Being able to subtly show your overwhelming fandom can be fun. jennieingram knows this well! She made this gorgeous charm bracelet dedicated to all of Doctor Who’s companions. With 39 charms, she covered a lot of ground! Can you place each items relevance? You can see the full thread here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=412976.0 You can see tons [...]

Who wouldn’t want Tetris shelves? You could switch up the look of the room AND play Tetris at the same time! With just a few pine boards and some graph paper, johloh made these awesome, completely moveable shelves for only about $40! You can see the full thread here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=167587.0 You can see more great [...]

Every two weeks we pick our favorite 15 projects that Craftster readers have voted for with the “This Rocks!” button. Here are our latest picks which were lovingly and painstakingly chosen (so many amazing projects to choose from!), this time by jungrrl. We hope you enjoy them! Lana Portrait Ghan by mama24boyz Dollar Store Pendant [...]

Sarah Greaves is a Manchester-based artist who I’ve been excited about for a long time. “I describe my work as Embroidered Graffiti. I use the traditional craft of embroidery to vandalise and graffiti everyday objects with emotive, political and thoughtful text. Fridges, doors, food and sinks become canvases for hidden thoughts. “My work explores stereotyped [...]

In January of this year, I did a blog feature on crafts featuring superheros. In searching for projects to feature, I found too many to present in just one article. Here are more amazing crafts that highlight our favorite superheros.  nikschaf celebrates four different superheros in her set of hand-embroidered cloth napkins. ladypie made these [...]

Cross-stitch is a perfect medium to stitch your favorite quotes from your favorite shows. Antigone567 used cross-stitch to immortalize her favorite Psych quote, in which The Blueberry got its name. You can see the full thread here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=422699.0 You can see tons more great crafts by viewing the “TV show” tag.

It all starts innocently enough. Rousseline just wanted to make a quilt with a video game character on it. Seems simple. Even her choice of a Slime from Dragon Quest seems so innocent! But soon, that simple Slime grew and grew so that each quilt square pixel was 5″ by 5″ and eventually the whole [...]

This little needle and thread tattoo of dellastella‘s is downright adorable! It’s not that big and it’s straightforward but it’s still so pretty! Do you have a crafty tattoo? Share it here at the following link and you may be featured on the blog! http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=334366.0

We love Craftypod, it’s simply terrific and Sister Diane is an absolute angel. The latest episode features none other than our very own Queen of Ironic Stitching, Beefranck! We all know that Beefranck (alter ego: Bridget Franckowiak) is the binding polymer here at Mr X Stitch, but you may not realise that she is also [...]

Lamps can be so expensive! However, you can purchase a lamp kit at a hardware store and make almost anything into a lamp, as these creative Craftsters have demonstrated.  charmingflaws and her dad made this unique kitchen light out of an old blender. This great camera lamp by apis_melis was given to her father, a [...]

As a child of the 80′s I’m very partial to the original My Little Ponies. I haven’t seen MLP: Friendship is Magic yet but the more I hear about it the more I think I need to check it out! I really love that little Derpy Hooves (aww!) got her name from fans on the [...]

Every two weeks we pick our favorite 15 projects that Craftster readers have voted for with the “This Rocks!” button. Here are our latest picks which were lovingly and painstakingly chosen (so many amazing projects to choose from!), this time by rackycoo. We hope you enjoy them! TONS of T-shirt Dresses! *pic heavy* by appleshannon [...]

Carly Altree-Williams is a Melbourne-based textile artist. The pieces featured in today’s post come from her Feminine Realm series. “The Feminine Realm is a selection of new works exploring the theme of the female experience using portraiture, adornment, animals and rites of passage. Portraiture captures a person at a certain moment in their life whether [...]

Some cosplays can be hit or miss. These Sims 2 cosplay costumes by N30Nb100d are definitely a HIT. She put tons of effort into both of these costumes to be accurate to the game and they look amazing! She even made her plumbob as a headband! You can see the full thread here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=390908.0 You [...]

After all your mom has done for you, she deserves to be pampered on her special day. Here in the US, Mother’s Day is May 12. Here are some great gifts you can make for mom to show her you care.  Pamper your mom with this decadent chocolate sugar scrub. pinkleo provides the recipe in [...]

This month, our Craftster Crush is pottermouth! She is truly the definition of “Jane of all trades,” or “Craftster of all trades,” as the case may be! From baking to quilting to crochet, all of her projects are just stellar. Each one is unique and crafted of lovely quality. Be sure to check out her [...]

Craft Challenge #87 Shape It Up, has been announced! Your challenge this month is to cut and craft a project inspired by a shape! Enter for your chance to win a super duper prize pack from Spellbinders and Craftster! Entries are due Jun 3 – 10, 2013. Read all of the challenge details here.

This weekend, surprise mom with a handmade gift from the heart! This Sunday is Mother’s Day! Celebrate all of the moms in your life with creative and inspiring projects. Handmade Mugs Have you visited the Pottery & Ceramics board recently? These beautiful custom mugs created by cinnamon teal would be the perfect gift for any [...]

This month’s Craft Challenge was Terrific Tutorials! The challenge was to create and post a terrific tutorial for an awesome project! Our winning entry was created by sheepBlue! Her entry titled, “Screen Printing with Drawing Fluid and Screen Filler – A How To at Home!” is a STELLAR tutorial for screen printing your own custom [...]

In this episode of Craftster Quickies, kittykill teaches you how to make lace crowns to make mom feel like the queen of her castle.