Now, Emily from Crazy Old Ladies Quilts shares a clever twist on the paint chip crafting craze with a placemat made to look like a paint chip. How cool is that! She uses ombre fabric to get the gradients without … Read More...
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DIY Dipped Birthday Candles
The Proper Pinwheel shares how to create your own ombre-effect birthday candles in this tutorial.
DIY: Gradient Nails!
Love that ombre look but it’s hard (for me at least) to achieve on my nails. Now, thanks to a lovely tutorial from The Nailasaurus, it’s broken down into such simple steps even I can do this one (hopefully!) … Read More...
Tutorial: Recycle your old jeans into a little girl’s twirly skirt
ShelleyMade shows how you can recycle several pairs of old jeans into a cute new twirly skirt in girls’ sizes. The variations in color and wear on the denim create a almost ombre effect on the skirt. She used two … Read More...
Tasseled Necklace
These hand-dyed tassels make a lovely focal for this simple necklace from Oh the Lovely Things. Take a look at the DIY ombre tassel necklace tutorial from Clemence.
Tutorial: Pretty pettiskirt for little girls
Stef from Girl. Inspired. shows how to make a poofy pretty pettiskirt for little girls. Gorgeous! And check out the cool ombre effect created by the rows of white ruffles over the teal underskirt! Get the how-to.
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5 Ways to Decorate Jars
Here are 5 fun tutorials all rolled into one post. See how Angie from Country Chic Cottage decorate mason jars in three different ways. Which one is your favorite? I’m partial to the beachy blue ombre jar myself 🙂 See … Read More...
Free design: Fiesta kitty
Here’s a treat from Urban Threads. The UT e-newsletter says,
This adorable maraca-shakin’, sombrero-wearin’ kitty is FREE! This design is available in machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art formats, free though May 13. Get your design here!
Earth Day Party
One Charming Party always has the most, well, charming party ideas that heed even those tiniest details. Find “compost” pudding and ombre veggies and presentation ideas HERE. And huge bonus, find the free printables for the compost pudding leaves … Read More...
Easter Crafts Ideas: One Week to Go!
There is only a week left to plan your perfect Easter party or craft idea. Here are the ideas our editors have found in the last week or so. Make sure you go through all of them in case you … Read More...
Easter Craft Ideas Roundup
It has been one busy week with our editors finding some great patterns, ideas for a crafty Easter. Easter is not too far away so here are some ideas to get you inspired.
Pink Madeleines
I have to try making madeleines. Sugar Swings! keeps coming up with these easy, colorful confections. Like these ombre madeleines for Valentine’s Day. Aren’t they so pretty in shades of pink? Remember these or these? You could cover … Read More...
Tutorial: Mod petal appliqued tote bag
Vanessa from V and Co. shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to use hand applique techniques to add a sunburst of mod petals to a plain tote bag. The varying shades of pink (LOVE!) give it an ombre … Read More...
How to make recycled paint chip modern art
The beauty of paint chip samples is the myriad of colors they come in which makes it a great medium to make ombre art. See how Heather of the blog The Lovely Cupboard made a great piece of ombre modern … Read More...
Tutorial: Back To School Ruffled Cardigan
Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how her Back To School Ruffled Cardigan. Cute!! The lightweight cardigan is made from t-shirt knit and covered in rows and rows of ruffles. I’m loving the ombre effect she gets with the graduated shades … Read More...
Giveaway: Tulip® Tie-Dye Fashion Kit
Thanks to ilovetocreate.com, we are giving away a prize that has three of the Tulip® Tie-Dye Fashion Kits™ with innovative techniques. (Value $60). From the product website:
… Read More...The fabulous tie-dye looks on the fashion runways of nearly every
Free charts: Cross-stitch
PHASE INTO PHALL (er…. FALL)
The air is suddenly crisp and cool. Fall (my least favorite time of year) may well be upon us and it’s still August! Tho’ I’m not a fan of Fall as cold winter soon follows, I do like the colors…
PHASE INTO PHALL (er…. FALL)
The air is suddenly crisp and cool. Fall (my least favorite time of year) may well be upon us and it’s still August! Tho’ I’m not a fan of Fall as cold winter soon follows, I do like the colors … Read More...
THE DOWN LOW ON SELF-STRIPING YARN
I ran across this book, ‘Knit One, Stripe Too’ by Candace Eisner Strick today at the library. This book is a gem! I only wish the author had considered crocheters in her notes on self-striping yarn. It’s all about knitters. … Read More...