Shell-bejeweled Pots for Beach Cottage
Share Wondering what to do with that ever growing collection of shells? Here’s an idea for the larger ones. Again, simple design idea Found in Paris. Other beach cottage design ideas & DIY tutorials: A Beach in a Pot Waterproof Picnic Blanket for the Beach Bed Sheet with Beach Shell Print – Easy [...]
Beachy Bath Mittens
Share Another great contribution to your beach cottage: starfish, coral, seaweed and fish-shaped bath gloves. Aren’t they both lovely and fun? Depending on the colors in your bathroom, use either pastel or brightly-colored hand towels and the templates below. There’s a fish, starfish and a coral shape. My favorite bath mitten shape is the coral [...]
Cool Recycled Metal Fence
Share A fence like you’ve never seen before, have you?! You gotta go to Carrboro in NC to see this beauty. Artistic and practical. This particular fence does not come with a manual, however, there are however plenty of YouTube tutorials on fence making from which to borrow the design ideas needed to pull [...]
Succulents Shine in Recycled Shoe
Share Great summer craft for kids: make your own succulent garden in that worn pair of shoes that has been the favorite for soooo long and that is just still too ‘precious’ to throw away. Have a pair of those, with soles all worn out and/or now cramping your toes? Perfect. Let’s recycle (upcycle) it!! [...]
Beach Cottage Decor :: Wall Art
Share Decorating your home to feel like a beach cottage requires some concerted effort, and some fantasy. Some dreaming of the mind. Today I’m treating you all you need to create beach cottage wall art: a beach quote, free beach clipart and a tutorial on how to create an exquisite wall hanging for your summer [...]
Happy Fourth of July
Share Here’s our list of (last minute) Fourth of July party ideas. Hoping you all will have a great day! Celebrate Summer! image: familycorner Till tomorrow.
Free Clipart ~ Christmas In July #1
Share I’m going to see that I’ll send you up to 10 Christmas freebies this summer to get a head-start on a fun Winter Holiday season this year. This will be my first of these 10 ‘Christmas in July’ posting. Let’s begin with this fun free clipart, which you can transform into paper bunting, [...]
Kids Hat Crochet Pattern
Share Easy to make, lovely to wear. This hat will sure bring on a mood of frivolous vacation. You can crochet this hat in less than a day and it will make a great gift to your son for protection from the sun. :: Skill Level = Easy :: It’s also a craft kids can [...]
Linky Party w. Best Fourth of July Ideas
Share Today’s LINKY PARTY is themed ‘Fourth of July’ or ‘Red, white and blue’ – Party ideas. Come show off your inspirational ideas, completed crafts, home decorating results or DIY tutorials to celebrate the day of Freedom. Best Fourth of July Party Ideas Table Centerpiece Get Flowers for your Fourth of July Party here: [...]
Fourth of July Clipart
Share Stars have to be the most versatile home decorating shape ever. All it takes is this printable Fourth of July clipart (star stencil) to make lots of stars for a fun & festive Fourth of July party. Fourth of July Clipart Star Stencil With this star stencil, you can add a star .. in [...]
Refashion: to Hip Summer Wedding Bag
Share We call can take inspiration from Jen over at Scissors and Spatulas, who did this amazing handbag refashioning. Clutch Bag – The Before Shot: A vintage-find clutch handbag. Clutch Bag – The After Shot: An up-to-date Summer clutch that will make creative gals do a double-take. [...]
Newsprint Art
Share So totally up my alley, I could have made it. But I didn’t. Featuring the work here of Dom, from Sydney, Australia. Cool chick. Totally love it. Yes, this is easy. Actually, this is a project to file for when the kids are home, for weeks,, during the summer vacation. Let them help with [...]
Stamps :: 10 Useful Ways
Share Transforming old artwork with a fresh new layer is easily fixed with some artistic use of stamps. However, this is not the only way to make stamps useful. There are many around-the-house & craft uses of stamps where they proof to be oh so handy. 10 Ways to Apply Stamps Usefully 1. Instant [...]
Granny Square Shawl & Halter Top, Free Crochet Pattern
Share Canadian Living did it with this darling summer crochet set of a granny square Kaleidoscope shawl and a matching halter top finished with rosette flowers. Darling. Floral & bright, but not too floral nor not too bright. Attractive, but a bit modest also. Just right. How Canadian!!! What [...]
Lace Pillowcase Dress Tutorial
Share Would never believe that it was a mere pillowcase just the day before….. These dresses are so .. , so dreamy … ,so easy …, so romantic …., so vintage …, and so simple to make, … it makes me want to chop up two pillow cases and make 2 right away!! Designer: Maya [...]
