“Olympic Giveaway 12: Color By Kristin Yarn and Book” plus 39 more

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• Olympic Giveaway 12: Color By Kristin Yarn and Book
• DIY Macro Lens for your phone – iArt Chronicles
• Tutorial: Refashioned t-shirt dress with skirt and strap variations
• Monday Mosaic: Sculpting Has Me
• Handful of Salt and Bullseye Glass…
• Tutorial: Make Your Own Pore Strips
• DIY: Moisturizing Orange Face Mask
• Free Pattern: Knit a Bag with a Photo-Printed Lining
• Hiding the beginning and end
• Inspiration: Chris Richards
• Transfer, stabilize, dissolve: Magic!
• Win Vetty’s ‘Portuguese Whitework’
• Coping with a long seam
• Tip: How to Mask Digital Stamps
• Day 10 Winner
• Felt Sunflower tutorial and pattern
• Review and Giveaway: Showcase 500 Rings
• Drool-Worthy Color Cards from Halcyon Yarn
• Pam Allen Honored as One to Watch in Maine
• Tutorial: Create cute gathered designs with shirring and applique
• Quirky Bird House to Stitch
• I’ll be seeing you
• Just a little embellishment
• How to make a recycled garden supply dragonfly
• Tutorial: Voile vanity skirt and laminated cotton table cover
• Tutorial: Three zippered cash deposit bags, one new purse
• Tutorial: Doll-sized ruched comforter
• GIVEAWAY!! Homemade Preserves and Jams
• Tutorial: Cargo pants tote bag
• Photo Votive Holder
• Lovely Crochet(volution)
• Wimpy Kid Cupcakes
• Tutorial: Ribbon Flowers
• Beach Ball Pie
• Peacock Cake and Cupcakes
• Freebie | Printable Par Avion Images
• Peach Parrot
• Freebie | Printable Alice In Wonderland Images
• Inspiration du Jour | 100% Sweet
• Olympic Giveaway 11: Getting Started DVD

Olympic Giveaway 12: Color By Kristin Yarn and Book Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Kristin Nicholas is a knitwear designer who loves color. So it makes sense that her new yarn, called Color by Kristin, produced by Classic Elite Yarns, would be both colorful in itself and good for using in colorwork projects. This yarn is a four-ply wool, alpaca and mohair blend that’s soft, fuzzy, wooly and has a little halo form …

DIY Macro Lens for your phone – iArt Chronicles Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:04 PM PDT Heads up phone photographers! You can now make your own macro lens to take awesome super clear macro shots. (And it’s a lot cheaper than the macro lenses you buy!) Check out this great DIY over at iArt Chronicles and start looking for the fabulous little things to take pictures of.…

Tutorial: Refashioned t-shirt dress with skirt and strap variations Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:48 PM PDT Katja from Of Dreams and Seams made a cool new dress for herself out of refashioned t-shirt scraps and some yardage.  She shares a tutorial showing how to make one.  She includes two variations for the straps – the wide straps you see here, or straps that tie around the neck as  a halter.  She also includes two variations for …

Monday Mosaic: Sculpting Has Me Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:09 PM PDT What can I say? I’m on an extended sculpture kick. These are fabulous – and yes, I did sneak in a mosaic, it showed up in my polymer clay search and it is very, very awesome – and as always I’m impressed at all the clay talent out there. And thoroughly saddened that I don’t (yet!) sculpt this awesomely. 1. …

Handful of Salt and Bullseye Glass… Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:02 PM PDT I hung out at the handful of salt booth at the Dwell on Design show here in Los Angeles in June. I liked the artists and crafters they carried and profiled. So today I noticed they were writing about one of my favorite companies in the world, Bullseye Glass, and I had to pass this on to all of …

Tutorial: Make Your Own Pore Strips Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT To continue with the fab face theme, how about making those pricey Biore pore strips for just pennies? Allison at Petit Elefant walks us through her oh-so-clever idea to do this yourself for less. I’m off to buy a box of gelatin because who doesn’t want a nice smooth face? Get everything you need here.…

DIY: Moisturizing Orange Face Mask Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:52 PM PDT This looks good enough to eat, no doubt because it comes from food + words, a largely food-oriented blog written by culinary student Jaclyn. But she’s a serious body products DIY-er, as you’ll see from her easy and luscious tutorial. Find it here.…

Free Pattern: Knit a Bag with a Photo-Printed Lining Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT Projects that call for the use of multiple crafty talents are always a lot of fun, so this free bag pattern from Just Crafty Enough is really intriguing. It’s a simple evening bag knit to fit a purse frame, which would be cool enough, but then she got some inkjet-printable fabric, printed a photo on it and used that picture …

