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I recently signed up for Leah Day’s Free Motion Fillers, Volume 1 on Craftsy (more on that below)! I figured that while I was practicing my free motion quilting I might as well use up fabric I had on hand (although the class does give instructions and a pattern for a practice quilt). About a decade ago, I made a bunch of pillow for my college dorm room with no concern for matching up...
If you’re looking for some Easter inspiration, check out these past Craft Buds posts! First up, we’ve got the “Me and My Peeps” shirt with free printable stencil. The stencil includes the chick in the photo below and also a bunny option with a few different sayings. Check out the tutorial here. And next are these cute little bunny no bake cookies. Kids and adults both love them! Find the recipe and...
When a review copy of this book, Fleece Hat Friends (Lark Crafts) arrived in the mail, I instantly knew it would be a hit with our 3 year old! It’s full of fun, full cover photographs that we looked through several times before deciding on our favorites (more on that later). There’s a total of 28 projects in the book. This includes 24 hats and 4 coordinating projects like a giraffe scarf that goes...
Are you ready for Valentine’s Day tomorrow? I wanted to have a cute little non-candy item for my son’s teachers so I designed this “I’m in good hands with you!” printable. Just print, cut, mount on cardstock, punch a hole in the upper left, and tie it to hand sanitizer or lotion. I used mini bottles of scented hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works in the image above. You can get the...
For Valentine’s Day I designed this little heart mini quilt. Size it up or down for a wall hanging, pillow cover, baby quilt or whatever you feel like! To make a 20″ square finished quilt like the one above, you’ll need: 10 3.5″ squares in various shades of reds and pinks (or non-traditional Valentine’s Day colors, whatever you feel like!) 26 3.5″ squares for the background 2 border strips 2.5″ wide x 18″ long...
Lifestyle Crafts recently sent me some new dies to try out from their dies released at the January CHA (Craft and Hobby Association)! I chose to receive the: labels ■ nesting flower ■ doily envelope liners ■ nesting card templates I liked that these were all basic dies that could be used in lots of ways over and over. I started with the nesting flower die. The instructions call for tissue...
Reindeer Food: Kid’s Craft Still looking for a couple last-minute Christmas gift ideas? First up is this “Reindeer Food” craft project for kids. I’ve included a free Christmas printable. You and/or your kids can make this cute reindeer bag filled with reindeer food to sprinkle on your lawn on Christmas Eve. It lets the reindeer know that you want them to bring Santa to your house! We just did this last night with my...
This month, Lifestyle Crafts is releasing their Bloom and Grow cutting dies collection just in time for summer! These dies are great for scrapbooking, crafting and decorating. They work in the Epic Six or any similar style of turn handle cutting machine. You can find more information on how the die cutting process works here. I have bridal and baby showers coming up later this summer so I thought these dies would make perfect...
I’ve posted about the Epic Six in the past when I’ve used it for die cutting, but you can also use it to letterpress! We’ve got a baby due soon so I decided to get a head start on baby announcements. I used the Epic to create these “it’s a boy” cards using their petite printing plates, part of the letterpress collection. I used white ink on the navy background and navy ink on...
Lifestyle Crafts’ latest die release is a Big Top circus theme. These shapes and letters would make great party decorations for a kid’s birthday or are perfect for scrapbooking! I decided to put my animal and pennant shapes to use decorating cupcakes and making name cards for a kid’s birthday. You can find the recipe for my Cookie Dough Frosted Brownies below. These shapes work in any brand die-cutter and you can save an...