I’ve always admired the simple but effective design of the pour spout on salt containers. This project is a neat way to reuse it: chop off the top, resize it to the diameter of a Mason jar, and voila! You have a pour spout for your jar. Jennifer of The Craft Patch made this for […]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love a good container. These yarn holding bowls from Arizona artist Christine Tenenholtz have a decidedly high end feel, yet they’re clearly made to be used, and used often. I always get excited when an artist creates something that is equal parts functional object and […]
Now that boot season is in full swing, nobody wants to walk around in slouchy, misshapen footwear. With this very useful boot shaper insert tutorial from Lucinda at Sew Wrong, you can keep your boot collection in tip-top condition on the cheap. Without creases and cracks from toppling over in your closet, your favorite boots […]
I went on my very first fabric store shop hop last night for some great quilting stores in metro Detroit. Have you ever been on a shop hop before? You buy a “passport” which entitles you to special sales and gifts at each participating store. Knowing I’d be checking out some shops I’d never been […]
If you’ve been brewing your own beer this summer and want to store it or ship it off somewhere over the winter, then take a look at this wooden beer bottle crate tutorial by an Instructables user called pubcrawlingpb.
This film canister bobbin organizer tutorial from Meream at Bored and Crafty combines my three favorite things: it’s totally creative, kind of geeky, and very, very orderly! This would be a great tool to keep on your sewing table, especially when working on a project that requires multiple colors, or in case you wanted to […]
I love it when something on my RSS feed makes me pause, giggle, and then say out loud to an empty apartment, “Ooh, that’s clever!” This hairbrush pincushion tutorial from PharMa is beautifully photographed, easy to follow, and comes complete with a sense of humor. And, for the record, I’ve always thought that hairbrushes looked […]
