Independent craft blog since 2007
Dried Elderberries Soaps Recipe
This soap making recipes uses dried elderberries as an embed into your handmade melt and pour soap.
Elderberry is the dark purple berry from the European elder tree. The berries are used to make medicine such … Read More...
These stockings are adorable and perfect for your home decor.
These BEAUTIFUL personalized Stockings are the perfect addition to your Holiday Decor!
Plaid Embroidered Christmas Stockings.
Nice GENEROUS size Measuring 17″ long from top to bottom of paw and 8″ … Read More...
Did you know you can create your own stamps from fun foam? Most manual die cutting machines will cut thin sheets of fun foam so you use your dies to cut out your own stamps. It’s a really quick and … Read More...
This time of year Indian corn (or flint corn) is a common decoration, but it can also be used in learning activities at school or in the home.
Homeschooling my Kinetic Kids has a great list of ideas for … Read More...
This mini quilt is so cute, made with a combination of patchwork and applique! Amy from Ameroonie Designs has a tutorial for you over at Therm O Web showing how you can make this fun min quilt. With all of … Read More...
How adorable is this baby layout and what a cute twist for using pumpkins on a page! Jung Ahsang used them for a baby along with the title “Little Pumpkin”, it’s a great way to use pumpkins for something other … Read More...
Let’s start counting until Christmas and make a few amazing memories with the activities from our Woodland Advent Calendar!
Check out these advent calendars from our very own sister site Craftbits.com – you can make yourself at home. Homemade … Read More...
At $30 each, these Kate Spade inspired Christmas ornaments are too fabulous for words. At next to nothing, the DIY is even better. While we all know that my crafting skills are… well… let’s just say that if I can … Read More...
How adorable is this ice skate Christmas stocking? Chelsea at Sew Simple Home has a free pattern you can use to sew one! And if you have a cutting machine that can cut fabric, she has a free SVG file … Read More...
Yey! Yet another fun material to make the magical and wonderful pom pom with!! Corn husks
! Save your corn husks from your delicious corn and craft up some wonderful corn husk pom poms. Pop on over to the blog … Read More...
Learning to count in order and one to one correspondence (meaning that one thing represents one number) is a big lesson in preschool, and practicing counting in a lot of different ways is fun for kids and adults alike.
This … Read More...
The Coffee Bean Cardigan is a grown up version of Elizabeth Smith’s pint-sized Little Coffee Bean Cardigan, originally released in 2009 and sized for kids 3 months to 1 year.
The adult version is available in five sizes and … Read More...
The advent season is right around the corner, and even if you don’t participate in that tradition, the dark time of year is definitely a time to have more candles about.
This free cross stitch pattern from Smart Cross Stitch … Read More...
Make your own homemade soy candles with one single ingredients – soy wax flakes
or add some fragrance with essential oils.
This DIY tutorial is very easy to follow. If you havent made candles before then this tutorial is a … Read More...
Puffin cross stitch / embroidery pattern featuring a cute puffin couple hanging out by some clover flowers probably in Scotland somewhere.
They would make a lovely gift for a couple celebrating a wedding, anniversary, engagement or new home.
Digital download … Read More...
If you are a knitting, crocheter or just an amazingly kind gift giver than you are going to want to pop this on your Santa’s Christmas list. This Giant Ball of yarn makes for the perfect gift for yourself, I … Read More...
Show off a fresh take on hairpin lace with the Geneva Cardigan. … Read More...
Stephanie used an intricate snowflake shaped die from My Favorite Things to create two amazing Ornament Window Cards. She used the negative open space for the card window adding additional elements behind or inside. I love how she got two … Read More...
It doesn’t take long to sew up a cute little zip pouch! And it takes just a few extra steps to box the corners of your pouch so it has a flat bottom. That flat bottom gives extra room for … Read More...
Lisa section off the background of her page in 4 different pattern papers with fall colors. She also used circles and die cut images as an offset border down the center of this terrific layout. Yet it doesn’t look busy … Read More...
