Do you entertain?  I often entertain the idea of entertaining, though it’s been quite a few years since the last time I actually threw a party.  Now that I’ve thought about it, I’m long overdue!  If you’re doing some summer entertaining, add this idea to your to-do list.  Sara from Creative Jewish Mom made these craft foam wine glass charms so that her guests would …

Recently NASA stated that space shuttle Atlantis will be the last of the shuttle program, retiring the entire shuttle fleet to concentrate on sending probes further out to asteroids and Mars. But that doesn’t mean that all rockets need to be grounded, you can make your own!  Using paper cut-outs, toothpicks and bendy straws you can make your own flying rockets for next to nothing!

Bottle caps are just one of those difficult-to-throw-away things.  They’re so colorful and fun, and there are so many crafty things you can do with them!  Jenny from A Bird in the Hand used a handful of them to make a funky flower that she mounted on a chopstick so it can serve as a plant stake.  Too cute!  You could also turn one into …

I’m always on the lookout for yarn projects that don’t involve knitting or crocheting.  While I can crochet almost anything (and I really wish I could knit), it’s nice to have other options for using up odds and ends left over from making afghans and sweaters.  At Family Chic, Camilla came up with the idea of wrapping yarn around a wire form to make lovely …

Here’s a project that just screams “budget wedding!”  Would you believe that this lotus-like pomander ball was made using plain ol’ wax paper?  Carolyn from Carolyn’s Homework created the feathery, translucent decoration using materials that, in summation, are far more than just the humble parts!  I bet it looks incredible with sunlight shining though it.  If you make more than one of these, try using …

When Emily from Blu Babes Create happened upon a picture of a skirt made out of a men’s button-down shirt at Grosgrain, she knew she had to make one for herself.  She searched and searched for a tutorial but couldn’t find one, so she took a stab at it on her own.  She came up with fabulous results, and a tutorial!  If you don’t have …

I have what probably constitutes a lifetime supply of buttons, but unfortunately my collection doesn’t have as much variety as I’d like.  A couple of years ago I sorted my buttons into two separate sets, making a jar full of colorful buttons and another full of white, black, brown, and other not-as-pretty colors.  As it turns out, I have about 4 times as many of …

Let me tell you about this file cabinet. I got it from the free listings on Craigslist a couple years ago. (My secret to getting something good for FREE off Craigslist? Stalk the site or use a CL phone app and the minute you see something you want listed for Free, jump in the car and drive like the wind.) It was a not-so-tasty beige, …

You know we love itty-bitty things here at DSC, and that of course includes cocktail umbrellas!  We’ve brought you some spiffy crafts using the little drink garnishes before; Heather made a cocktail umbrella lamp and I used one to make a miniature merry-go-round.  Over at Etsy’s Storque blog, I came across another use for them (and perhaps the best one I’ve seen yet)!  Seller Allison …

I’m a huge fan of granny squares. In fact, I might be slightly obsessed with them: I have a huge box of black and white granny squares that I have personally crocheted (they are waiting to be assembled into… something!). Awhile back, I started crocheting tiny little things with embroidery floss and a small steel crochet hook. I love crocheting with embroidery floss because it’s …