I love to entertain and one of my favorite parts of entertaining is dressing up the table. From the color scheme to the placement of plates, napkins and cutlery, I love it all! And what gives me particular joy is the center piece or in this case pieces – check out my ribbon topiaries to jazz up my dinner table!I recently attended the first birthday party of a cousin’s little girl and saw these on display. My cousin did them all herself and they looked SO delightful that I just had to try it out for Read more…

Let me take this opportunity to thank all our lovely followers and fans for participating so actively in our Craft Awards last month. Whether you were submitting your creation or voting for your favorite, your particpation made it a resounding success! Stay tuned for the results which we will be announcing very soon.               On to our challenge for April and from the image above, perhaps you have a hint of what’s in store. We’ve chosen a color challenge and what better colors to showcase Read more…

First off, from all of us here at Itsy Bitsy, here’s wishing you a very Happy Easter! Hope the festival  brings you  much joy and celebration. I wanted to share a project I made for the young readers in our life. Schools are wrapping up and the kids are free for the summer. As we parents frantically search for ways to keep them occupied, I started thinking what better occupation is there than reading? And what better way to get them interested in reading than with some crafty bookmarks:Using Read more…

My son’s school year came to an end this past Wednesday and we all went to collect the report card from his teachers. My son is just 4 years old, which is why I am always hugely grateful to his teachers for looking after him all year. I thought a nice gesture would be some homemade cupcakes and nothing is more fun than adorable little cupcake toppers to accessorise them. So here’s what I made. Here’s a look at the actual toppers. I decided to do paper rosettes in different sizes with vibrantly coloured Read more…

Hi friends Dr Sonia here from Cards ,Crafts & Kids Projects .Sometimes life just gets too busy for crafting and I struggled for ideas and time for this Guest DT post for Itsy Bitsy. But then I thought most of us go through such times and I thought I would share a super simple project which can be whipped up in minutes when we are short of time!I followed the tutorial for this accordion style Paper Basket and even though Origami is actually not my cup of tea this is a an easy project to makePaper Read more…

Itsy Bitsy has a great range of stencils – almost 40 designs and using them you can create extremely original and beautiful cards or other projects. I recently got my hands on the Border Stencil set and as you can see I really went to town with them. Here’s my first card:The border stencil has a line of tiny circles which are great for formulating perfect little dots on a card. I used some Fabrica 3D glitter and with the help of the stencil created this design on the left side of the card. Isn’t Read more…

Games provide important skills for young children plus they are fun too. They also help teach children necessary life skills, such as cooperation, critical-thinking and motor control. Its amazing what you can make when you have the right materials. I love making easy DIY games with Lil P. We have made simple icecream catching game, the snakes and ladders and many more. Not only are DIY games low cost, they give children a sense of achievement. Here is an easy project for you to try at home. You’ll Read more…

Itsy Bitsy is now stocking a fabulous range of buttons. There’s the fashion buttons from the world renowned Jesse James range and there’s the multicraft buttons which come in oodles of colors and sizes in a convenient little pouch. All these are on sale this week – 20% off – so naturally I had to stock up. And when I got my hands on the adorable Jesse James Baby Girl set – there was only one project in my mind – ‘pinking up’ my little Kyra’s dress top and frilly socks. And here’s the final result!The Read more…

I’m doing a baby scrapbook for a friend’s niece and one of the important occasions in the pre-delivery period is a ceremony called Kupadhi. I have made a layout to commemorate this function and my objective was to provide space for as many photographs as possible. At the same time I wanted to use some of the delightful Itsy Bitsy glitter florets I have in my stash so the end result is this – A Scrapbook Layout Full of Flowers!!I started it out with one of my all time favorite pattern papers from Read more…