Winners of Baby Safari and Giveaway for Dress Up Fabric
Thank you to everyone who entered the Baby Safari Giveaway! Reading what everyone was doing this holiday season was so inspiring and touched my heart! I had a horrible time deciding, and I implore you to continue to enter the giveaways during this month since I wanted so badly to give every one of you [...]
Giving Thanks-Free Thankful Banner Download
Last year, we did a thankful tree on Thanksgiving day. This year, the girls have a jar of leaves that they can write or draw on whenever they want to add to this banner in our kitchen. I’m hoping it’s a great way for them to see what their parents are grateful for and encourages [...]
Giving
It’s November, and I’ve told myself that this year the holidays are going to be a little different. Instead of the rush, rush, rush, I’m hoping to really live in the present this holiday season and remember to be grateful for what I have. I’ve cleared out my schedule of any “hard” deadlines and while [...]
Issue No. 5 of the Newsletter—Spraguefest and Tutorials
Wheww! Here it is! Our fifth issue of the newsletter. This thing just gets bigger and bigger! This one is 39 pages long with a huge section on Spraguefest, an introduction to Susan, a quilt pattern, a coupon code for Designer Workshop, and tutorials galore! Be sure and check out the calendar at the end…it’s [...]
A Lot’o Halloween Crafts
While we are working on a lot of NEW Halloween Crafts for the season, check these great project we did over the last couple of years with Haunted™ and Spider’s Web. Halloween Banner Halloween Countdown Calendar Batty Wreath
Pinfeathers Rosetta Wreath- Free Download
My sister-in-law walked in as I was making this wreath and said, “Weren’t you just complaining about the number of wreaths you have?” Ummm, yep. I might have too many wreaths. But this one is just SOOO cute! (justification, justification). So this is definately a time-consuming project but with only a couple of steps. I [...]
Carina Gardner Sewing Pattern Giveaway at the Boutique Cafe
At Quilt Market this last May I had the opportunity to visit with Daria at the Boutique Café. She has the interview up and a giveaway of one my sewing patterns. You’ll notice I make a big announcement about where my fabric is going at the end of the interview (did you catch it?). We [...]
This is the 10th Stop on the Jessica Sprague Bloghop Freebie!
Thanks for making it to my stop on the Jessica Sprague Birthday Party Bloghop! Just click on the image below to get your freebie for me that coordinates with all the other designers at JS! If you have stopped here first, you can find the beginning of this blog hop at Jessica’s blog. Be sure [...]
Carina Gardner Quarterly Newsletter Issue no. 3
Here it is! Our third quarterly newsletter. Click on the image and it will take you to the full issue. Enjoy! Carina
Free Digital Scrapbooking Kits
I have a couple of new free kits that I am giving away to everyone. I love digital scrapbooking, and I haven’t had a lot of time to work on layouts recently! Making these new kits did a world of good for me as I “shabbied” paper to my heart’s content. Spring Fling is the [...]
Love Nest Flag Quilt – Free Download
After a weekend of quilting, I finally have the Love Nest™ Flag Quilt instructions for you! It’s a such a beautiful quilt (if I do say so myself) and the flags make it fun and modern. I’ll be making a second one this weekend (both girls want one). In fact, Siri liked it so much [...]
Partridge Bird Pattern – Free Download
As promised, here is my cute partridge birdie pattern. I’ve got these little darlings sprinkled all over my Christmas tree this year, but I see a future for these birds in other rooms in my house. And not just in felt. Oh no. These birdies will be perfectly pretty in fabric… Pattern and instructions can [...]
Carina Gardner Newsletter
If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter yet, you are definitely missing out! Our second issue went out yesterday in all its holiday glory. Please be sure and sign up so that you can receive a direct link to our newsletter. It comes out 4 times a year with lots of eye candy. If [...]
Reversible Ballet Bag Tutorial
I woke up this morning and ached for a bit of sewing. Just a little. I just wanted a quick little project that would brighten my two little girls’ day. Here’s what I came up with: Using the samples I have from Love Nest™ (due out Jan 2011), I made both Siri and Flissa a [...]
Coquette Quilt-Free Pattern
It’s taken me a little longer than I wanted it to, but here it is! Instructions for putting together the Coquette™ Quilt. It’s meant for the beginner to intermediate quilter. I love this quilt because it is very forgiving for us newbie quilters. None of the seams line up and all of the blocks are [...]
Haunted Giveaway Announced and Freebie!
I’m hopping on tonight to announce that the winner of the Haunted™ paper set is: #24 Amber Robbins. Email me at info@carinagardner.com, and I’ll send off that set! Congrats! Two more things before I turn in for the night. First, Good Things Utah covered my Halloween line (Click on the picture on the right). Amber [...]
How to Make a LumJum Body Pillow-Free Download
What IS a lumjum you might ask? Growing up with a Chinese mom meant that we had some pretty weird words for some of our favorite things. However, the most loved item that my mom made each of us was a lumjum, aka a cylinder body pillow. Growing up, this was the lovie we all [...]
A Big Ol’ Fabric and Paper Giveaway
You can image how excited I was when Coquette™ came to my door today! It actually got dropped off at my old address and has been sitting there for 4 days! I’m so happy to have it at my house now, filling up my tiny studio. It’s amazing! You can find Coquette™ by going to [...]
How To Make a Halloween Banner-Free Download
There have been spooky things happening at my house recently: Crows cawing, moss creeping, and mice scurrying along the old piano. It’s just enough to make you want to shout, “Happy Halloween!” The spookiness has been so much fun that I made this banner using the Haunted™ Line. The instructions and pattern are below for [...]
How to Make a Halloween Countdown Calendar-Free Download
It may seem a bit early, but Halloween has come to my house this last week. I’ve been happily crafting with my Haunted™ Paper Line. Lots of white pumpkins and scarecrows are visiting my living room (Photos coming soon!). Here’s a fun project that you really need to do (and can easily do) in advanced. [...]
How to Make a Butterfly Chandelier-Free Download
I made this fun little chandelier for my girls’ room a month ago using my Back to Basic’s digital line. It’s been a cute addition to their room, and it was pretty easy to make. Check out the tutorial below. Want to cut it with your silhouette machine (or any other machine that cuts Illustrator [...]
Designer Weekend Sale—Daisy Jane and Informed
Today is release day. I have a couple of new releases today (30% off today only), but my favorite is my Americana, which I made in honor of Independence Day. If you’ve been looking for a digital scrapbooking sale from me, here it is! My designer sale going on this weekend at DHD. There will [...]
Happy Birthday—Free Download
It’s just a silly, little thing, but worth it for the birthday girl! Print out silly faces of the birthday girl (or boy) and place a birthday hat on their head. Add a toothpick and you have a very fun (and thoughtful) birthday cake (even when your birthday cake is having a landslide problem. Next [...]
Dirty and Clean Dishwasher Tag—Free Download
I’ve been meaning to make this for myself for sometime now—A magnetic dishwasher button that tells everyone else in the house if the dishes are clean or dirty. Here it is for you too (should you also have the problem of everyone asking you if the dishes are clean or dirty). I’m going to laminate [...]