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Tutorial: Make an I-Spy game

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:54 AM PST

Jess from RessicaJachel and Craftiness is Not Optional shows how to to make an I-Spy bag.  I love games like this for my daughter – self-contained, portable, quiet, and good for a developing brain.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Craftiness is Not Optional]

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Sneak Peek: Penny Black Stamps

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:05 AM PST

image by Penny Black

Visit the Penny Black website for a sneak peek of their new stamps that will be available in stores in March. They’ve got 12 new cling mounted stamps, 6 new clear sets and over 40 new wood mounted stamps. Click here to download a pdf of the new catalog.

-Heather

A freebie for foxy crafters

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:02 AM PST

This week’s Urban Threads newsletter says,

Treat yourself to a fun little design on us! This Crafty Like a Fox design will be adorable on project totes, tees and hoodies, and plenty more. Consider it a little “just because” celebration of cleverness and creativity. This lil’ fox is FREE through Sunday, Feb. 28, in two sizes, in formats for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and…

Free patterns and charts: Hearts

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:01 AM PST

Love and hearts never go out of style. So even though St. Valentine’s Day is over for this year, here are a few more free patterns to add to your stash:

(1) Three designs — two hearts and a cupid — from Broderie d’Antan
(2) Joli coeur dentelle from Le blog de Mamou
(3) Freebie Nr. 3 – 2010 from mausimom’s freebies
(4) Coeur d’Hiver from Mady_p2x
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DIY: Mini Soap-on-a-Rope

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

julieincharge posted a tutorial on Etsy for creating a Mini Soap-on-a-Rope. The tutorial is based on instructions for creating soap-on-a-rope by Angie Barrett of SudsNSuch.

Charlie Brown Bento

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST

The mind behind Adventures in Bentomaking never ceases to amaze me. I could spend the whole day posting post after post on bentos from the site. Here is a Charlie Brown bento.

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Let’s Go to Tacoma – Museum of Glass

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:45 PM PST

This is one glass destination that I have yet to experience, having been in the Seattle Tacoma area only once. But I will go here. Oh yes I will. Museum of Glass. Just wandering around the web site makes me want to put a trip up there on my short list of places to visit. Just looking at the Glass…

Felt Flags

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:08 PM PST

Silly Eagle Books shows you a great craft that goes along with a lesson on teaching about flags. Perfect introduction to state and country flags!

Lego Soap

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:03 PM PST

This project is so great for you and your kids to get your craft on together!  Roots and Wings Co. shows you a great tutorial how to! This is my favorite of the year!

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Olympic Rings

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:57 PM PST

These rings are simple yet a great backdrop for hosting a family winter olympics, or decorating a classroom or homeschool room. Visit Amy Rose Designs to see how its made.

Embroidery for Kids

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 05:52 PM PST

Craftzine.com has a great idea to use shelf liners to teach children beginning embroidery. Check out what they do here!

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Fruit Favors

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:12 PM PST

Find this genius packaging idea for fruit favors (in cupcake wrappers!) HERE at My DIY Wedding Day.

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Spiral Ravioli

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 03:09 PM PST

Learn how to make spiral ravioli HERE at Eye Candy.

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Beautiful jewelry made by recycling musical instrument parts

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST

Do you love musical instrument parts and think they are just beautiful? Designer Wesla Bay Weller did too and check out the gorgeous jewelry she makes with vintage violin and guitar pegs not to mention drum heads! Pop on over to her website Weller Then Ever to see more of her great designs!

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New Release: The Greeting Farm Stamps

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:38 PM PST

image by The Greeting Farm

I recently got my first set of stamps from The Greeting Farm and they are absolutely adorable! I’m really having fun with them and will definitely be getting some more of their cute images.

The Greeting Farm has some brand new stamps now available called the Cheeky Cherry line, very fun retro gals. Click here to see all that’s…

Free hand-embroidery patterns

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:23 PM PST

Inspiration: Katie Baird

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 11:15 AM PST

In my other life, I create collages that are an odd combination of paper and needle arts. I’ve always suspected that Katie Baird of Katie Eats Cake was a kindred spirit. When this little work of hers popped up on MrXStitch, I shrieked, laughed, and drooled in rapid sequence. I am SO stealing this idea. Up to now, I’ve embroidered little…

Make reels of embroidered poetry

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:56 AM PST

Now that I’ve seen Kelli Nina Perkins‘ work, I want to make thread spool poetry! Kelli says,

We take a vintage wooden spool and create a strip of colored muslin with a collaged line from cut up text. Add some embroidery, a button and a ribbon and roll it up into a little “book.”

Think: Mother’s Day. Or love note. Woohoo! Go to…

Tutorial: Sew a set of fabric “paper” dolls

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:53 AM PST

Angela Yosten from Moda Home Mom shares a free pattern on Moda Bake Shop for making a  set of fabric “paper” dolls.  These fabric versions of the perennial childhood favorite are a great alternative for children with small hands who might be too rough on paper dolls.  She shares a template for a boy doll and a girl doll, along with a…

Amanda Fiebing Fabulous Felter

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:28 AM PST

 

Amanda is an artist from the great northwest with an extraordinary knack for the art of felting. She has done a series of mushrooms that are amazing. Her last posting on her blog is gilled mushroom that is mounted on a beautiful natural branch. She is an experimenter in felting and is producing some outstanding work. Do visit Amanda’s…

Inspiration: Chance Meeting

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:13 AM PST




Chance Meeting

Originally uploaded by secondsister

Happy Friday!

Here is some weekend inspiration for you. This lovely necklace was added to the Crafty Review Pool by Second Sister. Check out their flickr stream to be treated to some happy eye candy.

I love the colors and the mixed materials.

Bamboo Ewe From Red Heart

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:09 AM PST

You knew it, another wrist warmer set done, in green(ish).

Bamboo Ewe is one of the 3 new 100% natural, 100% affordable yarns from Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller.

The bamboo in this yarn makes it a dream to knit with, so soft that you want to keep knitting until the wrist warmer is the size of a sleeping bag. It’s 55% viscose…

Watch for the Quaker stitch-along

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:27 AM PST

Needleprint blog has issued a heads-up that Carrow House Museum and curator Philippa Sims will soon make available the chart for this antique Quaker sampler. The blog says,

You will be able to download the chart for free – I simply ask that you make a donation to Carrow House Museum – a donation PayPal button will take your donation direct to the museum.

While…

Tutorial: Resin Pendant

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:17 AM PST

Here is a good post on making a resin pendant, or resin jewelry in general from Jean Campbell at Beading Daily.  The opportunities are endless of what you could create with this technique.

Enter the new Cross Stitch Challenge

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:10 AM PST

Kirsten of GOS blog invites you to join Creative Cross Stitch Challenge #4. Print, stitch, and finish the challenge motif and post or e-mail a photo of your project. If you submit your entry before March 5, you’ll be in the running for a lovely prize from challenge sponsor Traditional Stitches. Get all the details from Kirsten’s blog post.

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