Baby Boots

How cute are these?!

The how-to shows the construction of these adorable baby boots - and I'm pretty sure you could scale them up to make adult slippers to :-)

Raspberry & Choccy Chip Muffins

I'm a big fan of chocolate with raspberries, so these are definitely my kind of muffin. And if feel the same, then have a look at the recipe here.

Pearl & Ribbon Necklace

Jessica, who writes 'Happy Together', saw a nice pearl and ribbon necklace she liked in Elle magazine - however, the problem was that it cost $1,320!

So the solution? Make your own! 

DIY Vinyl Wall Decals

I love wall decals because they are a brilliant way of adding some originality and personalisation to a boring wall. . . and now, using this tutorial, you can create whatever shape you like!

Felt Lunch Bag

This is such an adorable make (don't you just love the ridges on the crisps?!), and the bread looks so soft and squishy too...Good enough to eat, in fact!

 And if you want to have a go yourself, click here.

Lightbulb Vases

This is such a great use for old lightbulbs - make them into cool hanging vases! Go here for the how-to.

How To Hand Smock

I wanted to add some smocking to a bag once and tried to find a tutorial but to no avail - until now!

This tutorial outlines the intricate steps of hand smocking, and the end product looks truly scrumptious - Plus, Im sure it would be a very satisfying process to learn as well.
To see how the fabric is pleated in order to start smocking, go here.

Craft Stylish

Craft Stylish is a popular craft website with regular inspiring projects to try, which are always very original. One of my favourites is the above sewn necklace, which you can see how to make, here.

Rainbow Canopy

I want, I want, I want!!!

This rainbow canopy is meant for a child but *oh my gosh* wouldn't it look amazing on a 4 poster king-size bed too!

I have had a bit of an obession with rainbow multicolours for most of my life, and during my teenage years I usually walked around with something rainbow striped on my person. Therefore, this bed is a bit of a find for me. . . don't you think it looks magical?!

Oh My Stars!

OH MY STARS is a very useful independant website with illustrations showing you how to re-fashion t-shirts and other clothes into tops, skirts and dresses, plus there are knitting projects like the cute jumper shown above! 

Make Your Own Packaging

If you need some simple packaging which will show a strong brand image, why not create a stamp of your logo out of a sponge, and use to it to add your logo to cheap brown paper bags? Perfecto...although it does help if you have a simple logo!

Go here for the how-to

Tetris Magnets

This a really fun idea for fridge decorations - Tetris blocks!

How To Mosaic

Click here to see how you can add a gorgeous mosaic decoration made of glass pebbles to a plain old table to give it a new lease of life!

Origami Lucky Stars

These origami paper stars are so addictive to make, and can be used for all sort of things;

They can be strung together to make a garland, a message can be written on the inside for an after-dinner 'fortune cookie' alternative, they can fill a decorative bowl, they can be used for table confetti, they can used to make jewellery (star earrings for instance), and lots more!

Go here for the how-to :-)

Tartan Tiara

This idea is so easy (it's just a plastic tiara covered with tartan), but it's so damn awesome! I love it, but I reckon that only kids and true fashionistas can pull this one off!

Bookhou Craft Projects

This site contains 31 different craft projects which are aimed at children, but most don't look like they've been made by kids at all (like the watercolour painting above - which I love).

So many craft techniques are shown and explained that you can use these to make more advanced art, and make so many different things using each technique. 

I especially like the lino printing project (shown below) 

Asymmetrical Patchwork Quilt

This page explains a very organised and useful way of planning the layout of a perfect asymmetrical quilt, which I haven't seen before.

Miniature Clay Orange

This web page makes it so easy for you to make your very own tiny orange from polymer clay, which you can slice and peel - and inside it looks exactly like a real orange!

Raspberry Desserts

Click here to find recipes for raspberry and yoghurt mousse cakes and macaroons, which look absolutely devine. This dessert selection is suggested for a summer wedding, which I think is a fantastic idea!

Paper Toy

Just Piece Of Paper . Crazy Paper Toy. - The best video clips are right here

This video shows you how you can amuse yourself for a while with just paper and Sellotape :-)

Tiny Bound Books

I love these tiny weeny books (especially as necklaces), and now you can easily make your own. . .so go here for the how-to.

