Granny Square Shawl & Halter Top, Free Crochet Pattern
Share Canadian Living did it with this darling summer crochet set of a granny square Kaleidoscope shawl and a matching halter top finished with rosette flowers. Darling. Floral & bright, but not too floral nor not too bright. Attractive, but a bit modest also. Just right. How Canadian!!! What [...]
Recycled Juice Box :: Tote Bag Pattern
Share Going green does not mean boring. It means Stylish! This Recycled Juice Box pattern is the ’living’ proof of how recycling has taken on a whimsical, upcycling, refashion-tangent and that there’s no going back! Great project to make this summer, but you got to start saving your used juice boxes now as you’ll need [...]
DIY Linky Party
Share (This party is closed, but the current party is listed on our Fine Craft Guild home page. See you there!) Today, we’re having our first DIY Tutorial linky party. The official date is really tomorrow, but as I suspect this to be technically complicated, I gave myself and everyone else an extra day. Hope [...]
Beautiful Birdcage Pillows Craft Giveaways
Share Did you see this fabulous bird pillow tutorial made by Bev from Flamingo Toes for us? It’s a beautifully embellished pillow tutorial with lots of techniques and tips to get the ‘just so’ detail. This bird pillow is a match to two other pillows she’d just designed, one of [...]
Free Butterfly Craft Ideas & Tutorials
Share Spring, that annual period of transformation… So, I thought it’s time to work with a symbol that marks ‘transformation’ like no other symbol does: the butterfly. We ALL need butterflies. To create ‘how to’s for my craft readers, I’ve collected and developed ideas and free craft tutorials, stencils, templates, plus other design tools~ of [...]
Homemade Relax Tea
Share Yesterday we posted ‘Love Jar’: a tutorial on how to embellish an empty honey jar to transform it into a wonderful Mother’s Day gift ~ a jar for her desk or craft corner. However, as it stood there in my kitchen yesterday, the (obvious?) thought came to me that, instead, it would be [...]
How to Draw a Simple Rose ~ Flowers for Mothers Day
Share If there is one day of the year, that moms like to get flowers, it’s on Mothers Day. It’s easy & fun to be creative with this general notion of flowers though. …. You could make a her a pillow with flower embroidery/embellishments, start some daffodils into a handmade basket for her ahead of [...]
Cool Girl Craft: How to Make Elastic Hair Ties
Share What to do on a rainy weekend? ???!!! Oh, it’s easy: bejewel a plain, ordinary hair crunchy* into a work of art. How to Make a Jewel Crunchy/Hair Tie Here is how ~ it’s a simple formula: 1. Find some seed beads. 2. Find some matching colored sequins 3. And some thread [...]
2010 Challenge: 20 Days, 10 Crafts
Share A new year, a new plan. That’s how it is at FineCraftGuild. Lots of things to do!!! A craft a day ~ set the timer on…. Let 2010 be an action-filled year. We hope you’ll join our 2010 craft challenge. You can join any time during the year. The best entries will be featured [...]
Craft Calendars 2010
Share It’s January 1. Time for a new calendar. While I’m all for recycling old calendars and creating your own calendar (In fact, I have an article on how to make your own desk calendar, and will soon post some new scrapbooking page layouts for this calendar), I could not help it but just needed [...]
Fine Art Print Books – Artist Interview
Share Meeting a real artist is always inspiring. Today I met book artist Alison Kurke in the ancient little town of Civita Castellana, Italy. An artist: she does not want to teach, she wants to create. She loves making handmade books. “Making handmade books is easy” proclaims Alison. “However, you must have the binding [...]
Make Your Own Andy Warhol Christmas Card
Share Did you know that Andy Warhol made some other kind of artwork than that ’4 images in different color scheme’ kinda thing? In the beginning of his art career, Warhol was a commercial graphic designer for retail. For this job, he created fun, whimsical artwork, particularly for the Christmas holidays. This image here is [...]
Fathers Day Certificates to Celebrate Dad
Share This super easy craft project allows you to complement the hand-made Fathers Day card or gift that you might have made in school or from a free craft template/project here at FineCraftGuild.com, with a Fathers’ Day Certificate that celebrates your dad’s special talents, hobbies and lovely things he does for you, year-round. Actually, you [...]
Free Valentine Font for Greeting Cards
Share I thought to design some font for you to use for your free Valentine Card Template that I created for you a few days ago. Free Valentine Font Click on the image, to find the larger letters. Cut and paste your message. Yes, of course, you can use this lettering for any other scrapbooking [...]
Making Fabulous Paper Flowers with Tissue Paper
Share This is a tissue paper flowers craft project that is so simple, it can easily be done by children 6 years and up. You and they will love it, as each flower takes only minutes to produce and looks stunning! Craft Supplies Needed Crepe paper or tissue paper Twist ties, Scots tape or rag [...]
Craft & Art Instruction :: Books I’m Currently Reading
Share Today I thought to share with you the books that I like reading / am getting inspiration from / am currently plowing through. Most are related to projects I am either doing right now, articles I am planning to write, projects that are coming down the pipeline, and then of course, good old food [...]
How to Make a Simple Butterfly Mosaic
Share I’ve been inspired by mosaics for some time now. Mosaics can be whimsical, or serious. In consider mosaics classical. And, as historic mosaics in ancient cultures show us, they can be durable. This weekend, my 5-year-old niece and I ventured out to an mosaic making art workshop. Together, we created a mirror butterfly mosaic. [...]
Inspiring Stencil Projects
Share I’ve collected a number of art, design and craft projects which use stencils as basic tools. I love the variety that you can achieve with stencils, as well as the wide range of graphic styles. I tried to offer a sample of everything here… well, of many things. Something Simple (Possible uses: Applique Patches, [...]
How to Make Your Own Stencils
Share In this Free Tutorial by FineCraftGuild.com you will learn that stencils are for serious artists like Banksy* or Warhol, as well as for absolute beginners like the rest of us. They are a great tool to make larger artworks fast. And, they are a great tool to create, yes, diversity, while sticking to a [...]
How to Use Stamps in Scrapbooking
Share Rubber stamps are so versatile for the use of scrapbooking. They are fun and inexpensive. Above all: stamps allow you to create many scrapbooking styles and vignets, in a flash. Plus they can be used with other media and techniques. The more often you use them, it seems that the more versatile they become, [...]
Pricing Your Craft is Actually Easy
Share Well, the truth is that many people find pricing hard — that’s why I wrote this article, helping you to make it easy. The trick is all in working the Craft Pricing formula: labor + materials + overhead = wholesale; 2 x wholesale = retail price This formula is your starting point. Start working [...]
