Dana has a creative way to upcycle her old Easter Greeting cards. She made a small album using envelopes and cut up images and sentiments from the cards for the embellishments. How clever! It’s a great way to keep the … Read More...
DIY Morse Code Bracelet
It’s an easy jewelry making craft with a secret hidden message, a great way to keep a favorite quote or a loved one’s name (or birthday) close to your heart without anyone knowing. Maybe you could create a secret message … Read More...
Floral and Burlap Gift Bags
These pretty soft floral tags work so nicely with the burlap bags in this packaging idea from Rebecca. I love the lace and ribbon ties too! These would be perfect favor bags at a rustic wedding. She sharing how she … Read More...
Hashtag Beach Layout
Melissa Mann used lots of great hashtag phrases for the title down the side of her beautiful beach scrapbook layout. She stitched down her stamped and die cut letter in colors that perfectly match her large photo.
Submarine Bear Card
“We all live in a Yellow Submarine!” This adorable card from Cristena looks like your looking out of a porthole into the ocean with the little submarine behind acete and the fishes swimming by. I love the little water droplets … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Easy wrap skirt
A wrap skirt is easy to sew, and you won’t even need a pattern! Carmen at Adopt Your Clothes shows how to make one based on your measurements. She used fabric from a thrift store dress to make her skirt, … Read More...
Spring Bunny Planner Clips
Rebecca used some adorable die cuts from SVG Cuts to create these sweet paperclips. These are perfect for planners, scrapbook pages and cards for Easter and Spring.
Visit the Happy Card Factory blog for a closer look.
-Heather
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DIY Clay Hoop Earrings
Renee, from the blog and YouTube channel Cute Simple Things, wanted to share how to make hoop earrings using polymer or air dry clay and a little paint. She goes on to show you how to customize your favorite pair, … Read More...
Free Crochet – Craft Pillow
Who doesn’t love to wear their craftiness on their sleeve? Or, on their count in pillow for? This design is a fun and easy to customize crochet pattern that you can make into a bag, a wall hanging (to remind … Read More...
Easy recycled shoe eco Friendly Bird Feeders
OK- here is a new one that looks so cute. It is the kind of thing that will make you do a double take when you spot it. Especially when the tree has several shoes on it (see an expample … Read More...
Knitting Pattern – A Cute Retro Headband You’ll Love All Year
Recently I went on a Girl Scout campout (if you can call hanging out in a lodge doing lots of crafting “camping”) and one of the projects the girls sewed was headbands with a bit of fabric and a little … Read More...
Stamped Mermaid Journal
Lisa Hoel created this lovely mermaid journal with stamps found at Top Flight. She used a journal die for the inside, covered it with matboard and decorated the pages and cover with paints and stamps.
Tutorial: Denim hanging wall vase
Don’t throw away those denim scraps – use them to make a unique wall vase! Add to the rustic farmhouse feel to the vase by making it in the shape of a mason jar. Also, use a piece of scrap … Read More...
Rustic Floral and Wood Scrapbook Page
The soft colors and florals really stand out against the rustic wood grain background on this sweet scrapbook layout from Kristine Davidson. The solid cardstock behind the different pattern papers keep it from being too busy and are the perfect … Read More...
5 Butterfly Coloring Pages
I love watching butterflies in my garden and now that spring is finally here we should start to see all the lovely butterflies again. If you love them like I do check out these 5 Entangled butterfly coloring pages, with … Read More...
Easy Accordion Paper Carrot Garland
Folding paper in accordion-style is so much fun and easy to do. This accordion carrot craft is an adorable Easter craft idea for kids. Stick so many of these paper carrots on a yarn and make a beautiful Easter garland … Read More...
Rainy Day Traveler’s Notebook
Josefine used paper and stickers from the new Puddle Jumper line from Finders Keepers to create her pretty rain themed Travelers Notebook. These colorful patterns add a fun touch to rainy day photos. She’s posted a video tutorial on how … Read More...
Knit a Bag for Your Market Shopping
One thing that is definitely making it feel more like spring — in addition to the great weather where I am — is that the farmer’s market opened for the season this past weekend.
And because we knitters can turn … Read More...
great collection of fun ways to display jewelry
I bet a lot of you do craft shows? Well, even if you don’t you probably have some jewelry you may not have an opportunity to wear a lot but still would love to enjoy looking at regularly and make … Read More...
Stripes Made Simple in Drea’s Shawl
Garter Stitch shawls are super simple and fun to knit. I have several and am always drawn to more of them.
Drea’s Shawl from Loop Knits is a fun option that uses a semi-solid and a multicolored yarn in bands … Read More...