Vintage Hang Tag Tutorial

One of the great things about link parties is the great finds you discover - not only in items but also tutorials. Here's one that's being shared on the current Sunburnt Cow Link Party.

Deb from Paxton Valley Folk Art shares an indepth tutorial on how to make your own vintage hang tags.

Penny Mat Video Tutorial

The Calico Rabbit has a penny mat video tutorial that's sure to help any budding penny mat makers!

How to Get that Aged / Distressed Look

I'm sure many of you have heard of using various inks, coffee and tea staining, but have you heard of this really cool "tool": shoe polish! It's sooo much cheaper than the distress inks.

Rusty Rooster Vintage shares her distressed tutorial using shoe polish.

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!

Great Online Craft Store and Tutorials

Here are some great online craft store and tutorials that my blogging buddies have found:

Deb from Paxton Valley Folk Art shared this site full of a huge variety of tutorials!

Consumer Crafts - awesome variety and great prices. Trish from Me 2 U Primitives mentioned this resource to me.

Lori from Make Prim Happen let me know about her cute Drawstring and printing on fabric tutorial.

Free Prim Easter Patterns

Easter will soon be upon us. If you're looking to make some cute bunnies, here are a few free prim Easter patterns.

The site also contains free patterns for various ornies, raggies, critters, and seasonal decor.

Additionally, there are free tutorials to help you make raggedies and a cute bunny!

Lots of Prim Tutorials

Here's a wealth of prim tutorials, tips, and tricks. It includes anywhere from various salt dough recipes to rusting recipes, grunging recipes, and much, much more!

Prim Tutorial: Grungy Candles

If you want to prim up your decor, a simple way is to grungy up your candles. Here are a couple prim tutorials on how to do so.

This one, from Angie at Berry Homespun Primitives, uses candle wax and spices.

If you don't have any extra wax and you do have acrylic paint - as well as spices (or perhaps even coffee grounds?), you can try Rhonda's method at Blessed Prim Mamaw.

If you try it with coffee grounds or ground coffee, let us know how it turned out.

Prim Tutorial: Waxed Fruit

Who'd of thunk that fake fruit could look so good! Just prim them up with this tutorial from Angie at Berry Homespun Primitives.