Friday, June 15, 2012

Today's Featured Shop -- QuiltAples

Today's featured shop is QuiltAples.     Cathy makes a variety of beautiful quilts, dolls, and primitives.


 Applique Twin Size Quilt - Crossing Designs



Grungy Owl Shelf Sitter

Primitive Cat Shelf Tucks

Applique Twin Size Quilt - Crossing Designs


Be sure and visit Cathy's shop to see all of her handmades.   http://www.etsy.com/shop/QuiltAples 

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Thursday Giveaway Link Party --- Add Your Giveaway

Our weekly giveaway link opportunity is a way for you to share your giveaways with our readers.



This is a continuing link party and giveaways are removed as they end.   Please don't forget to add the end date of your giveaway to the name of your giveaway.



The rules are easy:



You must be a follower of our blog.



Add our logo to your blog sidebar.  This is very easy to do.   Save our logo below to your computer,  select add gadget in your blog settings,  choose add picture and select our logo from  your computer and then link it to http://www.byyourhands.com







When you enter the title of your giveaway, please add the end date of your giveaway. 



Be sure the url is the direct link to your giveaway blog post. Make sure you are linking directly to your giveaway.



Family friendly giveaways only.





Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Handmade Spotlight - Lets Go On A Picnic!


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Tuesday Tutorial - Luminaries

In the warmer months we all tend to spend more time outdoors, so let's make our outdoor living space more attractive with some handmade luminaries.

These adorable luminaries are made from water balloons and wax. They look fairly easy to make too. Instructions can be found at... www.candletech.com




This tutorial is a little more involved that the above ones, but the results are wonderful. Find out how to make the luminaries shown below at www.modpodgerocksblog.com




This example below is made for Halloween, but I'm thinking if you used other colors, you could use it any time of the year. The tutorial can be found at www.thelongthread.com


Hope you're inspired to try your hand at making some luminaries. Enjoy your summer!

Deena Davis