Fun Gringham Summer Bag
Share This is a free sewing pattern for a summer bag. Make the bag using the pattern verbatum to take along a outside Sunday brunch, or enlarge the pattern to suit your needs. In the summer months I typically carry more ‘stuff’. This Gringham fabric is just perfect for either a fun ‘carry-all’-kinda bag or [...]
Beach Cottage :: Craft, Diy, Home Decor :: Linky Party
Share Time to get ready for the beach, and to slowly start transforming our home into a lovely beach cottage…. I’ve starting early this year in getting my beach gear out. The weather simply has been so beautiful that I simply have to do so. Look where I was last week, on the Italian coast [...]
Crochet Beach Tote Bag :: Free Pattern
Share This adorable string bag is just a perfect project for crochet beginners: it looks really fun and is ultra easy to put together. There are 5 components to this bag: the base, the body, the top rim, the cord, and the flower embellishments. The bag has a diameter of 7“ (18 cm) and [...]
Amy Butler Picnic Blanket Pattern
Share With Amy Butler, it’s always a bit tricky for me to decide why I like her wears so much: is it the gorgeous Amy Butler fabric or is it her design, or both??? Do you face the same, delightful ‘challenge’? Regardless as to why, this picnic blanket is just amazingly gorgeous. And: it’s practical [...]
Butterfly Prints
Share Just added some great summer art prints to our Butterfly Crafts collection. This gorgeous vintage butterfly clip art originated from a 1880’s Natural History Butterfly print (four stages of butterfly transformation). Butterfly Craft Resources Collection How to Make a Simple Butterfly Mosaic (free tutorial) Butterfly Soap (for inspiration)
Bag Pattern with Hand Embroidery Flowers
Share Sew this adorable purse courtesy of Susan Cariello. The pattern is excerpted from her book Bags in Bloom: Create 20 Unique Flower Purses with Simple Embroidery Stitches and Easy-to-Sew Patterns. Blooming Bag This large bag is just the thing to accompany any outfit, either casual or smart, on a sizzling summer day. [...]
Crafty April Fools Day Prank
Share Create a coffee mess and get away with it. Only this one day…!!! This is an excellent video tutorial on how to be a Pro coffee-spill-trickster this April Fools day. You get to fool people the whole day, easily. Even if you are not so ‘into these things’, prepping for this one is kind [...]
Free Patterns Toiletry Bag
Share Today, I have a bit more than a single tote bag pattern for you. I have ** 10 ** bag patterns & tutorials for cosmetics, toiletries and make up bags, organized in 6 different styles. It’s summer and we need these bags rather than one more tote bag. Personally, I need a makeup [...]
How To Decoupage Wooden Bangle Bracelets
Share To me this is a great summer craft: making decoupage wooden* bangle bracelets. It’s so easy & fun, and your decoupaged bangles will be ready to wear within a few hours. * Note: I am talking about wooden bangles here. However, let’s use that term liberally. You could use use plastic, paper or [...]
Back to School Craft: Lunch Bag
Share This lunch bag says ‘mom loves me’. That cut-out motif from the printed fabric says it all! Which girl would not want to open and eat the goodies out of this lovely lunch tote? I’m sure you could find with a fabric color & theme, and appliqué that a young boy would love. [...]
Recycled Tire Swing
Share This blog article brought cherished back childhood memories when Stephanie featured her DIY Recycled Tire Swing! Oh, how I adore this! Yes, I’m under the table and dreaming….. Ahhhh! I grew up in the big city, so every summer, my parents dropped us kids off at a local farm for a few weeks [...]
Celebrate World Peace Day, or How to Make Your Own Peace Pole
Share I love World Peace Day. It’s September 21, and hopefully every day hereafter. While the UN initiated a world peace day as ‘early’ as 1981, it was not until 2001 that the date was set: The International Day of Peace is September 21. The UN "declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth [...]
Tin Can Stove
Share Or, how to make a Hobo cooker. Now this is really fun. If you want to go camping, show a useful project at a girl guide camp, or when you are in for some serious wilderness trekking, you might like to at least know how to make and use a tin can wood [...]
Bikini : Free Knitting Pattern
Share If crocheting is beyond but you like that handmade look for a bikini, consider this knitted bikini version. While it is officially recommended for knitters and crocheters with some experience, it’s not hard at all. Instructions for bra top are written for A-cup size. Any changes for B- and C-cup sizes are [...]
4th of July Image Collection
Share First of all, Happy Canada Day (1st of July) to all northern North Americans. May you have a blessed day today, full of festive celebrations! For the other North Americans, that celebration is a few days ahead: 4th of July: Here are some additional pictures for our collection of free 4th of July downloadables. [...]
