Cute critters and funny puns make for some adorable layouts. I love the cheerful colors on these pages from Rachel, she got her color inspiration from a pillow. It’s a great reminder you can find ideas just about everywhere. She … Read More...
Faux Wood Love Letters and Heart Succulent
A fun and modern Valentines decoration that is easy to do and looks great. This tutorial shows you how to make your own little DIY Love sign. You can see the full tutorial here.
Air Dry Clay Hearts for Valentine’s Day
I make a lot of little clay things – mostly beads but honestly… lots of other things. Hearts are a good shape and I make a lot of hearts. There are bowls and jars of random things (I think the … Read More...
DIY Peppermint Massage Oil
Today’s Homemade Peppermint Massage Oil is a liquid alternative to last week’s Citrus Massage Lotion. It’s perfect for energizing and relieving sore muscles. Peppermint essential oils
are one of my favorites as it is so versatile. I use it for … Read More...
Kids Craft – Valentine’s Day Heart Box
This is an easy and inexpensive craft project for Valentine’s Day. Paper mache boxes can be purchased inexpensively at the dollar store. Then adults and children can creatively decorate them for Valentine’s day.
Sewing pattern: Sock pig softie
T
his little sock pig softie is so cute for Chinese New Year! (2019 is the year of the pig.) It’s also a cute little softie just because. Joanne from Craft Passion shows how you can make one. The sock … Read More...
5 Love Coloring Pages
Get into a romantic mood for Valentine’s Day with 5 pretty coloring pages about LOVE. They are FREE to download from Dover Publications.
Click here and then click the number across the page for all 5 pages to color.
-Heather… Read More...
Sewing your Valentines Day Cards
Valentine’s Day is the perfect day for us to get crafty and with these cards we can put together 2 fun hobbies: Card Making and Sewing.
The best thing? You can download the templates to make your own cards with … Read More...
Loop Yarn Heart Pillow
Have you ever worked with loop yarn? It’s almost like finger knitting in that you don’t need needles, and almost like crochet in that you are kind of hooking loops into each other.
I wrote a post about the basics … Read More...
Pig Cross Stitch Patterns for Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese or Lunar New Year! Today ushers in the year of the pig, and of course there are some really cute cross-stitch patterns available to commemorate it. Here are a few I found:
I love the giant ears on … Read More...
Did you know your printer can print on a paper bag?
Why yes, yes it can! I keep the paper bags I take my leftovers home from the restaurant – the veritable “doggie bag” so I have quite the stash of paper bags ready to give this awesome idea a try. … Read More...
DIY Succulent Favors
Succulents are trending right now, and these little succulents make the perfect wedding favor. You won’t need any skills to put these DIY favors together. I would suggest wrapping them with some cellophane to keep the dirt inside on the … Read More...
Free Crochet Pattern – Pocket Kawaii Bunny
CraftBits (Shellie Wilson)
What you need
8 ply wool (worsted weight yarn) in 2 colors for body … Read More...
Meant to Be Valentine Card
I created this romantic Valentine card using the Meant to Be stamps and Be Mine Stitched Hearts dies from the new Stampin’ Up Occasions catalog.
I’ve shared a tutorial over on my Youtube channel, you can click here to watch … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Chiffon little black dress refashion
This step by step tutorial will walk you through how to bring new life to a classic fashion staple: the little black dress. Creative Fashion Blog shows how to refashion a basic sleeveless black dress into one with a layered … Read More...
Distress Ink Splatter Page
Add some trendy splatter patterns to the background of your next scrapbook page using Distress Inks. Cathy has made a process video on how she created this fun hybrid scrapbook page.
Sewing pattern: Knot scrunchie
Abby from Sew Much Ado shows how you can sew your own knot scrunchie. She’s got a free pattern for you to download and a video showing how to sew it together. It’s a great project to use your scraps … Read More...
Mermaid Mirror Stamping
Mirror stamping is a fun way to get more from your stamps by having two images face each other just using the same stamp. But sometimes the results can be imperfect or blurry. Roni discovered she could use her Image’s … Read More...
13 Ways to Get Kids to Journal
Journaling is a great way to help kids make goals, be more mindful and increase creativity. They can focus on nature, school work, goals, arts and reading. The Tip Junkies has 13 awesome ways to get kids interested in journaling.… Read More...
How to make your own metallic watercolor paints
I’ve been experimenting with watercolor 
painting lately. I have to admit I like it as I can do it while snuggled in on the couch (it has been raining here in SoCal and I haven’t been motivated to be out … Read More...