Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip


Laser-Cut Nori

Posted: 03 May 2010 07:29 AM PDT

Wow. Now that’s some precision garnish. Check out (and find a recipe and how-tos) this duck consomme with nori cut with a laser HERE at Seattle Food Geek.

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May Creativity Prompts

Posted: 03 May 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Jill has posted the Be Inspired Creativity Prompts for May. Click here to go to download.


Read all about it: Tips for better topstitching

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:31 AM PDT

For me, topstitching is a telling feature of a sewing project.  It can either make the item look crisp and finished, or it can make it look sloppy and homemade (rather than handcrafted).  Want to improve your topstitching?  Keyka Lou Patterns shares some tips for better topstitching on their sewing blogGo to the article.

[photo from Keyka Lou Patterns sewing blog]

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New iPhone App from Bazzill

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Bazzill Basics Paper has released a new app for the iPhone. The app allows you to browse over 500 products by name or color family, as well as find cardstock to match the colors in your photos. The app retails for $9.99. Click here to learn more


Project: Wedding Banner

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:54 AM PDT

image by Crafts N Things

Click here to visit Crafts N’ Things and learn how to make this lovely weeding banner using canvas, patterned paper, wooden shapes and stamps. They even have a free template to download.

-Heather


IT’S YOUR TURN – A GIVEAWAY – WEEK ONE, MAY, 2010

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:39 AM PDT

FELT ME A SMILE by TOYOKO SUGIWAKA

FELT ME A SMILE BY TOYOKO SUGIWAKA

You’ve read my book reviews.  You’ve perused my website reviews.  You’ve lingered over my reviews of ads in magazines.  Now, it’s your turn to post a review here.  I can’t read every book, visit every website, or click on every ad link.  So, I’m counting on my readers to share some of this information…


Tutorial: Creating a corded or piped seam

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:22 AM PDT

If you love the look of a corded or piped seam, but worry that the piping won’t fit tight up against your seam, check out this tutorial over at Bitter Betty Blogs.  She tells how she achieves the perfect piped seam.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Bitter Betty Blogs]

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Giveaway: Log Cabins for Everyone

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:19 AM PDT

Vintage lovers, check out this 1996 quilting book Log Cabins for Everyone by Sandra Hatch. Go on over to Kay Wood Inc. to get a chance to win a copy.

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Freebie: Printable French Ephemera

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Apartment Therapy links you to a directory of free printable ephemera that you can download. Click here to learn more!


Tutorial: Frilly Dilly Bag with wooden handles

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:12 AM PDT

Cut Out + Keep user Dessah H. shows how to create this Frilly Dilly bag.  She gets the wooden handles from an old purse, and then puts them on a new ruffled purse that she makes.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Dessah H. on Cut Out + Keep]

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Hybrid Scrapclothing?

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Check out these ideas for using your digital scrapbooking supplies on items other than paper! Click here to go to post on the Designer Digitals blog


Inspiration du Jour – A Beautiful Day

Posted: 03 May 2010 03:00 AM PDT

Get more inspiration from her gallery and blog.


DIY: Handmade Salt Pouches

Posted: 03 May 2010 02:00 AM PDT

The Mother Huddle shares directions for creating Handmade Salt Pouches for the shower or bath. While bath salts are great, we don’t always have time for a long, luxurious bath. These pouches are perfect for combining both bath salt and salt scrub into an exfoliating pouch you can use in the shower. The recipe is fairly simple, as are the…


ISGB Gathering – 2 Special Events with Space Left

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:12 PM PDT

I received my weekly email newsletter from The Glass Art Society and I needed to share some of the info. First thing I’m posting is about a couple of events tied to the International Society of Glass Bead Makers Gathering coming up in August and the deadlines are approaching. So here goes…

Corning Museum of Glass Adventure with Marshall Hyde and Friends Let glass…


Create Bread Art and Help End Hunger

Posted: 02 May 2010 07:25 PM PDT

Check out this cleverest cleverness of bread art: “garlic bread.” The best part aside from the brilliant artwork? This bread is part of the Grain Food Foundation’s Bread Art Project to help hungry kids. Create bread art. Help end hunger. A huge thank you, then, to the creator of “garlic bread”, Healthy. Happy. Life.,  for not only sharing this, but…


It’s a Doughnut. It’s a Macaron. It’s a Doughnut Macaron.

Posted: 02 May 2010 07:13 PM PDT

I love sweets that combine two great things. Find the recipe for these beautiful doughnut macarons HERE at raspberri cupcakes.

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Felted Recycled Beverage Coozie

Posted: 02 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Keep your cold drinks from sweating on a warn summer day or evening with this fun project. Old sweaters and summer may seem like polar opposites, but this Coozie Instructable brings the two together to combat global warming and hot summer night thirst at the same time. The felted medium is perfect for embroidered customization and embellishment.


Project: Paper Giving Tree

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:54 PM PDT

image by My Favorite Things

Visit the My Favorite Things stamping blog for directions on how to make this sweet and thoughtful Giving Tree. Paper leaves with little notes on them, a paper base and a cute stamped card, what a wonderful way to tell someone how much they mean to you!

-Heather


Tutorial: Mother’s Day spa towel wrap

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Sew4Home has a tutorial for making this Mother’s Day spa towel wrap. Now if only mama got some peace & quiet to go along with it!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Sew4Home]

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Suitcase Travel Craft

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:10 AM PDT

This craft is perfect for the active child who loves to imagine! Dialogue with your child to find out what kinds of world they want in their suitcase, and create it with them! At Second Street is where you can find the post and inspiration.


Canvas Drop Cloth Wreath

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:05 AM PDT

I love that this craft can be done to help your child learn about tying! I am getting ready to teach my oldest, and what a great way to imprint how to make a knot! Brown Paper Packages shows the how-to for this cute little craft!

{Found Via Delia Creates}


Distressed Alphabet Art

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT

This is a great project that will keep both you AND the kids busy…and entertained and learning about ABC’s!  

Check out the guest post on Oh So Happy Together for the tutorial. You can find more great posts on her own blog at Delia Creates too!


Nature Crafting

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:48 AM PDT

I love this idea (simple but effective) of having a nature craft bucket with items from nature, and having your kids use them any way they want! Twelve Crafts till Christmas is where you can find the post!


Lookie what she made: This fabulous dress from a jumper

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Cara AKA The DI Denizen shares her cure for the common jumper.  She lopped off some length and used the fabric to create sleeves.  Now she has this fabulous dress!  Read more about her project at The DI Denizen.

[phot from The DI Denizen]

[via Wardrobe Refashion]

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Inca Knits

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:42 AM PDT

 The Incas, a culture and a people, have roots in small provincial towns, each with a unique language and history that is fascinating to outsiders. They were a democratic people who never allowed their Indian culture to be destroyed by conquerors. Their social and work cultures are as strong today as when they built astounding stone structures that cannot be…