Book Review: The Wandering Knitter
Knitting and travel are two hobbies that are highly compatible. Travel often involves waiting or time spent on planes, trains, boats, etc., time that can easily be filled by knitting, a portable and...
View Article12 DIY Halloween Mantel Decor Ideas for a Spooky Handmade Display
There’s something lovely about decorating one little corner of the house for Halloween. You don’t need a front garden full of skeletons or enough cobwebs to frighten the neighbours. A few handmade...
View ArticleStorage Solutions for Threads, Rulers and Quilting Notions (Without Turning...
If you’ve ever spent ten minutes looking for your seam ripper… only to find three of them later in the same drawer… You are officially a quilter. Notions multiply. Threads roll. Rulers slide behind...
View Article10 Easy Overnight Oats Recipes That Are Full of Flavour
I want breakfast to be easy, but I also want to look forward to eating it. A bowl of something beige and rather worthy doesn’t always tempt me away from my second cup of coffee. Give those oats a...
View ArticleBook Review: Irresistibly Cute Mini Amigurumi – 62 Tiny Crochet Projects
There is something slightly dangerous about a crochet book containing 62 tiny amigurumi projects. You tell yourself you’ll just make the little panda. Then perhaps the turtle. Then suddenly you’re...
View ArticleLearn about Greece for Kids
Greece is officially the Hellenic Republic, and it’s made up of thousands of islands as well as a mainland on the Mediterranean Sea. It’s considered the birthplace of western civilization, so there’s a...
View Article10 Cute Halloween Scrapbook Layout Ideas
Sophie’s darling doggy design has a mix of orange, yellow and purple with fun plaids and patterns. I love the repeating “BOO” words going down, all the colorful pumpkins and the torn paper for some...
View Article73 FREE Kooky Halloween Digital Stamps
They are creepy, kooky and spooky, I’m not talking about the Addams Family, it’s this collection of fun and funky Halloween images. This set of downloadable digital stamps features 73 different...
View ArticleSewing Pattern – Simple Shift Dress
Are you looking to make your first dress or just craving a quick, stylish sewing project? The Simple Shift Dress tutorial from Sew Essential is the perfect starting point! This tutorial walks you...
View ArticleCross Stitch Keychain Patterns
One little cross stitch project that’s fun to make, use and give as a gift is a cross stitch keychain. There are lots of different styles of keychain you can make with a cross stitch element, so let’s...
View ArticleDIY Pillowcase BOO Bags: A Halloween Pyjama Gift Instead of a Boo Basket
If you love the idea of a Halloween boo basket but would rather give something cosy and useful, this pillowcase BOO bag is such a sweet alternative. A plain white or cream pillowcase becomes a...
View ArticleHandmade with a Past: Tuesday’s Top Recycled Etsy Find
Today’s pick is a charming Handmade Upcycled Vintage Tea Towel, and it’s the perfect way to incorporate a bit of nostalgia and sustainability into your home. Upcycled from vintage tea towels, this...
View ArticleEasy Apple Crisp With Oats: Crunchy Topping and Tender Apples
Warm cinnamon apples underneath a buttery oat topping are a fairly convincing reason to switch on the oven. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you have the sort of dessert that makes everyone linger...
View Article8 DIY Halloween Vase Ideas for Spooky Flowers and Easy Table Decorations
A bunch of flowers can look perfectly innocent until you pop it into a vase with a ghost face. Suddenly, those supermarket blooms are joining in with Halloween, and you haven’t had to turn your entire...
View ArticleEasy Ways to Make Your Home Feel Warmer For Winter
There is a big difference between a house that looks nice and a home that actually feels warm. I do not just mean warm in the temperature sense, though nobody enjoys sitting in a room that feels like...
View ArticleWitch’s Brew Halloween Bath Salts Recipe
Some Halloween crafts are wonderfully decorative but, once October is over, they quietly migrate to the back of a cupboard with the plastic spiders and half-used rolls of orange ribbon. These Witch’s...
View Article10 Halloween Paper Crafting Treat Bag Ideas
Soft pastels are super trendy this Halloween and June used them perfectly for this owl-dorable treat box! She used a die to cut the box and used stenciling to create her own pattern paper design on...
View ArticleLearning Activities with Snap Cubes
A classic manipulative in the preschool and early elementary classroom is the snap cube, also known as math cubes, unifix cubes or unit cubes. These little one inch cubes often come in a set of 100 in...
View ArticleMini Mending Mondays: Save a Favorite Cardigan with a Small Darned Repair
There is always one cardigan that gets more love than the rest. It lives on the back of a chair, comes on every trip, and gets thrown on for chilly mornings, late-night tea, and “I’m just nipping...
View ArticleCrochet Pretty Scallop Pattern Necklace – A Delicate DIY You Can Make With...
If you love crochet jewelry projects that feel a little bit pretty and a little bit unexpected, this Crochet Pretty Scallop Pattern Necklace is such a fun one to try. It uses simple supplies like...
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