PS I Made This
Share great title, great book. Part designer DIYPart fashion Part lifestyle inspiration guide. I counted 27 projects in this book. All are practical and with easy (obvious) to follow instructions. Here is a sample of a project: How to Make a Fancy Ruffle Shirt (Upcycling a plain boring white t-shirt) Get Inspired Not [...]
Valentine Heart Wreaths
Share Well-illustrated Tutorial To Make Rag Heart Wreaths as Valentines Gifts or Decoration By guest writer Lilana “Hello, Fine Art Craft Guild readers! I’m the “Lilly” in LOVD, Lilly Of the Valley Designs. I’m a hardly-at-home-stay-at-home wife and mom, retired rocket scientist, jewelry-maker, project seeker, and optimist do-gooder, and daily blogger at FeelLOVDeveryday. [...]
Sweet Little Crochet Leaves :: Free Pattern
Share They all beg for them: crochet flowers, crochet roses & crochet hearts all want a couple of leaves to come along with them. Forgo the standard option of making them in green. Try a lovely cream-colored leaf to accompany your peach or pink flower, rose or heart. Crochet Materials Yarn: [...]
Curly Grosgrain Ribbons for Valentines Day Wreaths
Share Something nifty today: Curly grosgrain ribbons! So cute! I happen to fancy doing this today. Besides making darling wreaths with them, curled grosgrain ribbons are ideal to embellish a bunch of creative projects I’m working on. You need them too? How to Curl Grosgrain Ribbons The traditional recipe of baking curls [...]
Beads Beads Beads
Share Oh, and the things you can do … with beads. And I’m referring to those beads that are iron-able and shape-able into pretty much any thing you fancy, called perler beads. Creations Made with Perle Beads After you’ve made Zhu zhu pet food [...]
Make a Recycled Dryer Sheet Envelope
Share Great Idea: Make your own envelopes for keepsakes from used dryer sheets. Jennifer from Sunny Vanilla executed this creative idea that was the brainchild of Paula Spahr. Let me show you her works of art: How to Make Your Own Envelopes Step-by-Step Tutorial Just a few steps to success [...]
Scrapbooking Canvas Art (Pinterest Fave)
Share ‘Soul Smile’ ‘Laugh with your eyes, hug with your soul, and smile with your heart’ (Anonymous quote) Wow. Powerful quote on canvas art. Paper art creation. Scrapbooking collage on canvas. Below is my favorite Pinterest pin today. Inspirational? Love the colors, style and sincerity statement. Comes with a very detailed [...]
DIY ‘Porcelain Rose
Share Isn’t this an awesome glossy porcelain rose? However, it’s made from 13 old plastic spoons instead. Would you believe it?! Next time you have a party, save those plastic spoons! You’ve got roses to make… Find an excellent, step-by-step tutorial by Gail here, at the “Can’t Stop Making Things”-blog. :: [...]
Italian Farmhouse Kitchen Table (Pinterest Fave)
Share Not fair that Pinterest followers were getting my best design ideas, instead of my loyal blog readers. Being Chinese New Year, I’m changing it now, and during the coming year, I’ll add a Daily Pinterest Favorite to my blog. I’ll feature a mix of interior design styles, home decorating DIY projects, knititng, crochet, paper [...]
Valentine Greeting Cards
Share Love this pop-up card. Classy, simple. Love the color ~ not pink for a change, with a universal message that any lover will understand. Perfect. Best of all, it comes with a free template. You will need some precision scissors however to cut this perfectly, but if you do, you’ll have a stunning [...]
Kaleidoscope Crochet Scarf
Share Remember that freeform crochet bolero I received but which did not fit whatsoever? I modified it into a rather fun and happy scarf that sure stands out. (I have a few crochet flowers / rosettes left over, one of which is going to be a crochet brooch, which I’ll show you another [...]
How to: Ying-Yang Friendship Bracelets
Share This friendship bracelet video tutorial with Chinese Ying-yang symbols celebrates several holidays together, from Chinese New Year (January 23), to our North American Valentines Day (February 14), to Carnival (March) in Latin America, where friendship bracelets were originally invented. This is a very happy friendship bracelet with lots of Chinese red for good luck. [...]
How to Save Your Cosmetics
Share Pin It Save yourself hundreds of dollars with this handy eco-friendly cosmetics saver tip! Got some broken cosmetics ranging from compact blush, powder to eye shadow? No longer be sad; no need to throw it away. This photo explains exactly how you can recover it. In essence, what you’ll need is a few drops [...]
Designer Lamps from Recycled Drinking Straws
Share How novel. Recycle 3000 clear drinking straws, and you can make this wonderful lamp. According to designer Tim Fishlock, it takes 7 days to complete. Like it? Make your own? The Howto 1. Tim does not give us a clue as to how it’s made other than sharing that he interconnected all [...]
DIY Leather Belts … w Tassels
Share Just posted how to make tassels from scratch & from remnants, when I spotted a wonderful tutorial on how to make easy darling leather belts with tassels. Such a fashion statement! source photo & how-to: Organized Living Solutions .
