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 [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Share Wishing you all Joy & Happiness, Togetherness & Harmony, Love * Fun on this Special Day of Thanksgiving with the family. THANKSGIVING RECIPES This succulent, full-flavor turkey bird doesn’t’ require brining… Now good is that? Dry-Cured Rosemary Turkey Image: Monica Buck, for Sunset >> Thanksgiving Decorating, Coloring Pages & other [...]
Hollywood’s Halloween Costumes
Share Pin It: cont’d fr. p 1: Halloween in Hollywood More costume photos of the Hollywood Halloween Carnavale 2011, one of the world’s largest outdoor Halloween parties. These are not actors, but just people like you and me, with a sewing machine and lots of creativity. \. Kiss – Halloween Costume Major of Hollywood in [...]
Halloween in Hollywood
Share Pin It: First set of wonderful photos of stunning and outlandish Halloween costumes. Hollywood does it. Even the major was in a terrific cowboy costume. Kid-friendly photos here, despite the many sexy outfits there, at…. … one of the world’s largest Halloween celebrations: the 2011 West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnival on Santa Monica Boulevard [...]
Beautiful Halloween Food
Share Amazingly Beautiful Halloween Cakes and Cupcakes Today, I’m showcasing four of the best-looking Halloween cakes to stimulate the senses. Hopefully they spur you on baking your own glorious or scary but scrumptious delicacies! Happy Halloween! Halloween Central Or, visit our Halloween Central for all things Halloween (lots to howto’s, templates [...]
Halloween Giant Cat Template
Share Hi all. Just came across one of our earliest posts, Fall & Halloween-themed Crafts (elementary school kids) , which has great 3 classroom decorating & craft ideas. To help teachers (or parents) make the Halloween Card project for kids, I designed a huge, mean black cat template which the kids can use to decorate [...]
Halloween Ghost Crafts
Share Pin It 7 projects. What’s Halloween without a spooky ghost? Must-have decorative Fall season displays have at least one or two ghosts hanging around, spooky or friendly. Kids consider both kind of ghosts to add to the family fun. Halloween Ghost Crafts to Entertain: These are all easy, fun & fast to [...]
Holiday Indian Corn Centerpiece
Share I came across this husky centerpiece and fell in love with it. It’s so simple, elegant and appropriate. I bet that the shine through the husk leaves is wonderful. The mix of the luxurious velvet ribbon with the simple husks is just perfect. As such, the ribbon is both a functional and a design [...]
Thanksgiving Dinner Place Cards
Share Let’s plan ahead. This Thanksgiving I would like to have a number of people over for dinner. As this is a bit daunting to me, I usually like to have all the small details, such as the artsy & crafty decorative elements as well as the main dish to be made well ahead of [...]
Bed Skirt with Pockets – Free Sewing Pattern
Share For readers in bed, there’s a solution….. a place to put your glasses and your book, when your night stand is full… or if you wish to keep things uncluttered. Anyhow, I think these pockets are so so handy for lip balm, clean socks for freezing feet, … as well as anything romantic. Click [...]
Fall Landscaping Ideas
Share Remember the ‘Beach in a Pot’- container gardening idea we included in our ‘How to Create a Beach Cottage’-series ? Now, I want to show you three different autumn gardens in a pot. Beautiful landscaping ideas by Sunset, for your garden, patio and balcony. These Fall landscapes in pots are neither Halloween nor [...]
Witch TP Roll Craft
Share It’s hard to get into Halloween, with the sun beaming here in Italy like it’s mid-summer. But dates don’t lie: Fall is around the corner. At least at night there is a new freshness in the air, that tells me, Fall is indeed not that far away. Getting Ready for Halloween Over the last [...]
Abundance Seed Balls
Share Great decorating idea for thanksgiving is making these seed balls. An inexpensive craft project with the kids, or even just all by yourself, having fun being creative. image: bhg.com Symbolic Meaning Cornucopia, the overflowing horn, is an ancient symbol of abundance, and the seeds can represent both the seeds of [...]
Call for Artists :: Christmas In July #2
Share Win a unique, personalized prize by participating in this special Holiday Crafts linky party. Call for Holiday Crafts: Submit Your Best Project Plans WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO THIS YEAR FOR THE HOLIDAYS? I love to hear about YOUR BEST craft projects, and so I am doing a contest / round-up of what [...]
Recycled Sock Pumpkin, for a Happy Halloween or Thanksgiving
Share You have lots to be grateful for… Love to you all! Enjoy my 10-minute-recycled sock craft! It’s so easy, you don’t need a craft tutorial. Just look at the pumpkin picture. A bit of twine and a rolled-up orange sock will do!
DIY Craft Tutorials Linky Party #22
Share Time for the DIY CRAFT TUTORIAL LINKY PARTY. Next Wednesday I will showcase the ‘best of’ contributions in the last few DIY Craft linky parties. Today, I’ll be keeping it short and sweet. Party Etiquette 1. Place a link below to your tutorial and … 2. Kindly link back. 3. Graciously visit with [...]
