I’m a huge harry Potter fan so I flipped when I say this magical layout from Kira! I love how she took inspiration from the Deathly Hallows symbol for all the triangles, the texture she added with the stitching and … Read More...
Fun Books to Read for St. Patrick’s Day
As much as I love seasonal and holiday books (and a shelf full of them in my upstairs closet says I do), I don’t actually own a single book about St. Patrick’s Day. And my brother’s name is Patrick.
Clearly … Read More...
The Craft Yarn Council Wants You to Stitch Away Stress
A few years ago (long ago enough that I wrote about it for About.com), the Craft Yarn Council started an initiative called #StitchAwayStress for Stress Awareness Month, which is in April.
That first year they released knit and crochet patterns … Read More...
How to make a recycled jar fairy house
Have you seen fairy doors out and about? I saw a story on TV about them and was thinking about how I might make one for a St. Patrick’s Day decoration. When I was out looking for ideas I found … Read More...
Embroidery Hoop Wall Art
This Hoop wall art is created using an Aztec Embroidery Design. This tutorial was inspired by an Anthropologie Cushion and you can read more about that over at xThreadbearx.
Stitch This Easter Egg Sampler for Spring
This Easter egg ornament cross-stitch project from Fave Crafts is darling! It features little bands of different designs in pastel colors and great details like working in little pink seed beads and using cording around the outside of the egg.… Read More...
Charlotte’s Web Inspired Card
I love card making challenges, it’s nice to have an idea to give your creativity a jump start. The Lawnfawnatics blog has challenges using products from Lawn Fawn and this time around is one of my faves, make a card … Read More...
Tutorial: Upcycled denim and sweater placemats
Don’t throw out those old scraps of denim or sweaters from your craft projects! Use them to make some fabulous fabric placemats. Claire from Pillar Box Blue has a tutorial showing how to make them. Denim can be difficult to … Read More...
St. Patrick’s Day Blessings Album
This Blessings mini album is full of pockets and tags and decorated with a fun St. Patrick’s Day theme. Pam created it using products from Authentique and is sharing how she made the cover and pages over on their blog.… Read More...
Making Polymer Clay Fairy Doors
One of the mainstays for my shows and my shop are my fairy garden things. I make a lot of fairy doors! Some of them are a little like the one in this delightful tutorial from Jenny Sorensen for Sculpey.… Read More...
Free Crochet Pattern – One Skein Cable Headband and Ear Warmer
This gorgeous crochet headband doubles as an ear warmer to keep you stylish and cozy all winter long. This quick crochet pattern is created with just one skein of bulky yarn so it works up quickly.
You can create this … Read More...
Rose and Trellis Card
This lovely detailed die makes the perfect trellis background for the layered roses on this pretty card from Mona Toth. I love her tip of applying her cardstock to an adhesive sheet before die cutting, it makes the design like … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Ruffled shoulder t-shirt
It only takes small details to turn a plain t-shirt into something special. Autumn from It’s Always Autumn shows how you can sew a t-shirt with ruffles at the shoulders. If you wear a size large, she has a free … Read More...
Metallic Paint Scrapbook Page Background
This pretty Opal Magic Acrylic Paint has different looks on light and dark cardstock. Connie applied streaks of paint on black cardstock with a foam brush for some shimmer and shine on the background of her layout.
How to fold an easy Shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day
This is so cool and really, isn’t dollar bills that you can then unfold and use/recycle to spend on a treat like a shamrock shake or coffee a fun way to give a St. Patrick’s day gift?
Giving a folded … Read More...
A Simple Hat to Knit up Quick
We are finally starting to feel a bit springlike in the Northern Hemisphere, which means our southern friends will soon be heading into fall and winter. Whichever side of the earth you live on, it’s a pretty good time to … Read More...
Quilt Blocks For Charity
Quilters in Australia are asked to create quilt blocks for charity and they will then be used to create quilts for the victims of the Victoria bushfires who lost everything when their homes were lost.
Floral Watercolor Cards
Ashley used ink pads and reinkers
with solid stamps for an easy watercolor design on these lovely floral cards. I love the simply one layer look of these cards with just the black sentiment, it makes for a really elegant … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Spring butterfly hair bow
These butterfly hair bows are so cute for spring! Petro from Easy Peasy Creative has a tutorial showing how you can make them. The colors and patterns are so pretty as butterfly wings! You can use your scraps – or … Read More...
Travel Shadow Box
Paula Cheney created this amazing shadow box with products from Tim Holtz. I love all the depth and dimension and the old, weathered look of this project. A travel themed shadow box is a great way to remember a trip, … Read More...