Tassels, Fun Handmade Home Accessories
Share : shabby chic tassels like these are handmade home accents that transform a house. This tassel is 100% recycled, and made of remnants of a sheer curtain & a shirt sleeve; a tiny bit of pre-used ribbon; and a broken bead spacer for the top. The white ribbon from which the tassel hangs [...]
AAA t-Shirt Bracelet: Leopard, Knotted, w Gold Chain
Share : HANDMADE JEWELRY EXTRA-ORDINAIRE. Old t-shirt + leopard design print + knot + gold chain = fabo bracelet. Absolutely wonderful. Let’s make some. This fun tutorial video is long and chatty, so I’ve summarized the steps here for you. Cutting up a tee is just step 1…. Designer Connie Yu goes a mile [...]
Howto: Bolster Pillow with Romantic Print
Share Pin It This handmade romantic bolster pillow is so authentically French. It looks like the most sophisticated, delicate hand embroidery. Yet, Nan, from ‘You Could Make That’ showed us how to make this so-French pillow by simply printing the design onto fabric. Easy-to-make accessory for a romantic bedroom!
Contemporary Hexagon Pillows :: Free Sewing Pattern
Share : this hexagon designer pillow pattern reads like a nature mosaic. Something soulful about handmade pillows that have such attention to painstaking detail. It’s an exquisite sewing pattern and it’s free. By centering 6 identical petals, the master seamstress team at Sew4Home has orchestrated yet another winning design. They share the sewing [...]
Personalized Desk Calendar Tutorial
Share January 2012 Here is the scrapbooked January page in my personalized CD Jewel Case Calendar. Like it? So easy, so fast, so fun. How-to: Calendar Page: Recycle a cereal box; cut to CD-case size. Glue on wrapping paper remnants. Glue on printed calendar month. Embellish with (very old) recycled foam flower. CD [...]
Martin Luther King Craft: Dream Quilt
Share Martin Luther King Day coming up again on Monday January 16. To me, Martin Luther King Jr. stands for following your heart, your soul desire, your dream, your conviction and for courage doing so. Therefore, every year, I like to orchestrate a creative project in his honor. This dream quilt pattern featured today is [...]
Handmade Ruffle Rugs
Share : easy rug-making technique that even kids can do. This handmade DIY ruffle rug offers a great way to blow new life into the mountain of unused or outgrown t-shirts in your family’s (and your neighbors’) closets. Fabulous and colorful, they would make hip and fun floor mats for bedrooms and bathrooms. With colors [...]
Recycle Holiday Cards into Tags
Share Yes, the holidays are really over now that the three wise men are arriving (the 6th). So now is the perfect time to get the ship back into order and clear received holiday cards and gift packaging. Rather than tossing them away, reuse recycle as next year’s gift tags. Simple and fast. Get [...]
DIY Animal Stencil Mugs
Share : this fun and easy way to spruce up plain white mugs and to personalize them with the kids (or your) favorite animals and designs. Stencil your way to the farm …. Country Living offers free stencils to download of cows, sheep and pigs.
Felt Ruffle Rosette Pillow Pattern
Share Tired of snow, rain or otherwise gloomy winter weather? Cheer up. This happy orange pillow tutorial will bring you into a good mood again. Dazzling ruffles are fast to produce on this easy-as-pie pillow. The tutorial :: Felt Rosette Pillow Step-by-step Instructions 1. cut circles 2. fold them twice and [...]
Freeform Crochet
Share As you all know, I love knitting & crochet. So it’s to be expected that I get these kind of gifts. Usually I am thrilled with them, but sometimes, …. sometimes, it’s a miss… (silence) … So, here is my first challenge of 2012: a white elephant. It’s a ‘designer’ freeform crochet bolero vest. [...]
New Year Table Centerpiece
Share We all celebrate New Year’s Eve in our own merry way. This year, my hubby & I are not planning to give a party but to kind of quietly stay at home instead…, (although Italy is FULL OF SURPRISES and one can never be sure as to what kind of fun might actually happen…). [...]
Merry Christmas
Share Just taking this opportunity to wishing you all a peaceful Christmas. Hope you are enjoying the thousands of creative holiday projects we have been doing together over the last month. May You all be Merry & Feel Blessing in your Heart
Wall Design Stencil Cutting Machine
Share A few days ago a reader, Shannu, commented on my Inspiring Stencil Projects that he/she wants stencil cutting machine for wall design purpose. Features of stencil cutters is really good point to cover, so I thought to answer it here on the blog instead of in a personal email. Not all stencil cutting machines [...]
Letters and Flowers Paper Art
Share Promised I’d show you this artful paper quilling shop window in LA, California. Well, here it is. Pictures were taken of the Sephora shop, 3rd St promenade in Santa Monica. I hope it will inspire you to a paper art or quiling craft decoration project or so…. and who knows, if you keep on [...]
