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It’s Picnic Season! Are you Ready?

July 15th, 2010 at 04:43pm Under Uncategorized

Summer sunshine means it’s time to break out the picnic basket and enjoy a meal in the fresh air. But how many picnics have you been to that were ruined by poor preparation or supplied? The perfect picnic is a delicate thing, and it’s easily tainted by windblown napkins or a poorly picked blanket. To [...]

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How to: Make 4th of July Fashion

June 30th, 2010 at 12:34pm Under DIY+ Uncategorized

Red, white, and blue is a great color combination. Unfortunately, like many holiday color schemes, there are only certain days that you’re allowed to wear these colors together. So take advantage of the upcoming 4th of July holiday by allowing yourself to match the flag—just don’t use all of these ideas at once unless you [...]

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Homemade Wedding Favors: Photo Booth Bookmarks

June 23rd, 2010 at 04:21pm Under Uncategorized+ Wedding

I was working on an article about homemade wedding favors and ran across this great bookmark project that uses those photo strips from the photo booth.
I found myself thinking that the idea of a photo strip bookmark would make a great wedding favor! Here’s what you’d need to do:

Scan your photo strip or, if you’re [...]

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New Pattern Monday: 4th of July

June 21st, 2010 at 08:38pm Under Uncategorized

Even though Summer just officially started, 4th of July is fast approaching. We’ve been busily posting 4th of July craft projects to the FaveCrafts site so you’ll have time to make them. I may only be sharing three here, but there are many more 4th of July craft projects to inspire you.
Patriotic Candles in a [...]

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Help a Reader: Seashell Basket Crochet Pattern

April 7th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Uncategorized

Reader Susanna asks,
I have been trying to find a crochet pattern called seashell basket. My grandmother gave me her copy but it had hole pouched into it and now is missing different key and very important stitches or number of stitches. Can you help me locate or have a link to the pattern?
Can you help? [...]

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How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Crochet Patterns

February 10th, 2010 at 12:28pm Under Uncategorized

St. Patrick’s day is a holiday we all like to celebrate on March 17 by wearing green, sporting our shamrocks and “Kiss me I’m Irish buttons.” It’s also our favorite time to drink the Irish drink of Guinness or even green beer. My favorite time in Chicago is when they dye the river green and [...]

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Kids Saturday: Dolls and Teddy Bears

February 6th, 2010 at 02:03pm Under Kids+ Uncategorized

This isn’t your ordinary doll or teddy bear, you’re not making it from head to toe or head to bear foot. Instead, we have a few tips that will help you make fur for your teddy bear or hair for your doll’s head. If you like to make teddy bears we also have something on [...]

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Kids Saturday: Woodcrafts

January 30th, 2010 at 10:21am Under Kids+ Uncategorized+ Woodcraft

These crafts I’m about to mention are FOR kids, not to be made BY kids. Of course from the title woodcrafts, you might have assumed that anyway. There are so many adorable things for kids these days. I really love all the woodwork crafts you can put in kids’ rooms these days. They have shelving [...]

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22 Free Holiday Crochet Patterns Round-Up Part 2

January 8th, 2010 at 12:30pm Under Book Reviews+ Crochet+ Holiday+ Uncategorized

As promised, here is the second half of our favorite free holiday crochet patterns from bloggers! This round-up is designed to show you what our crafty blogger friends are crocheting for the holidays. We’re focusing on all the upcoming holidays that we’ve yet to enjoy like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and Passover. Here’s [...]

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Link Love: Inspired at Home Radio Interview with Mark Montano

November 26th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Uncategorized

Mark Montano, the author of the #1 selling craft book The Big-Ass Book of Crafts, will be on Inspired at Home Radio this Sunday, November 29 at 7pm EST. Mark Montano was a long-time fashion designer, turned writer and editor for Cosmo Girl! He wrote a Cool Room column which was turned into a book, [...]

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