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Smell irrisistable this Valentine's day with some heart embed soap.
Check out the how-to from Candle Tech.
Give your home a touch of vintage charm with Christina Strutt's new book Home-Made Vintage.
With over 40 quick and easy sewing projects to choose from, these simple creations will make a big difference to your home, from soft furnishings and quilts to accessories and storage. Sew some kitsch bunting, hide hidden clutter with a bed skirt, keep pillows smelling fresh with lavender pockets, dress up your bedroom with a fairytale muslin canopy or spice up afternoon tea with a stitched placemat and napkin. There's even a selection of clothes and accessories, including kitchen aprons, fabric brooches and bags of all shapes & sizes.
Organised by room of the house, there's a perfect project that will brighten up and add a bit of vintage chic to any dull space.
You can pick up a copy of the book from CICO Books now.
Be unique and sew your Valentine a card this year.
Check out the how-to from Paper 'N' Stitch Blog.
Forget neat stitches and sewing in straight lines, it's time to break the rules with Free & Easy Stitch Style by Poppy Treffry.
The book aims to help you find your own personal sewing style, break free from the conventional and stitch one-of-a-kind creations. Learn techniques such as outlining & shading, appliques and dealing with rough edges. Create special greetings cards, beautiful breakfast cosies for your eggs and teapots, an applique perfect pinny and hairband, freah-as-a-daisy curtains and an oh-so-tasty picnic blanket
Fire up your sewing machine and like with paper and pencil, learn how to draw with thread on fabric.
Check out a sample project from the book, Whimsical Wall Tidy. You can pick up a copy of the book now from RU Craft.
Red velvet cupcakes are a delicious chocolate sponge tinted bright red!
Here is our pick of some of the best projects on CO+K last week:
Knit some knitting needles, make chalkboard coasters and a trendy shrink plastic bracelet, mold a mint ice cream charm, sew a recycled sweater mouse or a small needle case, bake banana nut chip bread, crochet a headband with a bow, sew a knitting bag, make a studded bracelet out of duct tape or a duct tape bow, make a rainstick instrument, mold a kiwi cane, sew a long cat scarf or some fabric cats felt a wool flower scarf, make a magazine bag and paper gift bags, squeeze yourself in to a reversible corset, make a retro kitchen wall calendar, cook up some chocolatey popcorn, and sew a dramatic quilt.
Revamp an old door in to a chic headboard!
Check out the how-to from Country Living.
Wake up to breakfast with perfectly raised waffles.
Check out the recipe from Eat Make Read.