Faux Leather Accessories

I love all of these hair accessories because they look so luxurious and stylish, and they're only made from faux leather! Click here for the tute.

Creative Hairstyles

Source: Kennedy Garrett.
If you, like me, have medium/long hair and only do one or two hairstyles ever, then I hope that this page will help you. It lists loads of hair style ideas for normal everyday use and for nights out, and has lots of inspiring tutorial videos.

Fabric Labels

If you want to add a professional personalized label to your cloth projects, then these fabric labels are something that you can easily make yourself using this tutorial.

Speed Creating

I have found an amazingly creative website called 'Variations on Normal' which is bursting with inspiration, and the 30 days of speed creating is an especially fab project, with my favourites being Footy Smoothie, Artifical Light, Sock Lights and Bath Fountain. Please have a look - I love it!

Faux Mercury Glass

A very pretty cracked silver effect can be added to a clear glass vase using silver foil - read about it here.

Minimalist Tote Bag

Possibly my favourite tote bag design yet - I love the simplicity, the colours, the style and the leather. It just looks fab I think, and you can find out how to make one by following this link.

Margarita Jello Shooters

These fantastic strawberry shooters have Margarita Jello inside - so fun! Go here for the recipe.

Vintage Arrows

I love this quirky idea of using handmade arrows as decor - and you can find the tutorial for them, here.

Dishtowel Apron

One of the simplest ways to make an apron is using just a dishtowel, twill tape and this method. I love the map dishtowel used in the one above especially.

Vintage Flower Necklace Tutorial

This is a tutorial written by me, and it involves using clay and flower shapes to make a necklace. I have never really worked with clay or flower shapes before so I decided to jump in the deep end and I think it turned out pretty well actually, which just shows you that newbies can make this too!

You can view the tutorial here.

Fruity Napkins

Follow this link for a how-to on creating cute button embellishments on napkins. I think these look really lovely.

Fall Felt Leaves

This great looking tutorial shows you how to create felt Autumn leaves which can then be used to make garlands, mobiles and many other decorations.

Ice Time Bomb

Click here for a great idea involving ice and dye - it's so creative and fun, I'm sure you'll love it!

Fabric Fox Lamp

This is one of my favourite tutorials this year because it's unlike anything I've seen before plus it looks so professional and awesome when finished!

It makes use of fabric stiffener and you can find out how to make this fabulous project here.

Ninjabread Men

Click here for instructions on how to make cookie cutters in any shape you like, such as ninjas!

Peacock Embroidery

These peacock feather stitches are super pretty and you can find out how to do them, here.

Etsy Shop Giveaway!

Just a quick note to let you know that I have a $15 giveaway for my shop going on over at Sadie's Wardrobe if you'd like to enter :-)

Map Envelope

There is a fab website called Map Envelope which lets you customize and print your own envelopes with a chosen location shown within, and a message too. This would be great for a letter from your hols or maybe a party invitation - cool, no?!

70's String Art

I have tried string art before and although it doesn't look very exciting it is fun and can produce some great effects as shown at the end of the video - and you can relieve some stress by hammering the many nails in too!

Making Kites

If you want to learn how to make fabulous kites likes this one - or make one with your kids - then have a look at this great tutorial.

DIY Skeleton Leaves

It never occurred to me that you could make skeleton leaves yourself - but you can! It looks like a fun experiment too...go here to see how it's done.

Things To Do When You're Bored

Photo by Jake Wild.
I've put together a new page which lists loads of random fun web links to look at to amuse yourself, plus some ideas I think crafters will appreciate such as replicating yourself in Sellotape, making a kite and doing towel origami!

Modern Number Coasters

Easy to make coasters using stencilling to add the funky number prints. Click here for the how-to.

That Artist Woman

If you haven't visited yet, be sure to head over to That Artist Woman, which is a very inspiring website full of brilliant art ideas.

Lift-The-Flap Book

This awesome custom made photo book has a flap on every page that you can lift to find a surprise - how fun is that!?

This would make a great gift. Click here for the how-to.

Piece-By-Piece Art

LOVE this idea for a gift to a friend: painting a piece of wall art, cutting it up into pieces and then letting the recipient build it up themselves like a jigsaw! Find the how-to here.