Tin Can Whimsy

This is such an adorable little thing - it's a large tin can covered in decorative paper, with whimsical wirework and butterflies as the handle. It looks very cute, and you can find out how it's done here.

Kezzaroo

Kezzaroo is a genius Etsy shop that sells adorable little softies of celebs such as Mr T, Willy Wonka and the Hoff (as above)!

Cool Quilts

I think this t-shirt quilt is so cool looking, and is great for using up your old t-shirts too. To see how it's done, go here.

Another unusual quilt that caught my eye is a quilt made of multicoloured bandanas, which looks really funky!

Wine Glass Lights

These little lights are such a fab idea for mood lighting at an outdoor party/BBQ or wedding - they're simply wine glasses with a tealight inside, and then you make your own little vellum lampshades!

Rain Sticks

Recreate the soothing sound of rain with just a tube, some nails, and rice - go here for the tutorial.

Shoebox Idea

I saw the above idea here, which tells you how to 'prettify' a shoebox and add eyelets to the front and back of it to hide wires and make sure they aren't all tangled up. I love how organised it looks at the front rather than a mess of wires. . . I'm definitely making this one!

Pirate Coins

This tutorial shows you how to create a reusable mould to make endless numbers of pirate coins from polymer clay. This technique could be used to make whatever pendant design you want, so it's great for jewellery makers too.

T-Shirt Blanket

I had a few plain t-shirts and vests in my wardrobe and decided to use them to create a cover-up for the CRAFT Swimsuit Cover-Up competition on Flickr. Since this is my first sewing project, I'll tell you how I did it instead of telling you how to do it, because I'm pretty sure you know more than me about the best way of sewing this kind of thing!  (And please don't look too closely at the stitching!) 

First of all, I cut the t-shirts up so I had the fronts and backs of the tops all separated, then I cut them into random pieces and started to arrange them into a general rectangular shape. I tried to spread the colours out evenly, and I kept a few of the neck sections so the end result was a bit quirkier because you can see how it al originated.

My rectangle was about 1m x 1.3m

I tacked all of the pieces together roughly with cheap cotton thread, but I only needed to hem the edges I cut previously with scissors (you don't have to hem any edges that were already the hemmed edges of the tops).

I then used my trusty sewing machine to sew all of the edges together (in red thread). I used a straight stitch.

I had bought a length of stripey cotton material (cheap jersey) off Ebay, so I put the t-shirt section on top of it, and cut around the t-shirts, leaving about 8cm extra on each side.

(Just imagine the t-shirts are centred on the stripey material!)

Then, starting at the middle of the t-shirt section, I zig-zag stitched along most of the edges where the t-shirts meet (again), so that the t-shirts and backing fabric were attached together securely. This meant that the back of the sheet showed the outlined shapes of the t-shirts, which I think looks cool :-)

I then folded the striped fabric over the t-shirt section and hemmed it, making sure that all of the fabric was laid flat (so as not to introduce any folds/creases). I sewed along the inside edge in a zig-zag stitch. I did this for each side, making sure that each side was at right angles, and the same width of striped fabric was sewn over the t-shirts each time.

To keep the edge flat, I sewed along the outside edge too, as shown above.

Here you can sort of see the outline of the t-shirts in red thread.

The last thing I did was remove all of the yellow tacking thread from the material.

And this was the photo I entered in the contest, showing it being used as a swimsuit cover-up. It would be a pretty good towel after coming out of the sea too, as well as a beach rug or picnic blanket. I think it looks quite cool, even if I do say myself :-) 

Keep Company Shoes

The 'Keep' company sell shoes, clothes and accessories, but it's the shoes which I truly love. The range is so funky and cool, and there's a sale on alot of them at the moment so it's time to grab a bargain!

Retro Starburst Clock

Now you can make your very own iconic retro clock - using bottle caps! Find the tutorial here.

Pop Tarts

This is quite an American food, but my brother has suddenly become obsessed with them so I though I'd share the recipe I found for making them from scratch - so go here to see how it's done.