Crafty Bloggers Update
Saturday May 16, 2009
Here's the latest from some of my favorite crafty bloggers:
- About.com Family Crafts - Discover how you can create your own fancy, garden stepping stones.
- Aileen's Musings - Aileen has a new tutorial perfect for teen birthday parties.
- Alexa Westerfield - Swelldesigner shares with you why you need a mini idea book.
- Blisstree Arts - Digital art calls for a creative framing method.
- Cathie Filian - Cathie whips up a "no calorie cake" with a few items from the dollar store.
- Craftside - Inside peeks into the new books: Mosaics: The Art of Reuse and shotgun and sea shell stepping stones, a few of sketchbook sketches and their end result, Re-Bound and the story behind this month's San Metao Maker Faire (30th and 31st) , and a Sweater Surgery Hello Kitty Sunglass case how-to.
- Crafty Princess Diaries - Are you cutting coupons these days? Then make this simple little crochet coupon holder to keep them organized.
- Craftypod - Sister Diane shows you how to make a quilted fabric pendant.
- Naughty Secretary Club - Love the look of the groovy spaghetti string lamps from the 60’s? Make your own with Jen, some yarn, a balloon and a little fabric stiffener.
- Sweater Surgery - Sweater Surgery in the Pratt Institute Magazine and Bookmarks You can make at Maker Faire with Stephanie.
- The Impatient Crafter - Style Guru Brini Maxwell and The Impatient Crafter Margot Potter want you to join them on their Crafty Cabaret Caribbean Cruise in Fall of 2010. Get the 411.
- Vickie Howell - Need a home decor, quick-fix? Vickie shows you how to use fabric scraps to over those otherwise drab, light switch plates.
Comments
On the Craftypod site there is a tutorial showing how to make a fabric pendant. This would look great using a small cross stitch picture, and pendants like this would make great gifts.