How to Make Your Own Pizza

This guide from ManMade tells you how to make 'amazing pizza at home', which I'm building up to - I managed to make fresh pasta from scratch last week so that's a start!

Portable Fire Pit

This fire pit would make a stunning focal point inside or out, and you can find the project instructions here.

Monogram Stationery Set

This is a beautiful stationery set and you can find out how to make your own personalised monogram rubber stamp by following this link.

Embroidered Bag

Not only does this tutorial tell you how to make the bag from scratch, but also how to add the gorgeous yarn embroidered decoration on the front.

Pyramid Painting

This really effective wall painting looks professional but is actually easy to do - and just uses potatoes to print the triangles! Click here for the tute.

Switcharoo!

I've changed the banner and switched around my blog - I hope you like it, please let me know what you think!

Book Apron

Sometimes I despair with myself because the number of times I've been doing baking and had to balance my cookery book somewhere to stop flour getting on it, and I never thought of this genius idea - a book apron! It protects your book and bookmarks the page too.

Go here for the how-to.

DIY Heart Tights

These heart tights are so cute, and you can go crazy with the design you add - perhaps you could cover all of the fabric with a swirly design?! Go here for the how-to.

Letter Light

This is one of my favourite project ideas because it reminds me of the Las Vegas Sign Graveyard which I really want to visit. If you'd like to make one yourself, click here.

Leather CD Case

You can make a very sleek and professional looking CD case by following these instructions.

What I Made

'What I Made' is a brilliant website I've recently added to my blog roll and I think you should check it out. It's got fun little how-tos like the fun pencil and paperclip fly shown above!

Gilded Acorns

Lovely luxury gilded wooden acorns, which can then be attached to necklace chains, keyrings etc for the perfect Autumn accessory. Click here for the tutorial.

Shoe Refashion

To find out how to make your shoes more fashionable with pretty flowers and ruffles have a look here.

Autumn Leaf Garland

This garland is a great way to make use of the pretty Autumn leaves which are around at the moment, and it also preserves the leaves by encasing them in waxed paper - clever! Go here for the how-to.

Fun Monster Caps

Click here for instructions on how you can decorate red and blue caps to turn them into funny Cookie Monster and Elmo hats!

My Trip to Campania

Hello! You may or may not be aware that a week last Friday I came back from Italy after a fab week-long tour. We went to the Amalfi coast (on my birthday no less!), the top of Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Sorrento and the Isle of Capri, and I've managed to narrow my photos down to a mere 126 this time :-), so if you'd like to have a look, you can see them here.

Excellent Tip

Have a look here for a very simple tip about using the top of a plastic bottle to seal a food bag. I think it's brilliant!

Ruched Leggings

These cute leggings are a straighforward project for any sewing beginner, and these instructions guide you along the way.

Organic Necklace

This fabulous necklace is made with just painted melon seeds, and I love how it looks so 'beachy'.

No-Knit Yarn Scarf

This super fashionable yarn scarf is really easy to make. Go here for the tutorial.

Show Me How!

Show me how is a fun website that gives diagrams on many different activities, from showing you how to concoct dandelion wine to instructing you on bodysurfing.

Andy Warhol Art

If you'd like to know how to make a statement with a piece of art, why not try this Andy Warhol inspired wall art?

Creative Photography Techniques

Photo by isnietbelangrijk.
I've just put together a big page of tutorials for cool photography techniques which anyone can try out for fun and frolics - including painting with light, zoom effects, long exposures and lens flare. If you'd like to check it out, click here.

Pretty Twist Ties

If you're fed up with plain and boring twist ties, why not try this quick and easy tutorial which makes use of cute tape :-)

Knitted Lampshade

This make is a nice starter knitting project because you just need to knit a rectangle - and the resulting lampshade looks so lovely and cozy :-)

Go here for the tute.

100 Iconic Videos

Click here for 100 of the most iconic videos which have gone viral on the Internet. The above video shows prison inmates performing 'Thriller'!

Cold Porcelain

If you'd like to create your own air-drying clay flowers like above, find the recipe here.