How-To: Whimsical Tulle skirt
Add a touch of romance and whimsey to your wardrobe with a pretty tulle skirt!
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
How-To: Doily Necklace Tutorial
Turn beautiful old doilies and laces into pieces of wearable art with this doily necklace tutorial!
Flexible Paper Sculptures Defy Expectation
Inspired by the honeycomb-cut paper decorations popular in Chinese festivities, Beijing-based artist Li Hongbo uses the same technique to create otherworldly sculptures that look like they’re made of plaster when resting, but have the ability to accordion out to bizarre proportions. A book editor and designer, he’s had a love affair with paper for years […]
How-To: Organize and Store Pearl Cotton
Are your embroidery supplies in need of some new-year organizing?
Suspended Hearts
Ruffled blog, a lovely source for everything pretty and wedding-related, have some really inspiring DIY ideas displayed in their recent photoshoot. I particularly love these simple wire hearts suspended over the cake. There isn’t a full tutorial on how they did it, but it looks like the thinnest of wire made into a heart, and hung by baker’s twine. Would be great for a wedding or any party.
Recipe: Guinness-Pretzel Truffles
This Guinness-pretzel truffles recipe from Sprinkle Bakes would win the hearts of both beer loving ladies and the manliest of men.
Flashback: Scrap-Happy Needlebook
Not only am I a big fan of receiving needlebooks, I am quite fond of making them as well. I have used matchbooks, matchboxes, felt scraps, and even recycled a coffee sleeve. Here is a new style for you, using a manila folder as its base.