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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anthropologie’s Kitchen Decor (Santa Monica)
Share Pin It I love wandering through Anthropologie. Do you? The creative input of a visit is like flipping through 17 lifestyle magazines and half a dozen groovy design books, all at the same time. Yes, I was lucky to spend quite a bit of time in the Anthropologie shop in Santa Monica, LA [...]
Fabulous Glamorous Fabric Beads
Share Here’s the tutorial for this easy to make beads, these fabulous, glamorous beads are made with fabric strips wrapped around simple cotton balls. Stitch the fabric down and embellish with contrast-colored shiny glass seed beads in a free –form pattern. As simple as that. Don’t they look glorious? source photo & original design: Alma [...]
What a Little Ribbon Can Do…
Share So, you thought that ribbons were only to decorate the Christmas tree or making simple ribbons bows. Well, in contrast, ribbons have to be one of the more versatile craft materials around that can be used in scrapbooking, fashion sewing, or any other craft, DIY or home decorating project ranging from fun embellishments for [...]
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. [...]
Martin Luther King Craft
Share Today’s Martin Luther King day and I thought to show you the crafts we’ve featured on the blog before that could be used to pay homage to this wonderful persona. The ‘I have a Dream’ post also tells a bit about why Martin Luther King was so special…. Enjoy your day, and live [...]
Paper Embroidery Greeting Cards for Baby
Share Figuring out ‘How to Make Your Own Greeting Cards’ is not hard at all. I think you have all you’ll need here to make your own unique cards, in a mum of time. I’m kick-off this DIY tutorial for handmade baby announcement cards with a video that shows you how to hand stitch a [...]
How to Make an Embellished Recycled Sweater Blanket
Share Wow. That’s all that I could say. Now I’m excited about going to visit the recycled, vintage & samples clothing shop at the market. For many of you, with partners who have way to many sweaters in that closet, many with worn elbows, here is your challenge! If you can create a more [...]
Embellish Your Uggs
Share Sometimes Martha Stewart’s craft tutorials are so good, that the best thing I can do is to simply link to it. Half of Amsterdam is wearing Uggs these days (yes, it’s already Fall here in September!!). So, I thought it would be a good time to feature a tutorial: How to Embellish Your Uggs [...]
Homemade Baby Toys Tutorial
Share Nesting Cubes Here is a free pdf tutorial on how to make the most adorable set of nesting cubes, that is an educational baby toy and that would make an ideal baby shower gift. Soft blocks with big bold patterns have to be every new mom’s delight as blocks are a top educational [...]
Free & Easy Recycled Sock Craft Idea
Share Just in time for Mother’s Day: recycle your old (baby/toddler) sock into a beauty of a cell phone accessory. Think you can’t do anything with those tiny, holy animals other than making sock monkeys? Well, think again! Besides holding your (mom’s) cell phone, there is a side pocket for a key. Since [...]
Tote Bag Monday: Inspired by Anthropologie New Arrivals
Share I’m in love with Anthropologie’s current New Arrivals. Check out Anthropologie’s Javanica Tote Bag for Spring…! It is another clear example, that a tote bag does not have to be boring and boxy. Check out these pictures of it. 1. Swinging 2. Embroidered 3. Faux leather trim 4. Detailed Straps 5. Flower [...]
101 Free Green Craft Tutorials
Share One of the reasons I love Chinese New Year, is that I get to dillydally with my New Year resolutions for a month. I try them out before committing. This year’s no different & commit to this New Year … ..Resolution: My new year resolution is to act upon great ideas, and to complete [...]
