How to Make Blackened Beeswax Tutorial

I love the look of blackened beeswax, but due to the high cost of beeswax (eegads), I've never made any. Well, you can imagine my delight in finding this simple how to that shows you you can make the blackened beeswax look at just a fraction of the cost!

Craft Supplies at the Kraft Outlet

Sweet paper Treats and Country Crafts passed on a great craft supplies shop: The Kraft Outlet. It specializes in hang tags, Kraft paper and cardstock, and brown Kraft labels, as well as other crafting supplies.

Thanks for the tidbit! :)

Free Stitchery Patterns

At The Honeysuckle Tree is a blog chock full of free stitchery patterns. Get yer nimble lil' fingers busy with all these cute patterns!

Beaded Trim on Sale

MJ Trim is now having a 15% off sale on their beaded trim. Wow, they have such a wide variety, too! This sale lasts until March 22nd.

More Stencil Savings!

Stencil Me In is having a special one day sale in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. You can save an additional 17% off their already sale priced stencils! That means you get a total of 37% off! When checking out, us coupon code "Lucky," and you'll see added 17% savings!

Prim Grungy Wooden Eggs Tutorial

Wan to make those prim looking and yummy smelling Easter eggs? Then check out this primitive grungy wooden eggs tutorial from Tina. She gives great directions, and it looks simple enough for even me to try!

Very Low Shipping on Craft Supplies

We all know how high postal costs are. Oftentimes we cringe at them and re-think making a purchase for craft supplies. Luckily, Consumer Crafts is offering low shipping costs. How low? How about $1.97 shipping - from now until March 19th - on all order of $25+!

Craft Supplies on Sale - Big Sale!!

Factory Direct Craft is having a big sale where there are a ton of craft supplies for only 49 cents each!. I had to stop looking because I know I could blow a wad on this sale. The craft supplies they're offering on sale are actually pretty good and not junk you'd expect to be for 49 cents. Additionally, they have plenty of other clearance items on sale.

Scrapbooking Supplies on Sale

To celebrate St. Paddy's Day, Scrapbooking.com is having a 17% off all St. Patrick's Day products. Additionally, they have over 10,800 (whoa) new products that have just arrived in their New Arrivals section. Don't forget they also have a great clearance section.

Online Craft Classes: Watercoloring with Distress Ink

If you're interested in learning about watercoloring with distress ink, check out this cool online craft class. I never really thought about using distress ink for watercoloring.

Scrapbooking, Fabric, and Other Craft Supplies on Sale.

Many of you probably already know that March is "National Craft Month." Yay! It's good that we who indulge in our crafty passions can have a month celebrating crafts!

Anyhoo, many online craft supply stores are having great sales to celebrate this month. The latest I've come across is Fabric.com. They're having a 15% off all scrapbooking supplies from now until March 15th. They're also offering free shipping on orders $35 and higher.

Additionally, they're also offering an additional 20% off clearance sale.

Trims, Buttons, Rhinestones, and More on Sale!

There's a Mid-day Break Sale sale going on over at MJ Trim. From 1 pm to 5 pm EST, you'll get 10% off your entire order
Swarovski rhinestones, trims, buttons, and flower pins are all included in this sale!

Bird Nest Tutorials, Among Other Pretty Things!

Treasures from the Heart is a treasure chest full of tutorials! Just look along her side bar for a bird nest tutorial, mini nest tutorial, flower nest tutorial, vintage baby shoe tutorial, paper sachet tutorial, PS 139 Jars tutorial, tea stain paper tutorial, lace flower tutorial, tea bag rose tutorial, and vintage eye glasses tutorial.

Needlework Kits on Sale

Hobby Lobby is having a needlework kits sale. Save 30% off! Plus, they're offering only $5.95 shipping.

Mixed Media, Scrapbooking and Vintage Goodies

I just discovered this cool website called Flights of Fancy Boutique. They offer all sorts of mixed media, scrapbooking, purse making, and various other vintage goodies for sale.

Stencils on Sale

Stencil Me In is having a Buy 3 stencils, get 1 free sale. They have great stencils, as they say "stencils with old time charm." This special lasts until March 13th, so you have some time to drool and figure out which ones you want. If you want more than three, for every increments of three that you purchase, you'll get one more free!

Designer Fabric on Clearance Sale!

There are a lot of gorgeous fabric going on clearance sale over at The Ribbon Retreat. Now these fabrics aren't just some ucky stuff that you can see why it's on clearance. Nope, you'll find such gorgeous goods from Moda, Riley Blake (one of my faves), Michael Miller, Timeless Treasures, and more!

A Fun New Discovery: Washi Paper Tape

Is that gorgeous!?! It's called Japanese paper tape, or washi. The above is the Sugarplum Jumbo pack. Soooooo very pretty.

For more varieties, take a drooling look over at Happy Tape.

I even found a tutorial on how to make your own over at Craftberry Bush.

$50 Gift Certificate and Goody Bags up for Grabs

Are ya feeling the luck o' the Irish? From now to Sunday, March 6th at 11:59 pm, if you make a purchase with Consumer Crafts, you'll be entered into a drawing for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate! They'll be drawing five orders to get this lucky prize. They'll also draw out 25 orders that will receive a grab bag of goodies!

Plentiful Craft Patterns

Are you looking for a ton of craft patterns? Then check out Pattern Page. Billing itself as "the original and largest web site on the Internet displaying page after page of Craft Patterns," it's updated regularly with new patterns! You'll find country and prim patterns, raggedys patterns, wood craft patterns, seasonal doll patterns, folk art patterns, stitchery patterns, purse patterns, even Plum Purdy Designs, and so much more!!

Doll Making Tutorials

Here are a couple informative websites for doll making tutorials:

Doll making techniques
Main page, which features more info
Wire tutorials for doll makers
Even doll making online classes

Sewing Tutorials

Just came across these sewing tutorials, offering a wide variety of sewing projects for beginners to sewing veterans.