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Scrapbooks and Cards Today Spring Issue

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Did you know that Scrapbooks and Cards Today is a free magazine? Each issue i available in PDF format for download. The Spring issue is now available. Click here to go to download.

Tutorial: Patchwork pencil pouch with zipper

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Vanessa from Little Big Girl and LBG Studio shares a tutorial for making a pretty patchwork pencil pouch.  The patchwork strip allows you to show off your favorite fabric prints, even if you only have small scraps left.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Little Big Girl]

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It’s new: Simply Lovely Dress ePattern with matching dolly dress

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Squiggly Twigs Designs shares the latest design in their pattern line, the Simply Lovely Dress.  The ePattern shows you how to draft the pattern for this dress using one of your own shirts as a sizing guide.  The drafting instructions work for any size, infant to adult.  Included in the ePattern are instructions for making a matching dolly-sized dress.  Read more at…

Free pattern: Saturday Market Skirt

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 06:28 AM PDT

Sandi Henderson shares a free pattern for her Saturday Market Skirt at her blog, Portabellopixie.  It’s an excerpt from her soon-to-be-released book Sewing Bits & Pieces: 35 Projects Using Fabric Scraps.  Go to the free pattern.

[photo from Portabellopixie]

[via One Crafty Mumma]

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Freebie: Handwritten Sentiments

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Doenload these free digital handwritten sentiments from Karla Dudley. Click here to go to download

Dipped Peeps

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:55 AM PDT

I’ve seen dipped Peeps before, so why am I so entranced by these guys? Is it just my adoration and respect for the Peep? Or maybe because the photos are so lovely on this particular post? Regardless, find the dipping how-tos, lovely photos and respectable Peeps HERE at jun-blog.

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Technique: Copic Marker Stained Glass Stamping

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:55 AM PDT

image by Nicole La Cour and Prickley Pear

Join Nicole La Cour on the Prickley Pear blog for a wonderful technique video designed by Mary Boesel. She’ll teach you how to do an amazing stamped stained glass technique using Copic markers and glitter, very cool! Click here to view the video.

-Heather

Tea Cakes and Pouring Buttercream

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:48 AM PDT

Check out these gorgeous tea cakes at Bakers Royale and learn hot to coat the cakes with melted buttercream (and take a few shortcuts) HERE. The notion of using a melted buttercream just opened up a whole new door for me, so a huge thank you to Bakers Royale for this inspiration!

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Tutorial: Hybrid Scrapbooking

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Cathy Zielske takes you through a video tutorial showing how to create a hybrid scrapbooking page. Click here to go to tutorial

Inspiration du Jour – Happy

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.

The Pretty Skin Diet

Posted: 29 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT

Prevention.com shares The Pretty Skin Diet, naming 11 foods that rejuvenate skin and boost health to boot. Apparently, you really can eat your way to younger-looking skin! For example, a cup of strawberries has up to 130% of the DV of vitamin C, a potent antioxidant that boosts production of collagen fibers that help keep skin smooth and firm. Read…

Glass Art Society News…Info From Their Newsletter

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 10:29 PM PDT

Just got the GAS Newsletter in the mail and I thought it would be a great idea to pass along some of the information about calls for entries and classes and other interesting stuff. If you’re not a member of the Glass Art Society I highly recommend joining. It puts you in the loop for quite a bit of glass info.…

Bunny Pop Update

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:38 PM PDT

Remember way back when (yesterday) when I posted some edible bunny ideas? Well, Cake Journal has added a detailed tutorial to these cute bunny cookie pops. Find the step-by-steps HERE.

