Other Nifty Crafts

Here are some cute little blogs with free crafting ideas:

First, a "Twirly Skirt Tutorial," with awesome photos of each step (and other cute kids' patterns) at House on Hill Road. I am totally making one of these! There is also a really detailed tutorial on an absolutely adorable shirred tank top (which I knew how to do, but rather than explain it to you, well, her directions are much better than anything I could explain!)

Then, you've all seen those "I Spy" bags, right? The local yuppy educational kid's toy store sells these things for $35. Being a crafter, I can't bring myself to spend that much on what amounts to a glorified bean bag that would cost me about $7 to make. Well, check out this mega creative tutorial on Make It and Love It!! OH MY GOODNESS, this is an even better idea than the one I had! (Which was basically a glorified bean bag.)

And last, but not least, my favorite online beading supply place has a terrific section of free ideas of what to do with the rest of the stuff I bought from them! HAHA. I got an email notification from Artbeads months ago saying they were doing this, but to be honest, it wasn't all that creative when it started. However, it has significantly expanded to include all sorts of different designs that are submitted by customers. Very cool. I should get back to beading and submit my own design!