I love mermaids and was so excited to find these 5 mermaid coloring pages from Dover Publications! If you love mermaids too grab your colored pencils and print out these beautiful pages, they are FREE to download.
Sewing pattern: Hanging dish towel
Simple Simon & Co shows how to make this hanging dish towel. It’s a super quick, super easy project because you start with a kitchen towel and a hot pad. It takes just a few easy steps to turn it … Read More...
Spring Mini Album
Lucile created this wonderful mini album for Spring by covering her album with pretty pattern papers and adding elements and stickers from Pebbles. Inside she added decorated pockets with tabs to slip in photos and ephemera for Spring.
Mother’s Day Fingerprint Bookmarks
Here’s a quick and easy Mother’s Day project to do with one kid or a whole classroom.
This Mother’s Day bookmark from Savvy Second Graders is a sweet printable that the kids use their fingerprints for to make a little … Read More...
Sashiko Hand stitched Skirt Design
Sashiko Embroidery is such a fun way to add designs to hand made sewing items or in this case, a little girls skirt. You can see the full pattern as well as detailed photos of each step of the design. … Read More...
Flowers in Cross Stitch for Mom
I like this simple Mom cross stitch design from Alita Designs.
It features the word mom and some flowers, and is worked in just three colors, which makes it quick and easy.
It’s a sweet little design that would be … Read More...
Windy Day Pinwheel Card
In another attempt to use stamps for different occasions then they were designed I’ve used a fox from the Winter is Coming set from Hello Bluebird on this Windy Day Pinwheel card. I also used a woodgrain die from Lawn … Read More...
Tips and tricks for teaching kids to sew
Teaching kids to sew is a rewarding experience for both kids and adults! It’s activity you can both enjoy doing together, plus it teaches some good hand-eye coordination and problem solving skills. But teaching kids to sew is a lot … Read More...
Stitched Title Scrapbook Page
This lovely layout from Paige Taylor Evans has several great techniques. First she used her Silhouette electronic die cutting machine to cut her large title that includes pre-cut stitching holes, she then hand stitch around her title, then used the … Read More...
Lion Brand – 30% Off Sitewide
We are able to feature this amazing offer from LionBrand of 30% off Site-wide. Use the coupon code SITEWIDE30 at checkout. A great opportunity to stock up on some yarn your need and of course some you don’t.
Learn How to Create Clay Wedding Ring Bowls
Iris Rodriguez walks us through how to use Activa (an air dry clay with a smooth texture and white finish) and inks to create lovely ring bowls that would be perfect for DIY wedding favours or the main event’s ring … Read More...
Fun recycled toilet paper holder idea
I love the industrial look and of course recycling industrial elements in unexpected ways is super fun. Bathrooms can be a fun room to add these little unexpected elements into your decor. This idea for using a crescent wrench to … Read More...
Painted Paper Bookmark
An easy craft perfect for kids. Great idea to offer it as a gift to family and friends or for Mother’s day. These bookmarks are easy to make for kids of all ages and different art or crafting abilities. You … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Color block sling bag for kids
This sling bag is a simple sewing project you can make for the kids – or WITH the kids! Amy from Ameroonie Designs has a tutorial showing how to make this pretty bag. The sling bag has a fold over … Read More...
DIY Glitter Paper
Glitter paper is all the rage and can be purchased in many colors but did you know you can easily create your own? Samantha used strips of adhesive sheets and poured ultrafine glitter over top to make her own shimmery … Read More...
Little Boy Mini Album
This mini album is perfect to document the little man in your life. Filled with pocket pages, tags, flaps, envelopes and more it’s stuffed with lots of boyish charm. Pam created it with products from Authentique and has lots of … Read More...
Printable All About Mom Page
Having kids do an “all about mom” page for Mother’s Day is really fun. It makes a cute keepsake and the answers are usually funny.
Here are a couple of printables from My Cup Overflows that kids can use to … Read More...
This Mother’s Day, Let Mom Take All the Credit
As mothers, our job is to do the best we can to take care of and teach our children to become the best people they can be.
So why not thank mom for making sure you turned out pretty well … Read More...
16 Disappearing 9 Block Quilting Patterns
As a quilter, I’m always on the lookout for new patterns and ideas to add to my collection. That’s why I was so excited to put together this roundup of the best disappearing 9 block patterns that are not only … Read More...
Fairy House Card
Ardyth made this adorable fairy house card by adding a small 3D house box to her card front and adding cute fairy stamps all around. It adds such fun depth and dimension to the card scene.