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Tutorial: “Hunky Pool Boy” terry cloth shorts for little boys

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:14 PM PDT

Rebecca from Hello Marzipan shows how to make a pair of terry cloth shorts for a toddler boy.  She stenciled the words “Hunky Pool Boy” on one of the pockets.  CUUUUTE!!!  Her son will SO get noticed by the ladies at the pool this summer!  Do you have your own hunky little pool boy?  Go to the tutorial and make a pair of…

Tutorial: Make a big kid bib from a dishcloth

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 06:59 PM PDT

Nikki from Salty Pineapple made this “big kid bib” for her son who is getting old enough to feed himself.  And with that big kid step you get big kid messes.  She shares a tutorial showing how she did it.  It’s made from a dishcloth so the edges are already finished.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Salty Pineapple]

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Tutorial: Make a felt daffodil bloom

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Daffodils are some of my absolute favorite flowers!  They’re some of the first flowers to appear each spring, and so signal the end of the cold, dark days of winter.  A Hoot and a Holler shows how to make a felt version of a spring daffodil bloom. Put one on a headband or a brooch for Easter Sunday!  Get the how-to.

[photo from A Hoot and…

Tutorial: Sew a Cover-Me-Pretty layering camisole

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Trina from All That is Good shares a two-part tutorial for making a Cover-Me-Pretty-Camisole.  Camisoles like this are wardrobe must-haves, but they can be expensive and not exactly exciting to buy.  (After all, if I’m gonna drop the cash on a store-bought garment, it’s got to be spectacular!!)  Go to part 1 of the tutorial.  Go to part 2 of the…

Felt Rose Ring Tutorial

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 03:40 PM PDT

 

What a charming addition this felt Rose ring will add to any Easter outfit.  Your choices of colors are endless and what you do with the rose is your preference.  I found this tutorial on Cut Out + keep by Angelichigo.  This is a great tutorial with amazing step-by-step pictures to follow.  This is Angelichigo's first time doing a Rose out…

Free pattern: W Bag, a slightly oversized tote

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:33 PM PDT

Antoinette from clevergirl.org shares a free pattern for what she calls the W Bag Version 1.  She created this bag to carry around her much-loved W Magazine.  Of course, you can also use it to tote around any number of items that tend to be too large for a purse.  LOVIN’ that printed bias trim around the pocket! Get the free pattern.

[photo from clevergirl.org]

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Tutorial: Making a hanging laundry bag from a pillowcase

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking guestblogs over at Blueprint Crafts with a tutorial showing how to repurpose an old pillowcase into a hanging laundry bag.  Use this small bag to separate out your delicates so you don’t accidentally wash (and ruin) them in a regular load of laundry.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Blueprint Crafts]

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It’s new: Sweet Savannah skirt from Squiggly Twigs

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 01:08 PM PDT

The Sweet Savannah skirt is the latest pattern from Squiggly Twigs Designs.  With a gathered overskirt, it looks like it stepped straight out of a fairy tale.  As with all of their patterns, you draft the pattern yourself based on your measurements using the instructions provided.  Read more at Squiggly Twigs Designs blog.

**All Squiggly Twigs ePatterns are on sale for…

Tutorial: Oh Sew Easy, Sassy Apron

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:54 PM PDT

You can find a free tutorial for making this Oh Sew Easy, Sassy Apron at C&T Publishing Blog.  It’s an excerpt from the book Oh Sew Easy® Lifestyle by Valori Wells and Carolyn Spencer.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from C&T Publishing blog]

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New Release: C. C. Designs Stamps

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 12:54 PM PDT

image by Ria van Son and All That Scraps

C. C. Designs stamps has some really cute new stamps out for spring, loads of sweet little kids, the one in the bunny ears is so adorable! Click here for rubber and here for digital.

-Heather

A Yummyfun Kitchen Tour

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:55 AM PDT

One of my favorite inspirations is Clare Crespo, of Yummyfun fame, of Hey There, Cupcake!, of the Yummyfun Kooking  series. Well, get a tour of her Kooky kitchen (built in her garage!)  HERE at the kitchn.

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Biggest Wedding Cake Ever

Posted: 28 Mar 2010 07:47 AM PDT

Wow. I can only imagine the size of the guest list to serve a cake this ginormous. Spotted on Shine, Mohegan Sun Casino created this 17 foot tall world record breaking cake for a bridal showcase. Read more about it HERE.

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