Hiding the beginning and end Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:16 PM PDT Anita of Artistic Fingers shows how to start and end thread invisibly in shadow work. See her tutorial.…

Inspiration: Chris Richards Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:10 PM PDT How many stitches do you need to know to be able to create beautiful embroidery? Evidently, only one. Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations developed this breathtaking work using only running stitch. (OK, OK, she got a little fancy with the veining on the leaves. But they totally could have been nailed down with running stitches, too.) Go to Chris’ blog …

Transfer, stabilize, dissolve: Magic! Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:03 PM PDT Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World demos a new product from her online store, Sulky’s Sticky Fabri-Solvy. Use your inkjet printer to print a design onto one of these self-adhesive stabilizer sheets. Then stick the sheet to your embroidery fabric, stitch through it, and dissolve it away. I’m so impressed, I’ve ordered a packet of Sticky Fabri-Solvy and I cannot …

Win Vetty’s ‘Portuguese Whitework’ Posted: 06 Aug 2012 02:46 PM PDT Into Craft has posted a review of the latest book by our beloved Yvette Stanton, Portuguese Whitework. And they’re also giving away a copy of the book! Go to the Into Craft post for entry details. The contest ends August 31.…

Coping with a long seam Posted: 06 Aug 2012 02:40 PM PDT Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) responds to a reader’s question with a tutorial for avoiding or dealing with long seams in a crazy-quilt block. Check out her advice.…

Tip: How to Mask Digital Stamps Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:57 PM PDT Did you know you can use Photoshop to layer, or mask digital stamp images? Motivet stamps shares a great step by step tutorial on how to get more mileage from your digis by masking them. -Heather…

Day 10 Winner Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT This is another time the random number generator is making me smile. One of the commenters on this post said she was getting the roundup e-mail from Craft Gossip and when she clicked on the link it said the giveaway was closed. This has something to do with the timing of when those links are automatically pulled from the website, …

Felt Sunflower tutorial and pattern Posted: 06 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT The Sunflowers are coming out in many yards in the USA and we would surely love to keep these amazing flowers around all year buy they do not dry into a pristine usable bloom; so the next best thing is to make some for decorations.  Emily and Jaime are the hosts of "Everyday Art" and have a lovely Sunflower tutorial …

Review and Giveaway: Showcase 500 Rings Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:58 AM PDT If you are already excited about the giveaway for Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry, then you will want to enter this one as well! Showcase 500 Rings is the first of the new Showcase series from Lark. This gallery book is eye candy from front to back cover. Filled with beautiful and wondrous creations from 341 international jewelers, the variety …

Drool-Worthy Color Cards from Halcyon Yarn Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:30 AM PDT I guess I’ve got Maine on the brain today (wouldn’t it be lovely to be sitting on a deck chair somewhere in Maine, knitting and looking out at the ocean, right about now?) because I’ve been meaning to share this with you for a while and I’m just now getting to it. I’m a big fan of the Maine-based yarn …

Pam Allen Honored as One to Watch in Maine Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:06 AM PDT Each year MaineBiz names a handful of “women to watch” in various categories, including women-owned businesses. For 2012, the woman to watch who owns her business is Pam Allen, owner of Quince & Co. yarns. The awards presentation is next month, and you can read more about how the business got started and watch a video with Allen talking …

Tutorial: Create cute gathered designs with shirring and applique Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:46 AM PDT Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection shows how you can combine applique and shirring to create cute gathered designs.  She used them as insets on overalls for babies and toddlers.  They’d also be cute shirred bodices for little girl dresses.  Go to her tutorial to see how to do it. [photo from Sewing The Littleheart Collection]…

Quirky Bird House to Stitch Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT Birdhouses are always a fun project to stitch. This one is ready for a whole flock of birdies to move on in. Stitch it up in the suggested colors or use the project to use up your scrap flosses. Check out the free project.…

I’ll be seeing you Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT Sylvia Windhurst (Windy River Beadwork & Embroidery) has created a new series of embroidered felt brooches with realistic eyes as the focals. So awesome. Go to her blog post to see more.…

Just a little embellishment Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:52 AM PDT Some running stitches and a few straight stitches take a cute fabric bag and kick it up to handmade-awesome. See three beautiful examples created by Helena Frontini.…

How to make a recycled garden supply dragonfly Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:23 AM PDT When it’s time to spend time outside why not take a moment to craft up a bit of decor. Check out how Shelleyof Sew & Dipity made a recycled dragonfly our of some garden supplies and a cool way to add sparkle to the inside of a clear recycled bottle!…

