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Frame Your Favorite Buttons!

The more the merrier…especially when it comes to buttons! Add your favorites to this Framed Button Tree, a fun project for everyone from school-age kids to adults. It's from Gooseberry Patch Christmas, Book 13...the newest in the series! Framed Button Tree You’ll need: Steam iron Paper-backed fusible web 12” x... Read more →

Crafty Fall Fun!

Do you love decorating with pumpkins but don't want the mess of carving? We like to leave 'em natural but we recently ran across another crafty idea that we may just have to try! Yarn-Wrapped Gourds & Pumpkins! Shared by Jessica of Two Shades of Pink, this clever tutorial uses... Read more →

Let's Get Crafty for Harvest!

Welcome to another Friday Let's Get Crafty feature! Today, our celebration of our Cookbook of the Week continues...between the Home Sweet Homemade chapter and the clever tips sprinkled on every page, Homemade Harvest is stuffed FULL of crafty inspiration for this time of year. We're featuring 3 ideas from this... Read more →

Craft Some Pretty Pots!

We were so inspired by today's Link We Love, we knew we just had to share it with you! Part crafty idea, part simple tutorial, the link to these pretty pots is one you'll definitely want to keep handy. Pretty Pots Dreamed up by super-creative blogger, Christine Chitnis, they're just... Read more →

To Market, To Market This Week!

This week's Cookbook of the Week couldn't be more perfect for this time of year! Filled with fresh recipes you can whip up after a trip to the market plus year 'round favorites, it also includes tips for summertime fun, flea-market ideas and so much more. Let's take a peek... Read more →

Top Your Table this Friday!

This week's Link We Love is just ONE of the amazing ideas you can find on Dana's blog...we had to go back and check our archives because we were SURE that we'd already shared her blog with you. You're going to want to add this one to your regularly visited... Read more →

Using Vintage Goodness This Friday!

Remember those wooden spools from Grandma's sewing basket? If you're anything like us, you probably still have some rolling around your own sewing room...this week's Link We Love is a great project to get them out where you can see them! Vintage Wooden Spool Cork Board In this tutorial, you... Read more →

Stitch Some Fun this Friday!

Crafting to welcome Spring is way more fun than cleaning, right? We thought so! In today's Let's Get Crafty post, we're sharing a project from our booklet Creative Memory Keeping. You can use up all those fabric scraps too pretty to throw away and it's done in an afternoon...instant gratification!... Read more →

Welcome Back, Links We Love!

You may remember the Links We Love series that started last summer. Well, we loved sharing these great finds so much, we're bringing it back for one Friday each month, starting today! First up is one of our favorite sources of inspiration... How About Orange! Jessica Jones is the voice... Read more →

Crafty Christmas Links this Friday!

Looking for a little inspiration this Friday? We were too, so we turned to our handy list of Links We Love to see what they had going on! Little Birdie Secrets shows you how to make a wreath of stars from scrapbook paper...so clever! Over at the Purl Bee, they're... Read more →

Breathing Creatively this Friday!

We met this week's Featured Friday blogger back before there even WERE such things as blogs! Elizabeth was a member of our Gooseberry Patch family years ago and we were fortunate to have her as part of our sales team while we did. Not only does she posses a genuine... Read more →

Take a Tour this Friday!

We thought we'd share something a little different this Friday. Gotta keep you on your toes, right? Join us as we take a tour of our previous Featured Friday bloggers. There's some really yummy-looking recipes, lovely decorations and crafty ideas out there...get your bookmarking finger ready! First up...our buddy Cris... Read more →

A Sweet Link for You!

Warning: this week's Link We Love could lead to spending more time blog-reading than you planned. Maybe it's just us, but we absolutely got LOST looking at all of Jessie's photos, projects, ideas and just plain ol' inspiration! If you're not already acquainted, let us introduce you to... Sweet Jessie!... Read more →

An Easy Craft for Fall!

Along with sweet memories of fall and a cornucopia of delicious recipes, our new cookbook, Homemade Harvest, features a chapter of crafts you can make for your home or give as gifts. Here's a great idea for decorating your table…you can even add extra personality with coordinating buttons and fabric... Read more →

Make a Photo Lantern!

This week's Link We Love comes from one of our favorite blogs ever...if you haven't visited decor8, today's the day to click over and take a peek! There's so much inspiration to be found, you'll find yourself clicking that little bookmark button in a hurry. Be sure to check back... Read more →

Feeling Fuzzy this Friday?

This Friday's Link We Love comes from a crafty blog called Feeling Fuzzy. Always full of inspiration and creative links, what we love most about her blog is the video Emma made on making paper flowers! Look how pretty they are hanging in a row... For weddings, birthdays or to... Read more →

Christmas in the Cabin

We finally got our first real snow of the season earlier this week...the kind that really sticks around for more than a day. It was the inspiration I needed to finally decorate the cabin for the holidays. On the front door, I hung a simple swag of boxwood. I collected... Read more →

It's Official!

Thanksgiving is officially behind us and you know what that means...it's time to decorate for the holidays! Last year, I took some photos of the finished decorations to look back at this year. I thought I might find some inspiration or maybe even come up with new ideas this year... Read more →