Remember before I started jet-setting around NSW I promised a post from one of my favourite crafty bloggers, Ethan? Well the wait is finally over, a good week later than when I meant to get it up, but my thanks to Ethan for being so patient. Please say hello, check out his blog and give a warm welcome to Ethan on his first guest post at CraftBlog. Today I will be sharing a quick tutorial of how I fold my [...]

Fed up with spending way too much money on storage that actually looks good AND is practical, Juliet from Urban Nest shared her cereal box storage idea, along with a full pattern and tutorial to make your own. How cute do those boxes look stashed away on her shelf?! Download the PDF from Urban Nest here.

I’m off, with kids in tow, for a week of fun and games with two of my sisters, my brothers in law, niece and feotul nephew. I shall leave you in the capable hands of my husband, chief of moderating comments and answering any emails that come in, and Ethan Watters will also be making a guest post just to keep the fires burning. When I return I’m hoping my wonderfully crafty sisters will have pumped by brain full of [...]

Join in with @twocheeseplease and her extreme Craft Challenge today! http://tinyurl.com/cthyfv # Check out and vote for your fav Dr Seuss Quilt at BeeSquare Fabrics http://tinyurl.com/c3rqaj # site is down atm, server problems. Sorry! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Make your own cherry blossom branch – http://tinyurl.com/cbk8om – lovely! # I have 2 days to make my new nephew/niece a quilt, it’ll prob be this one! http://tinyurl.com/crt7wh # RT @smquaseb: How About Orange: Easter projects you can make http://ow.ly/2m4v – some v cute ideas. # Just found SarahQ via @jaclynmichele, some amazingly inspirational photography on her site! http://sarahqblog.com/ it’s beautiful # Making up some easter notecards to put up as a download. Got a bunny&chicken, but now stuck on [...]

I just completed some Easter cards to hand out to my family this weekend and thought I’d share them here The zip folder contains all of the images shown above. Three that you can cut out and stick onto the front of a blank greeting card, and three to print out onto cardstock and fold to create your own 4 x 6 inch cards. Click here to download the zip file. Please print out the cards to share with your [...]

Make Baby Shorts from a dishcloth – http://tinyurl.com/ctozbb – a lot cuter than I would have imagined! # Amazing optical illusion quilt from @fabricjunkie http://tinyurl.com/dlmeob – wow! # How to create flourishes in Photoshop – http://www.aivault.com/?p=129 – excellent tut for beginners making their own brushes! # I’m going away for a couple of days nxt week.If anyone is interested on guest posting on CB plz DM me.It’s a great way to get your name out! # RT @meetmeatmikes signing books [...]

One of my favourite quotes is from Scott Adams, one that I very much live my personal and crafting life by, and even feel it’s important enough to have on my facebook page Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. CraftFail.com embraces the ones you probably shouldn’t keep. The blog is still young but already features Spam Soap, cornucopias gone wrong and a neckline that belongs in a cartoon. Unlike some blogs out [...]

RT @sublimestitchin: Remember that “tiny project” Jenny was embroidering? Behold! http://tinyurl.com/blythedress – so tiny! # Great easter Paper-Piecing roundup @sewhooked blog http://blog.sewhooked.org/2009/04/06/paper-piecing-eggsactly/ # RT @SeviDesigns: Host a Twilight Theme Party: http://www.hostessblog.com/2009/04/host-a-twilight-theme-party-at-home/ – some amazing ideas! # Super cute (and very easy!) monster softie pattern http://www.revoluzzza.com/?p=422 # Thanks to http://whipup.net/ for the linkage.Check out their Kids Writing Workshop post for some ideas for preschoolers. http://is.gd/rbhP # And more thanks to http://sewing.craftgossip.com/ for the link. Check out this awesome Cupcake Hotpad via [...]

You know, I bashed about some other titles for this post, along the lines of “gone cold on ideas for fabric”, lots of chilly references and at one point even a bear pun, but they just didn’t work, I fear I’m losing my knack! A couple of days ago my neighbour popped around and threw some fabric into my hand and asked me if I could come up for some ideas for it. Half a yard of large scale novelty [...]