Craft Blog

Last night I had a moment of insanity and hacked off five inches from the bottom of my hair – and I wonder why my husband tends to hide all the sharp objects.
With my new (not so) fabulous haircut, I’ve been thinking of all the pretty things I could put into my locks to beautify [...]

If you keep up with the new releases in craft books, I’m sure you would have heard of One Yard Wonders, released at the begining of last year, I’m still seeing buzz about it on blogs even now. It features some awesome projects, including cushions, clothes and plushies (in particular Jhoanna Monte’s Peg Bear) and [...]

1. It’s very pink, 2. Pink Strings top, 3. string, 4. Spiderweb trial block 1 for my month of Spiderweb Bee, 5. String Quilt Pillow, 6. Spider Web Quilt in Progress, 7. “a little help from my friends” top completed, 8. colorful string quilt, 9. black white + green string baby quilt front, 10. string [...]

I’ve had this blog open in a tab for about two days now, just making my way through the archives when I get a moment (and a cup of tea)and taking in all the pretty – In Color Order has everything I love in a blog, beautiful photography, wonderful creations and a cute animals.
It’s author, [...]

I’m not a girly girl, I don’t “squee” very often, but I have to admit I let out a sound probably usually only reserved for images of puppies and ducklings when I saw these awesome garden markers. Take a trip to the opshop and pick up some old cutlery, hammer the hell out of it [...]

I read A LOT of craftblogs, I love the huge amount of inspiration out there on the internet and the generosity of people wanting to share their skills with the world. So yesterday when I stumbled onto Knock Off Wood after finding a link on Craft Rookie, I was gobsmacked. I sat there for a [...]

Remember the Moo Cards I used on our Christmas gift tags?
Well the season is now very much over (although I still have yet to pull our Christmas tree down!) and I’m left with about 50 cards with pictures of the family on them and “Love, Fern, Dan, Declan, Connor & #3″ written on the back. [...]

I am in another one of my owl-y moods today, I’m feeding it by hunting for Owl inspired handicrafts on MadeIt.com.au. Here are a few of my favourites:

Clockwise from top-left:

Christopher Poker Broach by Osier – made using wood, a pokerchip, feathers and a hand drawn sketch, great for dressing up an outfit.
Owl Headband by The [...]

Ellen from The Long Thread has released her annual round up of her top 100 craft tutorials from the past year, and there are some amazing ideas on there. Every day I am amazed at the creativity and genorosity of people within the crafting world.

My favourites from their list:

Little Forest Quilt from The Purl Bee [...]

I’m trying to get up a Christmas tutorial post but I’m battling with the formatting, so that might have to wait till tomorrow I’m afraid.
Instead I’m going to give you something inspired by a recent post over at CraftStylish asking Where Do You Find Sewing Advice?
We all have go-to people or reference books to help [...]