Face Painting Designs, Ideas & Examples
Share Make-Up That Makes A Masterpiece The key to making a master face painting and a perfect disguise is in the preparation. Besides designing the face painting to suit the Halloween costume, the theme character, plus the shape of the face, there are other considerations ~ not in the least is deciding which face painting [...]
Hopeful Home
Share Halloween in Fall …. lots of scary things & fear about (In N. America, that is; Here in the Italian country side, we’re mostly celebrating All Saints Day & All Soul’s Day, the days after Halloween; Literally none decorates her house for Halloween, except we do)…. Well, with all this fear & scary things [...]
Crochet Web Halloween Decoration
Share Simply fun. by BetzWhite Howto Made with embroidery hoop, vintage doily, dab of black paint, black ribbon and toy spider. In 5 minutes. Prefer to Crochet a ‘Real’ Crochet Spider Web ? Halloween spider web, free crochet pattern (Caron) Comes with crochet spider too! For other Halloween Craft, Costumes, [...]
Free Halloween Polka Dot Background
Share I’ve decided that our Halloween decorations all are going to have Polka dots. So, I just designed a full sheet of Halloween / Fall colored polka dot specialty paper. I am going to use it for our Halloween party invitations Guest masks Party glass tags Halloween scrapbooking Gift tags Ribbons for my pumpkin splash [...]
DIY Tutorial Linky Party 16 + Halloween Giveaway
Share This is the 16th DIY Tutorial Linky Party. In this post: 1. HOW to submit & policies 2. WHERE you can add your project. My contribution to this Craft DIY Party Our BRAND NEW Halloween Central 30+ articles 100+ free tutorials Many more ideas. Halloween Freebie [...]
Free Craft Tutorials: Party #15
Share Time for a new DIY Craft party! Let me begin by sharing… My Personal Contribution to this Craft Party Since Halloween is coming up, I’m showcasing two posts with Halloween homemade costume accessories: one is a video on how to make a Mohawk, the other is an overview of 70+ Halloween costume (and [...]
70 Spooky Halloween Crochet & Knitting Patterns
Share Here are 70 Halloween costume ideas and Halloween home decoration ideas. Complete with free knitting and crochet patterns and instructions for you to successfully make homemade versions. All courtesy of Lionbrand. Witch Costume Accessories This cool witches hat is what I might be making. I like it in black, but I’ll [...]
DIY Tutorial Linky Party #15 + TOP PICKS
Share Today I want to feature TOP PICKS from recently submitted DIY CRAFT TUTORIALS entries in the Fine Craft Guild parties. In reality, there are probably 50+ projects that I really admire, and these are just 10 of them. In future, I’ll pick some ‘highlights’ a bit more frequently, so as to showcase more of [...]
Blog Aid Haiti
Share Shocked by the horribly devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti, that beautiful soulful place on the planet? Action Time = Now: today’s post features CRAFT AID FOR HAITI. Below is a hopefully ever growing list of people (individuals and organizations) who aid the people in Haiti in their current desperate state of need. [...]
Free Thanksgiving Coloring Pages To Print: Really Cute Turkey
Share It seems that I start designing with the unconventional and them move on to create a really good traditional version of things. I did this with the free Thanksgiving wallpapers, moving from unconventional to conventional, and now I find myself doing the same thing here with these free Thanksgiving coloring pages. With the creation [...]
Free Thanksgiving Greeting Card with Quotes
Share We would all like to go home for thanksgiving this year. However, for some of us, it’s not possible. Download this free Thanksgiving Greeting card to delight your loved ones abroad and far away…. This card could also be used as a tag for any Thanksgiving gifts you may wish to hand out, or [...]
Mickey Mouse’s Birthday Coloring Page
Share Oh, what the heck?! I am so into making coloring pages now, and just featured Thanksgiving Winnie the Pooh coloring pages. I might as well celebrate our own wonderful Mickey Mouse on his birthday with a lovely free coloring page. Mickey’s birthday is today, November 18. Happy Birthday, Mickey. Have fun coloring. [...]
Thanksgiving Activities for Students: Make a Turkey
Share Thanksgiving is a special season. It truly is America’s most treasured home-coming time. And planning thanksgiving is half the fun. So, let’s prepare some Thanksgiving decorations… Thanksgiving Activities for Students Here are some ideas for thanksgiving activities for students, to both plan ahead and get in the mood. 1. What’s on your menu? [...]
Free Thanksgiving Coloring Pages To Print: Winnie the Pooh
Share Since the little people in my family love Pooh, I thought to create a Pooh Thanksgiving coloring page. I found an original Pooh image here, and transformed it into what I think has become a lovely coloring page. Do you agree? This drawing would be of interest to preschoolers, Kindergarten & grade 1 -kids, [...]
