ACreativeDream
June wants to know… do you like your doodles in black and white, or with color? She’s got a very unscientific poll running… and a couple of bribes for some of those who vote.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there are 6 prompts to spark your creativity and a tutorial on how to paint sparkles on water along with a pattern for knitting and crocheting cute little candies, and a recipe for brat burgers.

Green Turkey Glass Sculpture
Cherie makes a turkey using found glass materials.

How to Make Pretty Ruffled Ribbon to Dress Up Packages and Cards
Make shimmery ruffled bows using plain old rayon bias tape sprayed with glimmer mist. The bias tape crinkles up into pretty ruffles as it dries.

Ice Cream Crafts: 10 Tasty Ideas
Celebrate the summer season with ice cream crafts (both edible and just nice to look at). Here are some favorites!

Mixed Media Artist
Cyndi decided to see how many different quick and easy (and cheap!) ideas she could come up with to use up left over quilt batting.

11 Free Sundress Patterns for Summer
Summer is a great time to wear a comfy sundress, whether you are at home, in the garden or on the beach! Check out this round-up of easy sundress patterns you can sew for yourself.

Background papers galore!
Cyndi is amazed by how many tutorials she has written and collected on making background papers for your mixed media artwork!

Burlap Heart Hanger
Follow along with this tutorial and discover how easy it is to make a sweet-smelling heart using burlap.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a video where Helen Hiebert shows of the projects feature in her book Playing With Paper, tutorials on how to make a clothespin book and a file folder book along with how to stamp on fondant and a recipe for peanut and banana whole wheat vegan muffins.

Hey You!
Cherie puts lettering on three paintings this week.

Make Your Own Glimmer Mist to Add Panache to Projects
With a few inexpensive art and craft supplies you can DIY glimmer mist. Here’s Eileen’s recipe.

6 Mother’s Day Gifts Ideas for Kids to Make
Here are 6 fun and easy crafts your kids can make to give as Mother’s Day crafts.

ACreativeDream
June’s made an awful lot of mail art of late… come see!

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is tutorial on how to draw a motorcycle, tips on working with stencils, info on leather finishes and tanning processes, and how to turn a baked potato from a fast carb into a slow carb.

Dinosaur Cake Pops
Enjoy this fun birthday party idea–dinosaur cake pops!

Finding Inspiration in the Psalms
Cherie uses the Psalms for inspiration in three new prints.

Mixed Media Artist
When you find yourself too distracted to make art, try making chocolate whiskey fudge instead!

Saturday May 4 is National Scrapbooking Day
Here are some easy scrapbook ideas. Digital layout templates allow anyone to do beautiful scrapbook layouts; or scraplift the design to do a paper one.

10 Crafts for Teenagers
Crafts for teenagers range from wearables and accessories to bedroom decor. Need a little handmade inspiration to get started?

A CreativeDream
June’s been creating a bunch of paper bracelets!

Blue Birds and the Bible
Cherie combines blue birdies and Bible quotes in a series of prints.

May is the Month to Preserve Precious Family Memories
May is National Scrapbooking month. Why not get ready by firing up your scanner and digging out the old photos you haven’t digitized yet before they deterioate any further.

Outer space art quilt
Cyndi’s latest art quilt is finished, and now she is just struggling with a name!

Sewing the Seasons
If you are looking to expand your craft book library, check out this wonderful sewing book that is full of projects and even several seasonal recipes.

ACreativeDream
June’s issued a call for mail art! Come participate and join in on the fun!

Baby Bonnet Knitting Pattern
Who wouldn’t adore a sweet little vintage baby bonnet? Enjoy this free baby bonnet knit pattern and make a gift for your little one.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a tutorial on how to make recycled washer drop earrings, an interview with Icelandic Handknit’s author, Helene Magnusson, and a recipe for a hot apple pie cocktail.

He Leads Me
Cherie thinks about a favorite Bible passage for a new print.

Mother’s Day Craft Tutorials
It’s not too early to think about what you’ll create for Mom or Grandma. Mother’s Day is May 12th!

