Keeping it Real

Monday, January 19, 2026

Welcome to The Really Crafty Link Party #494!

Hello, and welcome! I hope you've had a lovely weekend and I'm glad you could join is for a new link party this week.

If you can, please try to visit at least a couple of other posts and/or leave a nice comment on other people's creations, and help spread the word on social media - the more, the merrier!


The really crafty link party, keeping it real, craft blog



As usual, the party will be open until Thursday and I will post the features on Friday, January 23rd.
 
Please note that there's a 50 entries limit, so make sure you link up early!

Missed last week's features? Click the image below to check them out:




And now, let's party!

Friday, January 16, 2026

The Really Crafty Link Party #493 featured posts!

Hello and welcome! It's Friday again, so it's time to share the features of this week's link party!


The Really Crafty Link Party #493 featured posts!





Thank you all for joining the party and sharing with us. It's always a pleasure and an inspiration to go through all your wonderful posts!

Scroll down to check out this week's lovely features:

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Cute pouches gift set

Hello and welcome! Popping in here quickly today to show off a new gift set I recently finished sewing: one zipper pouch and a matching envelope pouch, all done in the cutest fabric ever!


cute pouches gift set

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Intertwined Hearts - free cross stitch pattern

Hello, and welcome! Lately I've been seeing a lot of Valentine's Day related posts already, so I decided this week's free cross stitch pattern would fall into that trend too:


Intertwined Hearts - free cross stitch pattern

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Boxy zipper pouch - tutorial

Hello, and welcome! Remember the boxy school bag I made for my daughter at the end of summer last year (find it here)? Well, at the same time I also created a matching boxy zipper pouch, that my daughter uses as a pencil pouch. 


Boxy zipper pouch - tutorial



So today I'm finally posting here the tutorial for the boxy zipper pouch:

Monday, January 12, 2026

Upcycled gift package

Hello, and welcome! Keeping up with my frugal goal for 2026 (read about it here), today I'm sharing here how I upcycled a package (leftover from a Christmas gift) into a new gift package ready to be used:


 

Welcome to The Really Crafty Link Party #493!

Hello, and welcome! I hope you've had a lovely weekend and I'm glad you could join is for a new link party this week.

If you can, please try to visit at least a couple of other posts and/or leave a nice comment on other people's creations, and help spread the word on social media - the more, the merrier!


The really crafty link party, keeping it real, craft blog



As usual, the party will be open until Thursday and I will post the features on Friday, January 16th.
 
Please note that there's a 50 entries limit, so make sure you link up early!

Missed last week's features? Click the image below to check them out:




And now, let's party!