I think my favorite part of Halloween is opening the door to trick or treaters. I always like to have good candy and cute basket to hold it. Chelsea at Sew Simple Home has a free sewing pattern you can … Read More...
Halloween Layout
Lisa used paint to create a messy background for this fun Halloween layout. The color matches perfectly with the adorable fabric pumpkin paper clip she used. And all the clusters of embellishments moves your eye around the page.
Wool Felt Old Fashioned Ornament
This is a free and easy embroidered old fashioned ornament design that is quick and simple to stitch up for Christmas. You can follow the free tutorial to guide you along by visiting here.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? … Read More...
Book Craft – Room on the Broom Story Baskets
Story baskets are a fun way to make a well-loved story a little more fun when you’ve read it a bunch of times, or to engage kids who need something more visual during readaloud time.
The Imagination Tree has a … Read More...
Halloween Lollipop Covers
Add an extra special touch to your Halloween candy this year with these fun Lollipop Covers. Dina shows how to score, fold and cut cardstock using some simple die shapes to create a Pumpkin and Cat. Your trick or treaters … Read More...
Free pattern: Womens Boho mini dress
Whether the event is dressy or casual, you can never go wrong with a little black dress! Mayra at So Sew Easy has a free sewing pattern to sew a Boho mini dress that would make an adorable little black … Read More...
Halloween Calendar Layout
An October Calendar page is the perfect background for a Halloween page like this one from Pam. She added stamps around the calendar border, layers of different Halloween pattern papers in the center and circled her photo with die cuts … Read More...
Giving “a little love to my friends” Kickstarter for vintage coloring book
My college roommate Mara Seinfeld Leonardi created a vintage sixties art coloring book and has a Kickstarter campaign that ends soon. If you like coloring and the 60’s why not pop over to support living artists and score yourself a … Read More...
How to make ghost flowers
I love making really big things and the giant flowers made of mesh
can be made in any size and I bet look really cool at night. The technique would work great to sculpt and light all sorts of shapes. … Read More...
Stitch Up Some Bold Texture with the Hilly Hat
I am a huge fan of Malabrigo Rasta yarn. It’s such a big, bulky, colorful yarn that it’s just about unmistakable.
I say just about because I’m not 100 percent sure that’s what yarn was used on this sample Hilly … Read More...
Book Review – Natural Jewelry Pocket Guide
Kids Sewing Project- Black Cat Softie
This simple softie sewing pattern is the perfect festive craft to teach kids to sew. You can also make a no-sew version by gluing the pieces instead of sewing them. But I love the idea of teaching kids to sew … Read More...
Etsy Feature – U.S. Marine Christmas Stocking
Today we are featuring another Handmade Etsy store. We love this handmade Christmas stocking. Perfect for any Military Family. They have a whole heap of other designs too for marines, coastguard, army, airforce and more.
The U.S. Marine Christmas stocking … Read More...
Review – Stone Garden Transfer Art Kit
Transform the humble rock into a beautiful and colorful work of art—a fun, whimsical way to decorate your home, office, or garden. Rock art is simple enough for people of all ages and skill levels to enjoy. Stone Garden Transfer … Read More...
Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Spiced Cookie Recipe
These Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Spice Cookies are the perfect combination of your favorite cookies! These cookies would make wonderful gifts this time of year, package them up in brown paper, tie a little twine around the top and watch mouths drool … Read More...
Halloween Balloons Card
Maria had a very clever idea to take stamps that might normally be used for a birthday card, in this case a bunch of balloons, and added some Jack O’ Lantern faces to them to create a fun and festive … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Patchwork and felt Christmas tree ornaments
Sew your fabric scraps into Christmas tree ornaments! Stephanie from Swoodson Says shares a tutorial over at Diary of a Quilter showing how to make these cute little patchwork and felt tree ornaments. They’re fun to make and they make … Read More...
DIY Christmas Snow Globe Photo Shaker Card
Do you love to include family photos on your Holiday cards? Step it up a notch by created a fun Snow Glove Shaker Card with the photo inside like this one created by Emily. She used dies from Hero Arts … Read More...
DIY Fall Farmhouse Wreath with Removable Bow
Get your home ready for fall with this beautiful farmhouse style wreath. This easy DIY transform a plain green wreath into a beautiful fall decoration. And in addition to creating a pretty piece of fall decor, this tutorial also … Read More...
Create Custom Ink Colors
Laurie has a fantastic tip to get more from your ink pad colors. She creates her own custom colors by stamping two colors over top of each other for a totally new shade. She stamps the lighter shade then stamps … Read More...