Tutorial: Voile vanity skirt and laminated cotton table cover Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:05 AM PDT This vanity make-up table is made gorgeous by the voile table skirt and the laminated cotton covering.  The voile drapes beautifully for the skirt, and the laminated table cover easily wipes clean.  Sew4Home shows how to make one.  Go to the tutorial. [photo from Sew4Home]…

Tutorial: Three zippered cash deposit bags, one new purse Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT Head over to Taylor & Demolish to find out how three zippered cash deposit bags can become a cool purse.  Get the tute. [photo from Taylor & Demolish] [via M & J Blog]…

Tutorial: Doll-sized ruched comforter Posted: 06 Aug 2012 06:34 AM PDT Ashley from Cherished Bliss shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a doll-sized comforter with ruched panels.  This is such a gorgeous little comforter!  She writes that she made it to match the comforter she made for her child’s bed.  What a sweet idea!!  Even if you’re not planning on making a child-sized comforter, you could use fabrics that …

GIVEAWAY!! Homemade Preserves and Jams Posted: 06 Aug 2012 06:05 AM PDT I have a deliciously wonderful cookbook for one of you! Homemade Preserves and Jams: Over 90 Recipes for Luscious Jams, Tangy Marmalades, Crunchy Chutneys, and More, by Mary Tregellas, published by St. Martin’s Press. The title captures the range of jams, preserves, curds, marmalades, pickles, and jellies and all the sweet and savory goodness packed (or jarred?) between …

Tutorial: Cargo pants tote bag Posted: 06 Aug 2012 06:03 AM PDT Jennifer from Monkey See Mail and Monkey See, Monkey Do shows how to make a cool new tote bag out of a pair of cargo pants.   The seams and topstitching make nice design lines for the bag, and the large pockets on the front of the pants become pockets on the front of the tote.  She used a pair of …

Photo Votive Holder Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:56 AM PDT Display your favorite photos with pride on a votive candle holder. Black and white photocopies and contact paper are use to create this effect. View the tutorial at Inspired Ideas.…

Lovely Crochet(volution) Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:52 AM PDT I just love this sunflower – and it has an interesting story.  You can read its story and get the free pattern designed by Julia Schwartz here.  I only found this beauty because I was intrigued by the description of this shawl. Cheri McEwen offers a pattern for this lovely shawl here. While I’m not sure I have …

Wimpy Kid Cupcakes Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:52 AM PDT Pure genius here. The technique to make these edible notebook paper cupcake toppers with the Wimpy Kid and all, that is. You’ve got to see the how-tos for these Diary of a Wimpy Kid cupcakes HERE at Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.  …

Tutorial: Ribbon Flowers Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:46 AM PDT Find out how to turn pretty polka dot ribbon into lovely little flowers, perfect accents for almost any card! Besty Veldman shares this idea on her blog Paper, scissors and Super Heros. -heather…

Beach Ball Pie Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:44 AM PDT How smart is this? By adding food coloring to some Cool Whip and a bit of piping, turn a pie into a beach ball (this one is key lime). Find the detailed how-to with photographs HERE at Hungry Happenings.…

Peacock Cake and Cupcakes Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:38 AM PDT Peacocks lend themselves so beautifully to cakes. Here is a case in point. Find the cake recipe and step-by-step how-tos, with photographs, to make this stunning peacock cake–and tips for using the feathers for cupcakes, too–HERE at Cake Whiz.…

Freebie | Printable Par Avion Images Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT Louise from b.loved is sharing these printable Par Avion images. The set includes tags, and airmail style postcards. Click here to go to the download.  …

Peach Parrot Posted: 06 Aug 2012 04:39 AM PDT It’s stunning how well peaches lend themselves to food art with the gradations of color in their flesh. Even this simple parrot made from peaches is just gorgeous. Find the peach parrot HERE at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.…

Freebie | Printable Alice In Wonderland Images Posted: 06 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT You can download this top hat as well as a clock image for Alice in Wonderland themed projects from Lexy Levin’s blog. Click here to get them.…

Inspiration du Jour | 100% Sweet Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:00 AM PDT 100% Sweet by hondachicc {GALLERY} {BLOG}…

Olympic Giveaway 11: Getting Started DVD Posted: 06 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT I have noticed from reading the comments on some of these giveaway posts that there are a fair number of new knitters and/or non-knitters here, so this giveaway is for you! Today we have the Knitting Daily Workshop DVD “Getting Started: Basics and Beyond with Eunny Jang.” This DVD has more than two hours of knitting technique videos covering everything …

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