Craft Carnival #5
Welcome to the April 8, 2009 edition of crafts carnival. I’m happy to present this terrific collection of crafts and tutorials to inspire the creative side of you. Lately I’ve been in a crafty slump but I have been given renewed energy after reading all of these wonderful posts. Enjoy!
Vanessa at My Scrapbooking Journey gives us creative time saving tips to make your own scrapbook page layouts. On her post, More Kitty Cat…and a Little On Layouts, Vanessa sketches a draft her layout before actually placing her photos on the page. This will save a lot of frustration for those who want to experiment with picture placement first before actually cutting up your photos.
Like many of us, Stephanie enjoys giving “just because” gifts to friends but as when we try to control our spending, this nice gesture of appreciation is often eliminated. In her blog post, Drink Coaster from Scrap Fabrics, Stephanie provides easy to follow instructions on how to make this wonderful drink coaster gift for your own home or for friends. Get more money saving ideas at Make it From Scratch.
Here is another money saving craft idea from Coco at Frugal in Paradise. This crafty and penny-wise post called Turn a Man’s Shirt into a Cushion Cover is the perfect project for me because it does not involves sewing zippers or button holes (hurray!) and now I can make use of those expensive but worn Aloha shirts that I never wanted to part with. If you don’t have Aloha shirts, I’m sure you could use another type of button down shirt…right Coco?
Cindy at My Recycle Bags makes Spring even more special with her free pattern link to Crochet a Recycled Easter Egg Basket. This basket is made from recycled plastic bags. What a resourceful and delightful way to use those plastic bags. I’m guessing that these bags can be easily stored for next year or made for a variety of occasions. Gosh…I really need to learn how to crochet!!!
Condo Blues presents 10 Ways I Greened my Home for St. Patrick’s Day, saying, “Most of crafts are both the color green and environmentally friendly green!” Beautiful!
Homemaker Barbi (Danelle Ice) presents Seeds Place Cards Craft for Spring Garden Tablescape posted at Homemaker Barbi. “Learn how to make springy garden-inspired place cards with this seed packet craft project.” What a great idea - simple, creative and very pretty!
Darcy presents Garden Party Paper Lantern posted at Smart-Bottom Enterprises. Darcy teaches us how to make “a pretty and fun craft to do with your little girl.” These party lanterns would make fun decorations for a child’s birthday celebration. I imagine that you could color of the paper and have the boys make lanterns too! Love it!
April 9th, 2009 at 3:21 am
Thanks so much for including the needle felting tutorial! I’m so pleased to hear that it inspired you to do some felting of your own–it’s such a fabulous, versatile activity. Looking forward to reading through the other carnival entries.:)
April 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Mahalo for including my Man’s Shirt Cushion Cover post & for your sweet comment. Off course, any button-down shirts will work. I love the idea suggested by Michele @ A House Called a Nut - embroidery on plain shirts.
April 11th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Thank you so much for including my tutorial! Off to check out all the others you’ve got here…how fun
April 12th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
This is my first time participating in this carnival and I love all the crafty posts. Thanks for including my Easter basket project and Happy Easter!
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Have you ever heard of needle felting using scrap materials felted onto a base fabric to make a decorative pillow cover? A friend of mine created a pair of gorgeous pillows for her living room and I can’t find any instructions on how to do it. The various colored and textured fabrics are scrunched up in haphazard fashion to make a finished surface that is full of folds and ripples, with different shapes all melded together to create a true work of needle art. I wish I had taken a photo of them!