Photo Collage / Mood Board Featuring Craft Inspiration and Craft Project Ideas in Shades of Beige, Brown and Pink

Welcome, creative friend! I am glad you’re here.

If you’d like to make any of the projects pictured above, I invite you to check out the following free crochet patterns and free craft tutorials, which will explain the most important details you need to know about how to make projects like these. If you have questions, feel free to ask; if I know the answers, I will do my best to help.

Hand-Stamped Floral Thank You Card: A Past Month’s Altenew Inspiration Challenge Entry

Scrapbooking Layout Documenting My Crochet Projects Made & Photographed in Ashkelon, Israel

In the scrapbooking layout above, I’m pictured wearing a couple of my favorite crochet projects. Free crochet patterns are available online for both of these designs. In the photo on the left-hand side of the page, I’m wearing this bead crochet necklace. In the photo on the right-hand side of the page, I’m wearing this crochet infinity scarf. Click or tap either of those links if you’d like to be magically transported to the free crochet patterns for making those projects. Or, tap / click here if you’d rather learn how to make a scrapbooking layout like the one pictured above.

Freeform Crochet Blanket Made in Shades of Beige, Brown, and Peach Yarn

Shell Stitch Baby Blanket: Free Crochet Pattern

Earthtone Ombre Kitchen Set: Free Patterns for Crocheting a Matching Set of Variegated Potholders and a Dishcloth

Crochet Lace Dishcloth: Free Pattern

Layered Crochet Flower

To create this flower, you crochet two different layers, and then you sew the two layers together. The last step is to embellish the top with a pretty button and / or other baubles. You can glue a faux crystal onto the button or stick a faux gem sticker onto the button for extra sparkle.

The bottom layer is a one-color flower that’s very easy to crochet. The flower has six petals; it lies mostly flat but has a bit of dimension around the outer edge. You can get the free crochet pattern for it HERE.

Small Crochet Flower With Popcorn Stitch Petals

The top layer is also an easy one-color flower design. I call it the Small Crochet Flower With Popcorn Stitch Petals. A free pattern is available for crocheting that, too. You can also use either layer separately.

Crochet Cupcake Potholders: Free Pattern

Over to You:

The floor is open for comments, if you have any insights you’d like to share or questions you’d like to ask.

Thanks so much for dropping by my craft blog today. I appreciate your interest!

Posted By: Amy Solovay

Welcome, Crafty Friend! I am so glad you found your way here.

You probably already have more craft ideas of your own than you could use in a lifetime — but it never hurts to have more. Pictured above is a mood board featuring craft projects made in a palette of blues and greens. I have free crochet patterns and free craft tutorials available for most, but not all, of the projects pictured above. If you like any of these ideas, you are welcome to use these patterns and tutorials to make your own versions of these projects.

Striped Crochet Square With Heart Design: Free Crochet Pattern and Chart

Striped Checkerboard Square: Free Crochet Chart

I have a baby blanket pattern posted that makes use of both the striped heart and striped checkerboard square designs. If you want to use the striped checkerboard chart, you can grab it from this page.

Crochet Pattern Sampler Afghan

• I have patterns available for the individual crocheted squares you use for making this blanket. You don’t have to make them into a blanket; you can use them for making whatever other projects you have in mind. Click or tap here to go to a list of the square patterns from this series that I currently have available online.
• Click or tap here to get the pattern for putting all the squares together to make an afghan.

A Pocket Page Scrapbooking Layout Documenting My Green, Tan and Turquoise Crocheted Blanket

If you’re curious about the behind-the-scenes making of the Pattern Sampler Afghan, pictured above, this scrapbooking layout will give you the inside scoop — plus it’s also useful if you’d like some ideas for documenting your own craft projects, road trips, etc.

Free Afghan Stitch Crochet Tutorial

The afghan stitch tutorial linked above will teach you how to crochet solid-colored fabrics in afghan stitch. To make the colorful variation shown in the photo collage above, pictured in the far right-hand-side column in the middle, the trick is to use two different colors of variegated yarn. The yarn colorways I chose for this are self-striping yarns with fairly long stretches of color, but you can also get interesting results with shorter, choppier bits of variegated color.

What you do is complete a forward pass, drop your active color, and pick up the other color. Complete the return pass, then work the next forward pass, then drop the active color and pick up the other color. You don’t ever cut your yarns in between, so you don’t have extra ends to weave in with this technique — yet you can achieve a vibrantly-colored project using this method. I love this idea and use it often to make interesting projects. If it inspires you, too, I hope you’ll give it a try.

Thanks so much for dropping by! I really appreciate your interest in these craft projects. Please feel free to drop me a comment if you’d like to have tutorials or instructions for how to do any of the other projects that I pictured in the mood board but didn’t link to in the body of the post. Happy crafting!

“I don’t know where I’m going

But I sure know where I’ve been

Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday”

~Sung by the band Whitesnake, from their Saints and Sinners album

The photo collage below reminds me of this song because I am not sure where I’m going next, creatively speaking, but these pictures give you a glimpse at so many of the places I’ve been in times past.

If you’d like to learn how to do any of these art and craft techniques or make similar projects to any of the ones shown above, I’ve got you covered: I offer free tutorials for learning how do do just about all of this stuff. If you’re interested, I invite you to check ’em out:

Bohemian Swirl Collage Art — Free Instructions

Happy Planner Horizontal Weekly Layout Featuring Year to Shine Goals Stickers

How to Do Spin Art: Free Tutorial and Instructions

“Bohemian Girl” Collage / Assemblage Art:

I made a series of similar small art pieces that all look somewhat like this one, but each is unique. I’m in the process of writing a tutorial sharing an overview of my creative process for the entire series. It’ll be awhile before the tutorial is completely finished, but I do have some of its component pieces ready for you to check out:

• Those 4 cube-like shapes at the top of the artwork are made of resin. You can learn more about resin crafts HERE.
• I used spin art techniques to create the spiral at the top of the artwork. You can learn how to do spin art HERE.
• I used several different media to paint the collaged images: Lumiere metallic paints, Jacquard fabric dyes, and Strathmore Bristol board.

Easy Curved Crochet Circle Pattern

I originally crocheted these circles to be the ends on a tube-shaped purse. That didn’t work out as planned; I never shared the purse pattern, because I wasn’t thrilled with how it turned out. I have another version of that in progress using flat circles that I’m much happier with. However, you might find the curved circles useful for whatever crochet projects you happen to have in mind, so I shared the pattern. I’m thinking of using it to make disc-shaped Christmas ornaments for this coming holiday season, but I am sure there are zillions of other ways you could use it if you are so inclined.

Get the Free, Easy Curved Circle Crochet Pattern HERE.

How to Draw or Paint a Still Life

Wire Crochet Necklace With Green Jasper Beads: Free Pattern

Any questions? The floor is open for comments. Thanks so much for dropping by today. I appreciate your interest!

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