Charming Mug Rug and Wine Coaster
Quick and easy, make a mug rug from a charm pack for your cup of coffee or tea, as well as a wine coaster where everyone can keep track of...
Mothers Day
Need easy Mother’s Day gift ideas to make yourself? With a DIY Mother’s Day, your homemade gifts for Mom are extra thoughtful. Try arranging several easy items in a DIY basket. Browse our handmade Mother’s Day craft ideas to make her day with a present for Mom you made yourself.
Homemade Gifts for Mom
How to Make Lotus-Style Kinchaku Bags
Lotus-Style Kinchaku bags are also called Lotus Flower bags or Origami Lotus Bags. These are super simple to make, so they are perfect for beginners. You can make them any...
Make an English Paper Pieced Mug Rug
English Paper Piecing (EPP) is gaining traction as part of the slow stitch movement, but making a full-size EPP quilt is a long-term commitment. Thinking of an introduction to EPP,...
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DIY Mouse Pad
The makeshift mouse pad on my desk, which had evolved from a large folded piece of tissue paper, looked more than a bit pathetic. It slid about on my glass-topped…
How to Make a Field Notes & Passport Wallet
With the Field Notes & Passport Wallet, I can slip my passport, driver's license, a couple of credit cards and some cash to lighten my load.
Make Your Own Car Caddy
I was so tired of digging through the console in my car when I needed something! It's placed a little far back for me to reach without turning, and that…
Quick Beaded Gifts
If you have beads and some basic tools, you can be ready with a unique and personal beaded gifts in minutes. I made all of these projects with beginner-level beading…
How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry
Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but…
Peyote Stitch Cellini Spiral Basics
Peyote-Stitched Cellini Spiral looks really complicated, but it’s just a glorified peyote rope. The stitch is even count tubular peyote with a step up. It’s the change in bead sizes…
Two Ways to Make Dangling Gemstone Earrings
For her wedding, my daughter wanted "new" pearl earrings to coordinate with the "old" pearl strands she planned to wear around her neck and in her hair. It meant a…
Creative Mothering
When I was just seven, our father accepted a position in Iran that brought a big move and a big change in our lives! Our family of four (there would…