Quilt labels
Did you know that Spoonflower fabric printing can also print out labels for your fiber art works?

Spring Weather Crafts for Kids
If you are looking for a fun spring craft to do with your family, browse through these projects.

ACreativeDream
An art doll leads June to make a necklace, and the necklace leads to a bracelet…

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a pattern for a knit polka dot bow, a tutorial on how to draw a Sakura chibis in action, some handmade book and Steampunk eye-candy, and a recipe for Paleo slow cooker chicken pesto.

How to Make Baseball Charms
Follow these directions from Sherri and you can make charms you can use to make a necklace, key chain, or zipper pull.

How to Make Giant Red Remembrance Poppies for Memorial Day
What a smashing impression these giant red Memorial Day poppies will make. But don’t forget to buy the little ones for purse or lapel to honor those who died in service of their country and to raise money for veterans in need.

Mixed Media Artist
Don’t you just love it when you finally get to the point in a quilting project when you can…well…actually quilt it?

That Fun Coworker Who Makes You Laugh
Cherie thinks about the fun people she’s worked with in this new print.

ACreativeDream
There’s been a birth, and June’s created a “chalk board art” style birth announcement to mark the event!

Adding Faithful Words
Cherie adds favorite Bible phrases to her art.

Craft Bag Giveaway!
I fell down the rabbit hole, but it’s a good thing because you get a chance to win a cool craft project bag.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a no-sew Easter Bunny fabric decoration, a Zentangled Easter egg with tutorials for 3 Zentangles, a crochet loopy leaf pattern, and a recipe for creme fraiche.

Cuteness overload giveaway
Watch out for the cuteness…it will smack you right between the eyes when you see the book that Cyndi has for giveaway!

How to Decorate an Egg
Sherri shares many creative ways you can dye or decorate your eggs for Easter.

Springtime Butterfly Theme Handmade Cards
Kick your digital cards up a notch with 3D embellishments.

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
Three necklaces made with a bit of old and new parts

ACreativeDream
June’s created an art doll from an altered domino.

Adding Smiles
Cherie experimenting with adding more smiles and smirks to her mixed media girls.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there are a tutorials on how to draw barbed wire type and a wire fastener for the end of a cord necklace, an interview with Drawing Comics Lab author Robyn Chapman, and a recipe for Irish Nachos.

Digital line drawings and art quilts
The texture you can obtain from digital renderings of photos continues to interest Cyndi, and also continues to make its way into her quilts!

Fun Projects to do with Craft Foam
Did you know you can make original art stamps from inexpensive craft foam? At The Artful Crafter, we’ve used craft foam to make lots of fun stuff.

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
How to make a custom St Patrick’s Day label and card

ACreativeDream
Another mixed media journal page by June.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a video tutorial on a bunch of Zentangles with Beckah Kruhula, a beading on a ring how-to, a circle punch paper tab idea along with how to make puff pastry cups.

Felt Peep Bunnies
Cherie makes some Peep bunnies for Easter out of felt.

LThykeson’s Uniques
Mixed Media And Freebie Giveaways!!!

Mixed Media Artist
Cyndi looks at different methods for adding delicate papers to your mixed media collage and quilting.

Spring and Easter Craft Projects for You Crafty Peeps
Looking for spring and Easter craft ideas? We’ve got lots of egg decorating ideas, plus a wall hanging, place cards, greeting cards, and some pretty special bunnies.

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
Check out the tiny crochet carrots that Rorschach Amineko got!

I do not know if these are always free or if these are just featured free for a limited time, but Craftsy.com has a blog post called Free Pattern Friday published today. It includes free patterns for all types of crafting from jewelry making, quilting, knitting, and more. I loaded up on some very cute crochet patterns including a few amigurumi ones (of course). But there were also some cute baby shoe patterns I picked up. I have not found “the” perfect baby bootie pattern as yet, so maybe I will give one of these a go some time. Anywho, go check out the freebies.