*Sunset has an article full of creative ways to use wallpaper.
*Dozi shows us how to make paper roses to decorate branches or craft wreaths.
*PeptoGirl has a great marble magnet tutorial over on Cut Out and Keep. She mentions, "I'm always amazed by the number of people who don't know about marble magnets." Me too!
*Mountain Pulse has a tutorial for Butterflies a la Alexander Calder. This would be fun to do with kids!
*Decor 8 has a fun project with big impact - DIY Patterned Wall Squares!
*Chez Larsson discusses building shelf raisers with foam core board and hot glue. Great idea!
*CraftStylish has a tutorial for creating a crochet hook roll-up out of a fabric place mat.
*I love this lampshade created by decoupaging photos onto an inexpensive pre-bought shade.
*Visit Paper Guitar for five pages of downloadable cut and assemble paper guitars.
*Build a mid-century modern birdhouse with plans from Curbly.
*Apartment Therapy has plans for simple can candle holders.
*Design Sponge has a candy box gift tutorial. Yup, plans for the candy and the box!
*Create a panorama lampshade out of a digital photo.
*mayamade has great ideas for creating mini bouquets in tiny containers.
*I really like these driftwood key fobs seen on My Marrakesh. They would be simple to DIY as well!
*Craft Stylish has plans for simple white paper flowers.
*Martha has plans for a simple outdoor canopy,
and I love her idea for organizing garden twine-or ribbon!
*Sew Bettie has a great tutorial for creating a simple curtain.
*And how great is this magnetic chalkboard that Flickr user erinowes created from an old window?
*Check out this Curbly video podcast: How to Turn an Old Window Into Illuminated Art.
*Chica and Jo have an improved jean water bottle holder tutorial.
*Kootoyou has a downloadable pdf tutorial-make an embroidered carry all!
*The Crafty Chica turns an old shirt into a drawstring bag.
*Click over to Craftside for a tutorial on creating a ring storage box.
*Over on Craft, reader Michelle discusses how she constructed her bendy wood trivet.
*Over on Craftster, grammardog made art out of shredded magazines. Creative!
*Curbly teaches us how to make a word search greeting card. You could have a lot of fun with this one!
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Wow, it was quite the craft day on the internet! With 28 projects, hopefully everyone can find something they're interested in!
August 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Ok I love the shredded magazine craft and wordsearch greeting cards! Fun fun!
August 27th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
We are so happy you found us because we LOVE your site. What a fantastic way to gather a lot of the crafty inspiration available out there and present it to your readers. We are itching to hit the craft room to try some of the projects we found on your site today.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I just found you and I LOVE you! This site is fabulous. I can’t wait to dig through your past posts.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Ooo…I so need to work this weekend, but now I am thinking of digging through my local antiques store for some old windows or frames to DIY with…Cool projects!
August 28th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your website. I wandered over here about two weeks ago and now I’m hooked! I have to check it out every morning. Thanks for such a cool place.
August 28th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Love the wall paper ideas and the word search cards! Thanks so much!
August 28th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Great day! I love that window frame idea! Love, love, love it! I’ve done lots of fun things with window frames, but not this…yipee!
What fun surprise to see my mini bouquets up..thanks, Rachel!
August 28th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I love your collection of inspiration and ideas! So great. And glad you liked the paper flower tutorial!
August 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Thanks for the mention! Your blog is awesome!
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
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November 12th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
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