I have been waiting for a particular Etsy seller to come back to her shop and the day has finally come! Meredith of foldedpigs.etsy.com is a talented and clever ceramics artists who has a fascination for human brains…and zombies! I … Read More...
Jennifer Squires
Jennifer wrote to tell me about her latest photo collection. “Let me take a minute and introduce you to my newest set of flower photographs just in time for spring. Currently the collection includes roses, calla lilies, tulips, and … Read More...
Floating Butterfly Candles for Summer
Aren’t these floating butterfly candles at Candle Craft gorgeous? They’re made with food grade wax so apparently are even safe for punch bowls. There are several different detailed butterfly designs to choose from.
Other floating candles include beach umbrellas, leaves, … Read More...
BEADS AND CROCHET – A CHARMING COMBINATION
This might be the primo site combining beading and crochet:
This site has kits and beads for sale, how-to’s, and other interesting things to check out.
About.com is always a good site to check out when you want to … Read More...
Vintage Patterns
I adore sewing from Vintage Patterns. The gorgeous lines of a 1940’s dress or the wacky mod picture adorning a pattern package from the 60’s.
Mom’s Patterns is a great online store for vintage patterns. They stock detectable pieces from … Read More...
Book Review – Making Polymer Clay Beads
If I could use one word to describe this book it would be thorough! Making Polymer Clay Beads
 by Carol Blackburn is jam-packed with easy to follow projects. There are tips at every turn, showing you not only how … Read More...
The Pillowcase Challenge Book
The day after IÂ wrote about Lark Books’ upcoming book on recycled plastics I received a message about another chance for recycled crafters to showcase their work (or a chance for collectors to flaunt their stuff). Read on:
The common … Read More...
2 Pretty Wire Wrapped Rings Tutorials
Since I reviewed a wire wrapped book yesterday, I thought some of you would be curious to try some wrapping on your own. I found a couple of ring tutorials to get you started.
There is a simple but stylish … Read More...
Free Felting Tutorials
 
I located several felting tutorials off of the Owning Alpaca site. I am picturing a few example projects for you, but you should really check out Owning Alpaca.com and look at all of their interesting articles … Read More...
Free Cord Samples
FREE SAMPLES!! Black Bunacord Necklace/Bracelet cord from IC Moore Company.
2 meters (6 ft) each: 2mm & 3 mm Black Bunacord + O rings. No Purchase required.
Email name, mailing address, city, state, zip
to [email protected]. (Allow 4 … Read More...
20-75% Off
Oriental trading.com are having another clear out, this time on assorted embellishments and stickers.
There are items 20-75% off.
Some of my favourites include
)
Woven baby donuts at just $1.47 )
Cat Coasters now just $1.47
)
20-75% Off
Oriental trading.com are having another clear out, this time on assorted embellishments and stickers.
There are items 20-75% off.
Some of my favourites include
Woven baby donuts at just $1.47
Cat Coasters now just $1.47
Jewelry Studio: Wire Wrapping Book Review
Jewelry Studio: Wire Wrapping
by Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey
- Publisher: Interweave Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1596680598
Wire Wrapping (Linda Chandler and Christine Ritchey), is a nice introduction to the art of wire wrapping.
The book begins with a … Read More...
Happy Mother’s Day!
I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day and spent some quality time with your family. Guess what I got? Candles and burners and holders and lanterns. Yay!
I did get a couple coffee cups and some tomato and … Read More...
The Clear Book by Pine Cone Press
I have been hearing a lot about a new book called “ The Clear Book
” by pine cone press which features everything you can do with clear scrapbooking materials.
Clear Scraps
mentions it in their blog as they have … Read More...
Happy Mother’s day!
Happy Mother’s day
Good Morning!
Happy Mother’s day everyone!
Maggie
Happy Mother’s day!
Happy Mother’s day
Good Morning!
Happy Mother’s day everyone!
Maggie
Recycled Bag Daisy Accessories
Add these adorable daisies to the list of items that can be made from plastic bags. The Strewth! shop at Etsy, which features “the essence of the outdoors, the sea and surf of Australia,” makes these colorful cuties into magnets, … Read More...
Cross-Stitching Skulls
Jamie from Twisted Textiles shows off her cross stitched skulls in this blog post about how she used this
skull pattern freebie to create her own skull inspired projects.
How to be a Fairy Tale Princess
One of the first crafty classes that I ever taught was a workshop called “How to be a Fairy Tale Princessâ€. This class, taught in the bomb shelter basement of the anarchist zine archive ZAPP at the Richard Hugo House … Read More...