As soon as I spotted the sweet polka dotted deer over at Torie Jayne, I was completely smitten. As you know, I love to incorporate a bit of Japanese Washi Tape into my projects, and loved the idea of covering a wooden deer silhouette with washi tape … [Read more...]
Recycled Christmas Cards
One way to save money this Christmas is to make your own gift tags out of recycled Christmas cards. This is a great craft idea that kids can help with and would be perfect for them to attach to gifts for friends and teachers.Use a shipping tag as … [Read more...]
JOY Bunting
Linen and vintage doilies are two of my favourite things.Using some lovely vintage aqua coloured fabric from my Grandmothers stash, I appliquéd the letters spelling JOY onto some linen flags, and embellished it with some cream and aqua … [Read more...]
Fabric Gift Pouch – Christmas
One of our most popular tutorials is the Fabric Gift Pouch, which is easily constructed from two 8.5 inch squares of fabric. The pouches are the perfect size to hold small gifts/treasures. I used some of my Christmas fabric "scraps" to make up a … [Read more...]
Paper Flowers
When I was browsing around the internet today, I came across a roundup of flower tutorials that can be easily made from either paper, fabric, tule, ribbon, or felt. One that caught my eye was the Paper Flower Tutorial from the Whimsical World of … [Read more...]
Peanut Pillow
Edit: The Pattern for this Pillow is now for sale in our Etsy store. My Mum was always liked to give home made gifts at Christmas. When I was a child/teen, I would love to help her make the Christmas gifts. Each year she came up with a project, and … [Read more...]
Weekend Baking: Cinnamon Cupcakes
We are lucky enough to have a long weekend this weekend, in honour of CHOGM. It was nice having a Friday off with the family. It gave Sarah a chance to do some baking, something that has been reduced recently since she started her part time job. She … [Read more...]
Plumetis Magazine
We are thrilled to have our Gathered Round Basket tutorial included in the latest issue of Plumetis Magazine. Plumetis is a bimonthly eMagazine which features lots of Cute Crafts and Handmade Gifts. The magazine is in French and features beautiful … [Read more...]
