Trying to keep warm this winter, I decided to knit myself a cowl. A cowl, which is technically just a knitted tube, some how becomes a perfectly draped, luxurious, knit piece when you put it on. Another bonus of the cowl is it’s such a simple thing to knit, especially for a beginner like me. [...]
Continue reading...13. December 2010
Welcome to our 12 Days of Christmas Countdown! Every day for the next 12 days, we’ll highlight a craft product we love- and you’ll have a chance to win! Today we’re going crazy and giving away 7, count em’ 7, skeins of yarn! Such a great prize package if you are knitting some holiday gifts, [...]
Continue reading...30. November 2010
Keeping with the same vein of making gifts extra special, here are a few simple ways to decorate your gifts. First up: Think special with simple tags. There are tons of different tags out there (see here and here) and you can also make your own out of cardstock, sprucing them up is easy! I [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2010
Welcome to our new spot called ‘Freebie Fridays’, we are so excited about this! This will be a new weekly feature on Friday’s, where we offer our readers a chance to win the product we reviewed the previous Monday. For our inaugural giveaway we have a fantastic Purple Cows 2 in 1 Paper Cutter. You don’t have [...]
Continue reading...6. October 2010
We’re featuring yarn crafts this week to highlight the new line of yarns available at ConsumerCrafts.com You’ve probably heard me say over and over again, “Garlands are IN!” because, well, they are. I’ve seen versions of Pom Pom Garlands all over the web for a year now, and we’ve decided to whip up a version [...]
Continue reading...5. October 2010
We are so excited that our sponsor ConsumerCrafts.com is now carrying a full line of yarns!Today I’ll show you how to use yarn to make a Pom Pom in no time! Love yarn? Me too. And one of my favorite embellishments for yarn crafts is Pom- Poms! I remember making them as a little girl, [...]
Continue reading...4. October 2010
Editor’s Note: We are so excited that our sponsor ConsumerCrafts.com is now carrying a full line of yarns! To celebrate, we’re featuring yarn crafts all this week Sarah starts us off with some fun Halloween Crochet. Enjoy! I started crocheting at a really young age. I use to watch my mom crochet and I would [...]
6. February 2011
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