knew that there was a crochet luminary so close to my home in St. Louis?
Who knew that a LYS I enjoy visiting would be hosting classes in Advanced Crochet taught by this person?
How is it that I … Read More...
I’M SO EXCITED – ST. CHARLES HERE I COME!!
Who knew that there was a crochet luminary so close to my home in St. Louis?
Who knew that a LYS I enjoy visiting would be hosting classes in Advanced Crochet taught by this person?
How is it that I … Read More...
Cupcake and digital?
Cupcake and digital goes hand in hand with stamping..
The cutting cafe has some amazing digital stamps and cutting files to be used in the Silhouette or Pazzelle, or Robo Craft..
Amber Givans created this beautiful card using the cutting … Read More...
Tutorial: Decorative seam finishes
Hoppo Bumpo has been featuring instructions for various seam finishes in their Seam-Along blog post series. This week, they finish out the series with decorative seams. First up, the channel seam. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Sew a diaper clutch
If you’re a mommy of a small child, you don’t go anywhere without diapers and wipes close at hand.
Amy from Diary of a Quilter shows how to make this diaper clutch. Get the tute.
Zoomorphic Inspiration
Kiddie culture and design site, Junior Society, and their tribute to Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers.
Jessica Townsend: The Perfect Home.
The Perfect Home. Made of cast glass by UK glass artist Jessica Townsend. A house of glass brings up all kinds of imagery. Visit Jessica’s site to see what her visions of the pieces are.
Sweet Spring Inspiration
Find sweet spring cookie inspiration at The Kitchn.
Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Chenille Easter bunny softie
Caryn from Smooch made these Easter bunny softies, and offers a tutorial so you can make some too. The chenille is a perfect choice for the rabbits; it looks like soft bunny fur. Get the tutorial.
[via One Crafty … Read More...
Easter Sweets Slideshow from BH and G
Easy-to-make Easter sweets from BH&G.
Free patterns from the birthday girl, Claudia
To commemorate her 33rd birthday, Claudia of Stitchado Handmade blog is sharing this sweet set of vintage embroidery patterns. *shaking my gray head because Claudia thinks she’s getting “old”* Enjoy! And happy birthday, young Claudia!
Package GIVEAWAY “Needle felted figures” (Book) & Starter Needle Felting Kit Complete with FREE Core Wool
A major thanks to search press, I have another delightful book titled ”needle felted figure
s” by Bodil Nederby, and Arlene, of Wild Wool Farm an ETSY shop for her generous gift of a “Starter Needle Felting Kit Complete … Read More...
Paint Chip Greeting Cards
Many people know of my love for paint chips. Partly because we’re repainting the entire house, I’ve been known to make notebooks out of paint chips in my past.
But this idea for using those paint chips to make some … Read More...