I haven’t knit any of Hunter Hammersen’s lovely stars called Scintillation yet, but I can definitely see the appeal. They’re darling, use very little yarn and are a pretty quick little project.
The way they are worked means there are … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Sequin skirt
Holiday party and nothing to wear? Make yourself a sparkly sequin skirt! Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews has a a tutorial showing how. It’s perfect for Christmas and New Year’s parties! Her tutorial includes tips for sewing … Read More...
Easy Calendar Pages
Using digital images you can put together your own DIY calendar pages. Use a single month for adding in planners, using on scrapbook layouts or put an entire year together to give as a gift or hang on your own … Read More...
Garter Stitch with a Slip
Garter Stitch is another stitch pattern you find in a lot of quick to knit patterns, because what’s easier than knitting every single stitch?
But there are ways to make Garter Stitch a little more interesting for the knitter and … Read More...
Adorable DIY Rudolph Candle
Oh my gosh this has to be the cutest DIY Christmas candle I have ever seen. The tutorial is going to be easy to follow, you will need to head outside to find some sticks but you can use a … Read More...
Laws You Must Follow When Packaging Your Handmade Items
Don’t just assume you can throw your handmade items into a postal satchel and hope for the best. There is a little more to it than that. Depending on what your handmade items is there may be rules and regulations … Read More...
Snowmen Cards with Copic Coloring
Christy will show you how she used Copic markers to color in these sweet little snowmen for a set of cute winter cards. I love how she mixed them up by switching out the pattern papers. This is a great … Read More...
Sewing pattern: No sew felt mistletoe headband
This mistletoe headband is a cute Christmas accessory! You can make one with free pattern and tutorial from American Felt & Craft. The mistletoe headband has vintage style but it has a modern feel when done up in bright colors. … Read More...
December Planner Cards Download
These wonderful wintery journaling cards are perfect to include in your December planner or add to a holiday or winter scrapbook layout. I love the non traditional color combination! They are FREE to download from Webster’s Pages.
Polymer Clay Glimmer and Grunge Earrings
I’m on a bit of an earring binge I think – along with beads, they’re my quick and easy projects to try out clay techniques – and these ones from Kyra at CreateAlong use a good sampling of embellishments and … Read More...
Children’s Pastel Stripes Sweater Crochet Pattern
Children have a wild, creative imagination. Open their closet and it’s full of bright beautiful colors and patterns. That’s why I absolutely love this Crochet Pastel Stripe Sweater!
It’s so colorful and exciting that any child would love it! … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Pencil pouch from wide embroidered trim
Have you ever seen a piece of spectacular embroidered trim but haven’t known what to do with it because it’s so wide? Sachiko from Tea Rose Home has a great idea. She used a bit of wide Embroided trim
to … Read More...
Snowman Sweeper Card
When you pull the tab on the side of this adorable Snowman card he sweeps across, how fun is that?! Jennifer Dove created this pull card it with stamps and dies from Whimsy Stamps.
What If I Don’t Want to Knit a Hat?
Knit hats are great, and knitting hats is a lot of fun, but I’ll admit I don’t actually wear my knit hats very often.
What I like more is knit earwarmers, where the important part is covered but you can … Read More...
Christmas Tree Made from Paper Strips Page
Christine used strips of pattern papers to create a Christmas Tree shape for the background of her holiday scrapbook layout. It’s a great way to use up scraps of paper! And I love how the stitching across continues the horizontal … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Secrets to pretty topstitching
Topstitching is just like the name implies – a line of stitching that you can see on the top of your fabric. It’s used to stabilize seams and also as a decorative element. Because it will show on your finished … Read More...
Great collection of pretty gift wrapping ideas
If you are lucky enough to have all your Christmas shopping done you may now be looking for creative ways to wrap up all those gifts. I thought these images had to contain some of the pretties papers and combinations … Read More...
Stitch a Hat in Seed Stitch
I don’t know why so many quick knitting projects use Seed Stitch and its cousin Moss Stitch. I guess because they are a little more interesting to knit than Garter or Stockinette, and they look a little fancier without a … Read More...
Christmas Wall Hanging
Using stamps, embossing, die cutting, alcohol inks and more Anna-Karin used her paper crafting supplies to create this lovely Christmas wall hanging. It’s sure to brighten up any room for the holidays.
She’s sharing her step by step tutorial over … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Snowmen and hearts winter embroidery hoop art
With snowmen and hearts, these winter embroidery hoop art designs will take you from Christmas to Valentine’s Day! Amy from Ameroonie Designs shares a free pattern and tutorial at Diary of a Quilter. The felt snowmen and heart appliques are … Read More...