How-To: Wool Wallet from Old Blanket
This wool wallet is a great project for teaching kids different basic stitches.
holiday projects
Wine Cork Stamping
As I mentioned last week, wine cork crafts are constantly requested from the Handmade Detroit gang. As I was thinking of making spring cards the other day a recent craft fair, I turned to the giant bowl of wine corks we have as inspiration.
How-To: Spring Doily-Sleeved Top
Living with most of my belongings in boxes and on a super tight ( aka zero dollar) budget I have found that creativity is a must for adding some fling to my spring wardrobe.
Fabric Scraps To Go
Shim and Sons has been selling fun grab bags and boxes of fabric scraps this spring, so that got me thinking, thanks to our UpCraft month – why not create bags of scraps to swap or share with friends? Might be a fun excuse to get some crafty friends together!
Conference Lanyard Bag
If you hit a lot of conferences, you’ll likely end up with loads of bold, graphic nylon lanyards. I love what our friends over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have done with their collection of lanyards. Conference lanyards are often made of nice sturdy woven webbing. They seem like they ought to have plenty of […]
Upcycled T-Shirt Patchwork Dresses
Here’s a cute way to add a little longer life to your kids’ t-shirts from The Sewing Dork. She shares how to add a patchwork skirt from scraps to create a cute upcycled dress for your favorite kiddo.
Terrariums from Upcycled Light Fixtures
I just love this great tutorial from Design Sponge on how to turn old light fixtures into terrariums (yes, those are still a fad). In any case, these are so much cooler and less expensive than trying to hunt down expensive glass bell or cookie jars now that every antique and thrift shop has caught on to their popularity.