Kick the plastic snack bag habit! Heather from Heather Handmade shows how you can sew fabric snack bags that can be used over and over. No more one-use plastic bags in your trash! Plus, the kids can pick out the … Read More...
Fourth of July Greetings
This little Happy 4th of July pattern from Alita Designs would be a great holiday greeting card, or add it to a little frame to use as part of your door wreath for the celebration.
The design is worked in … Read More...
The Cropped Sweater that Might Change Your Mind about Cropped Sweaters
I have to admit that I do love the look of cropped sweaters, but I have never knit one (other than a cropped cardigan meant to be worn over another shirt).
I’m not a high-waisted skirt or pants kind of … Read More...
DIY Garden Gnome Stakes
These DIY Garden gnome stakes are adorable. They would make the cutest little gifts for house warming parties too. You can see the full tutorial over at Craftylumberjacks.com
Children’s One Button Cardigan Crochet Pattern
Some of my favorite crochet projects are patterns for kids. They’re easy to make and really creative. And while I know Easter is a ways away, this children’s crochet cardigan pattern is perfect for it. The whole crochet sweater is … Read More...
How To Choose A Party Idea For Teens
Parties for teens may be held for many occasions, including birthdays, holidays, sports victories, and life milestones. Some occasions create their own theme (such as a theatre cast party), but for others, a theme can add to the event. A … Read More...
Snail Mail Mailbox Card
Being card makers I think we all still appreciate good old fashioned snail mail, there’s nothing better than getting a hand made card in the mail! Sandy Allnock created this amazing mailbox card which opens up to show a snail … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Ruffle wrap dress
Sew a pretty ruffle dress for summer! Marissa from One CrafDIY Girl has a tutorial showing how. Made from a red gingham, it’s so cute for 4th of July! She traced around a dress that fits her to get her … Read More...
Party Favor – Unicorn Lovers Gift Bag
Know someone who loves Unicorns? They’ll flip when you make them this amazing Unicorn Folder Gift Bag. It’s made from a scrapbook page protector to create a shaker portion (!!) and paper and filled with fun tags, cards and shaker … Read More...
Smashing buttons
Yes you read right, smashed buttons. This is a little bit therapy, a little bit recycled craft. Who doesn’t love a little therapy with their crafting? So pop on over to Christina Marie’s blog to read her interesting story on … Read More...
Stunning Card Design on Black Paper
This quick and easy card only uses a couple of inks and a stencil on black paper. The results are this super vibrant and beautiful and perfect for the beginning crafter.
Visit Imagine Crafts for a video tutorial.
-Heather
7 kinds of sewing scissors you need to have
When I talk about my “sewing scissors” I’m usually referring to my fabric shears.
But those are by no means the only pair of scissors in my sewing room. Scissors will have different shapes and different types of blades depending … Read More...
Trendy Planner Accents Downloads
This cute set of planner images contain everything that’s trendy right now, rainbows, frothy drinks, bright colors and emojis. You could also use them on cards and scrapbook pages too. Best of all they are FREE to download from Webster’s … Read More...
A Fun Way to Make Flexible Seating for a Classroom
Whether you have a classroom or a playroom, or even an outdoor area where you’d like more seats, flexible seating options are always a good choice.
These DIY crate seats are made out of plastic crates, plywood and foam, and … Read More...
Textures Add Interest to Stripes in this Kimono-Inspired Garment
Knitting projects — especially garments — often use just one or two stitch patterns, but sometimes it’s fun to use stitch patterns like stripes or even in conjunction with stripes, changing color and stitch pattern at the same time.
That’s … Read More...
How To Turn You Hand Embroidery Into A Sew On Patch
This Embroidery pattern is a little different than all the rest as this one shows you how to turn your hand stitched or machine stitched design into a sew on patch. This is perfect for when you want to create … Read More...
Floral Card with Faux Watercolor Technique
Using more new stamps from the brand new Stampin Up catalog I created this pretty floral card with the Beautiful Friendship stamps. I did a faux watercolor technique using different ink pads colors spritzed with water on the solid stamps. … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Shirred maxi dress in 20 minutes
Who doesn’t love a maxi dress for summer? Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shows how you can sew a shirred maxi dress – IN JUST 20 MINUTES! There’s no pattern required and the sewing is super easy.… Read More...
DIY Summer Mini Album
Lucile shares how she covered chipboard with summer themed papers from Pebbles to create this wonderful summer mini album. I love how she stitched the spine and hung die cut shapes from it and how the pages inside are pockets. … Read More...
How to make pom pom sparklers for 4th of July
I usually strive to make my pom poms as dense as possible but these sparse ones make great sparklers featured in a recycled jar don’t they? Pop on over to the blog Craft Klatch for the tutorial and video on … Read More...