Melissa from A Happy Stitch shows how you can make a reusable gift wrap set. It’s a large square of fabric you can wrap and tie around a gift, and a coordinating elastic to hold it all snug in place. … Read More...
February DIY Challenge: Hearts!
Need a creative boost? Join Rachel and Alison from Adventures In Making for their new DIY Craft Challenge!
Each month they will choose a theme, and you get to run with it, then share what you make. You can stick … Read More...
Make Your Own Chocolate Bar Kit
Here is a cute gift you can give for Valentine’s Day or for a birthday. You can make it for several chocolate bars or just one individual. You could also have a make your own chocolate bar party and then … Read More...
Wonderful recycled metal heart decorations
Over at the blog Kathi’s Garden Art Rust-n-Suff she has featured a whole bunch of amazing recycled metal heart art in this post and some newer pieces in this post that feature hearts and other themes. Pop on over … Read More...
Tutorial: Light up marquee pillow
The word LOVE on this pillow actually lights up like marquee lettering. How cool is that! Michele from The Scrap Shoppe shares a tutorial at the Old Time Pottery blog, Do More With Less showing how you can add the … Read More...
2 Quick and Easy DIY Gifts for Valentines Day
Valentine’s Day is coming up, so how about two quick, easy, and inexpensive DIY crafts to show your valentine you care? Sage and Naomi shared these 2 projects on their blog, Plaster & Disaster. The link includes tutorials for two … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux fur heart pillow
Caitlin from The Merrythought shows how you make this faux fur heart pillow. It would make a pretty decoration for Valentine’s Day, especially if the tradition reds, pinks, & white color combos don’t work for your décor, but there’s no … Read More...
Valentine’s Day Woven Felt Heart Video Tutorial
These may look complicated but with the instructions they’re quite understandable and you get a beautiful woven Valentine basket with the help of Jennifer. She has a template and an amazing video showing you just how to assemble your woven … Read More...
35 Valentine’s Day Ideas for the Last Minute
Valentine’s Day is now less that a week away, and if you are still looking for some ideas for the big day, check out this great list of 35 ideas for last minute Valentine’s Day items. With things from decor, … Read More...
How to Tie Dye a Heart
Valentines is coming up quickly! Here’s a quick project you can still finish for your loves by Valentine’s Day. What says I love you more than a hand dyed heart shirt? Annette shared the tutorial for tie dying a heart … Read More...
Tutorial: Reverse applique heart pillow
Jamie from busybeequilts guest blogs at Fort Worth Fabric Studio with a tutorial showing how to make this reverse applique heart pillow. It’s cute with each heart from a different fabric – a good project for your scrap bin or … Read More...
Easy Valentines Gift Box + VELCRO® Brand Holiday Ties Review + Giveaway
Today I am super excited to be showing you these VELCRO® Brand Holiday Ties
that are shaped like little hearts! I had never seen any ties like this before I saw these from VELCRO® Brand products. I think these are … Read More...
Tutorial: Valentine arrow bean bag game
Stephanie from Swoodson Says shares a tutorial at Sew Mama Sew showing how you can make a Valentine arrow bean bag game. Sew a set of bean bags shaped like Cupid’s arrows and mark off a heart-shaped target on your … Read More...
DIY needle-felted zipper heart
Learn how to create a cute needle felted zipper heart out of a metal zipper and wool roving! Deanna from SewMcCool shared the tutorial for this adorable project on her blog and it’s perfect for Valentines day! There’s no sewing … Read More...
Valentine’s Day quilted heart + free pattern
Expert quilter Geta, of Geta’s Quilting Studio, created a red heart pillow to celebrate Valentine’s Day. She employed trapunto and free motion quilting to create the pillow top, shown here. Always a generous teacher, she shares on her blog how … Read More...
Kids Craft – Fingerprint Love Bugs
Jackie, from I Heart Arts and Crafts, came up with this project when she was trying to find a fun and different project for her two toddlers to do. Of course, if you have toddlers, you will have to do … Read More...
Tutorial: Valentine t-shirt wrap bracelet
Kristi from SweetKM shows how you can make this t-shirt wrap bracelet, with hearts and love for Valentine’s Day. The wrap bracelet is made from a scrap of t-shirt knit, with felt hearts or letters spelling L-O-V-E stitched on. This … Read More...
How to make recycled spool carrots
These just made me smile. I am always on the hunt for fun ways to use my new growing stash of washi tape and these little spool carrots are just so darn cute! Pop on over to the blog Crafts … Read More...
Tutorial: Color block pillow with a hidden zipper
Nicole from She’s Got The Notion shows how you can make a color blocked throw pillow with a zipper hidden in the seam between the two colors. You can make them in any color combo to suit your mood or … Read More...
DIY Leather Cuffed Glass
Amy shared this on her blog, Delineate your Dwelling and I think it’s neat. It’s a leather cuff for a drinking glass.
Amy says “I wanted to gold leaf on the actual glass but knew it would be impossible to … Read More...