via Feeling Stitchy

As soon as I saw these sachets, I wanted to rush to my craft room and get started. These cute felts sachets, stuffed with a little lavender, would make a great gift for Mom too.

3 Felt Sachet Patterns from rectangel

via Not Martha

Need something special for your next dinner party? Everything is better with bacon. Not Martha shows you how to make these impressive bacon cups.

Bacon Cups How-To at Not Martha

Cake Topper: BuildersStudio

Wedding season is rapidly approaching and if you’re lucky enough to be planning nuptials, its likely that your imagination is bubbling over with ideas too. To avoid becoming a DIY Bridezilla, you may need to edit your creative tendencies, curb your perfectionism, and make careful choices. That said, it’s your wedding! Have fun!

Check out this collection of DIY wedding ideas and advice:

Threadbanger’s Decor It Yourself Wedding
Crafting up your wedding at SuperNaturale

DIY Wedding Favor Boxes at CRAFT
Nut and bolt wedding rings and uber ring round up on MAKE

via Dinosaurs And Robots

Get over to Dinosaurs and Robots today and check out the newest alleged attack on Sublime Stitching by person/group called Urban Threads.

My first exposure to Jenny Hart and Sublime Stitching was actually in an article about copyright infringement. It was about a group of artists who had either sent their designs to large companies for production only to be rejected and then see very similar versions of their designs in mass production or artists who were starting to gain independemt popularity and had the same thing happen.

If these new allegations of infringement are true, this case is even worse than what Jenny Hart has faced in the past. According to Dinosaurs and Robots, the company Urban Threads is presenting itself as the work of an independent artist named Niamh O’Connor active in indie craft forums when, in fact, it is owned and operated by a large company called Embroidery Library Inc.

I don’t have have all of the facts, but the circumstantial evidence still makes me queasy.

Copyright infringement cases ultimately come down to whether the artist has the time and money to fight. So I’m doing what Dinosaurs and Robots did, and I’m buying some of Jenny’s designs. I grabbed an Ultimate Embroidery Kit for $30.00.

Read about the situation at Dinosaurs and Robots

Buy something from Sublime Stitching

My shop pick today is this chic and fun lampwork ladybug bead set from rondajimhard. Each ladybug is silver-cored for a sleek finished look. These unique beads would make a great pair of earrings and tiny pendant necklace, mix them with the matching black beads for a cute bracelet.
Price: $9.99 plus shipping

Black and White w/ LADYBUGS Bead Set on Etsy