Summer Fruit Punch Bookmarks
Summer reading has never been more fun than with Jinjerup’s free download/printables to make these adorable summer fruit punch bookmarks.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
How-To: Make a Fabric Scraps Ship Father’s Day Card
Joan from Nini Makes shares a template and instructions for making these cute fabric scrap ship cards that would be fun for Father’s Day, or even for a kid who loves pirates!
Downloadable Bookplates From Orange You Lucky
Helen Dardik of Orange You Lucky! is celebrating a “blog reader’s appreciation day” by offering up three adorable bookplates for download. Check out her blog to see the other two!
How-To: Make Newspaper Flowers
I grew up around newspapers (my dad was in the business) and I always loved the smell and feel of newsprint and ink. Jessica from How About Orange has a great tutorial for transforming bits of newspaper into adorable flowers to adorn just about anything. I think it could be fun to do this with […]
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Party Pennant from Wallpaper Projects
Celebrate with this party pennant project from the new book Wallpaper Projects: More than 50 craft and design ideas for your home, from accents to art by Derek Fagerstrom and Lauren Smith. You’ll love this super easy project where you can use up your wallpaper scraps to decorate a wedding, party, or backyard BBQ! Most […]
Build Your Own Chicago
No longer do I have to be homesick for my beloved Chitown thanks to the fine folks over at Wurlington Brothers Press, who publish the Build Your Own Chicago series of scale model postcards. Each card can be cut and assembled into a miniature paper model of a prominent Chicago landmarks. Inspired by the “Micromodels” […]
How-To: Cupcake Toppers With Matching Garland
Creature Comforts has a tutorial for creating simple flag cupcake toppers and a matching garland from repurposed scrap paper.
