Making a Chipboard Shoe Picture Stand Tutorial By Laura Carson of Artfully Musing Blog

I just LOVE shoes and any creation revolving around shoes.  So, I was thrilled to see that Laura Carson had a wonderful tutorial on her Artfully Musing blog showing you how to make a shoe picture stand out of chipboard.  This is going to the top of my "to do" list.  I just LOVE shoes.

Making a Chipboard Shoe Picture Stand – Designed for Alpha Stamps

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Laura Carson of Artfully Musing.

Here's what Laura had to say about her tutorial:  In this tutorial I’ll cover how to construct a picture stand using chipboard shoes and a chipboard name tag. These stands are simple to make with endless style and theme possibilities.

Please respect Laura's TERMS OF USE:  My tutorials are protected by U.S. & International copyright laws.  Do not copy, duplicate, alter or reproduce in anyway.  Please use for inspiration only. ALL NAMES, LOGOS AND DESIGNS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. ©2012 Laura Carson (Artfully Musing), All Rights Reserved

Laura's Bio: After retiring from the computer software industry where I spent my career designing, building and marketing software, I needed a creative outlet. A few years ago I discovered Mixed Media Art and have had a love affair ever since. I’ve taught classes in Altered Books, Handmade Books, Collage Art and Mix Media Art. I currently design for Alpha Stamps and I enjoy trading in various art groups. Starting this blog is a way of sharing my art and the wonderful art I have received from others. I specialize in very detailed multi-layered and textured pieces. I live in Anthem Arizona with my husband Kevin, dog Sandy, and cat Tigger.

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved - Laura Carson of Artfully Musing.

Please visit her Artfully Musing blog at  http://artfullymusing.blogspot.com/.

18th Century Scissor Shoe Fobs Cross-Stitch Free Tutorial By Romona King Of Northbrook Designs

I just LOVE cross-stitch and LOVE shoes so you can imagine how delighted I was to see that Romona King of Northbrook Designs had created 3 wonderful free cross-stitch designs on her Northbrook Stitches blog for creating 18th century scissor shoe fobs.  I am definitely going to be creating some of these.

18th Century Scissor Shoe Fobs

© 2012 by Romona King of Northbrook Designs

If you'd like to download Romona's cross-stitch designs and tutorial please click on the picture above or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Here's what Romona had to say about her cross-stitch designs and tutorial:  Shoe Fobs came about as a result of my friend Colleen asking if I would like to be a guest blogger on her site. Because I had just recently gone back in time a little to return to my needlework days, she wondered if I could come up with something to celebrate her Historical theme for March 2012. I decided these were simple and quick to do and in keeping with my Marie Antoinette obsession. I have tried to use as few colours as possible because I tend to get carried away with details, so I have restrained myself for these fobs.

These are very small, they fit onto a 1 1/4 th  metal button cover. I have written a tutorial below to show you how to put these little charmers together. They make wonderful decoration and identifiers for your scissors and we all know how special our scissors are to us. They are fast to do and you can make them to fit larger or smaller button covers by simply changing your fabric count therefore making them for your different sizes of scissors.

Please respect Romona's Terms of Use - This design is offered freely, please respect the designers work and give credit where due. You may use the design to create projects to sell but not for mass production.

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved — Written By Romona King of Northbrook Designs. Romona is a crafter, doll maker, painter, needlework artist, and mixed media artist. You can visit her Northbrook Designs blog online at http://northbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/ and her Northbrook Stitches blog at http://www.northbrookstitches.blogspot.com/. You can also visit her Northbrook Designs shop at http://www.northbrookdesigns.com/.

Faux Bois Shoebox Free Tutorial by Carina Envoldsen-Harris of Carina's Craftblog

I love storing items in shoe boxes but don't always like the looks of the box.  Well, Carina Envoldsen-Harris has a solution for that.  I hope you enjoy her Faux Bois Shoebox tutorial.

Tutorial: faux bois shoebox

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Carina Envoldsen-Harris of Carina's Craftblog blog.

Here's what Carina had to say about her tutorial: You can turn a regular old shoebox into something much more stylish with some self-adhesive foil and a pair of scissors. It's really easy to do, but it turns out there are a few places where it can go wrong. Luckily for you, I did do those very mistakes which you can now avoid.

Please respect Carina's TERMS OF USE: BE NICE: DON'T STEAL - I spend hours thinking up projects, taking pictures, processing the pictures and writing tutorials and posts. So please respect the work that goes into this and don't steal my content. You are welcome to use the tutorials and patterns for your own personal crafting pleasure. And if you like them, feel free to share links to them. You can even borrow an image or two if you link back here. Sharing is nice, it's what makes the crafty blogosphere so great! But stealing other people's content and passing it off as your own is not nice at all. So don't be that guy. Or gal. Translating my tutorials or removing my copyright notice from images and posting the content as your own is not allowed. Thank you. Got a question about something? Want to know a bit about me? Need help with something? Check out the fancy pants FAQ page!

Carina's Bio: Carina is a Danish girl living in Essex, England with her husband. She's an artist and crafter who loves to crochet, draw, sew, paint, and embroider.

Copyright © 2011 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Carina Envoldsen-Harris of Carina's Craftblog blog. Please visit Carina's new Carina's Craftblog blog at http://carinascraftblog.wardi.dk ,  her Wardi.dk website, her Carina Wardi Etsy shop, and her Polka & Bloom Etsy shop .