Art Handbags
Coach, Prada or Michael Kors or all other designer tote or handbags: the whole fashion world produces ruffles. Like it or not. Ruffles are HERE!
Time for a change?? Yes it is. Personally, I’ve seen enough ruffles for a week or two, and I want to show you today on our Tote Bag Monday are [...]
Hair Sticks HowTo
Hair Accessories
Always wondered how to….
Get an elegant 1930’s hair do up?
Look like a gorgeous Chinese princess?
Take your hot hair out of your neck to cool down in summer?
Our Australian-based guest writer & handmade jewelry designer from Chinese origin, Deborah Davy (Two Cheeky Monkeys) offers us at Fine Craft Guild a free [...]
Give-Away :: $50 Gift Certificate :: Contemporary Jewelry
Introducing Lisa Leonard. Do you know her jewelry yet? Well, you’d be delighted to, because she and her jewels are gorgeous. Very hip, very simple, very now, very easy to wear.
And Lisa? Lisa is one of those people who you could find creating necklaces in the back of her high school class. A real [...]
Hello Kitty Handbag: Too Cute!!
Today, I want to show you the new Hello Kitty handbag my little niece just receive, which is truly an inspiration for us all.
Sure, there are many Hello Kitty Bags around, and some Hello Kitty Handbags are cuter than others, but this one is TRULY SPECIAL.
It is PINK, but not only that: it is pink [...]
How To: Beaded Bracelet
Friday already… One day left to prep for Mothers’ Day….
Don’t panic.
You still have enough time to make this lovely beaded bracelet as a Mothers Day gift.
How to Make a Simple Beaded Bracelet
1. Peek in your mom’s wardrobe and see which dress definitely needs some jewelry.
2. Go over to your [...]
Free & Easy Recycled Baby Sock Craft Idea
Just in time for Mother’s Day: recycle your old (baby/toddler) sock into a beauty of a cell phone accessory.
Think you can’t do anything with those tiny, holy animals other than making sock monkeys?
Well, think again! Besides holding your (mom’s) cell phone, there is a side pocket for a key. Since you have [...]
50+ Cool Recycled Craft Ideas – part 4 & 5
Hope you enjoyed the other recycled crafts in this series:
1. Recycled Craft Ideas for Desk Accessories
2. Unique Furniture and Home Decorations Made from Recycled Materials.
3. Recycled Crafts for Kids
Here are lot #4 of the 50+ Cool Recycled Craft Ideas for Earth Day and Other Days: Personal Accessories with Recycled Materials and Beautify Your Garden [...]
50+ Cool Recycled Crafts for Earth Day – part 2
Happy Earth Day everyone. Hope you enjoyed the recycled craft ideas for desk accessories that we posted yesterday. Today, we want to show you Unique Furniture and Home Decorations Made from Recycled Materials, as part of this series of 50+ cool recycled crafts for Earth Day. This simply means an extra 50 green craft ideas, [...]
50+ Cool Green Crafts for Earth Day – part 1
Earth Day is (Thursday, April 22), so we’re treating you to 50+ new ideas for crafts made with recycled materials and cool eco-design.
Crafting with recyclables is hip.
In fact, some of the things we’re going to show you are best made with recycled materials rather than with new material, as they just [...]
Zipper Flower Brooch, Necklace & Earrings
.. thinking ‘When is mothers day again’????!! Well, in the US it’s May 9 this year, 2010. So soon.
Want to make something unique for Mother’s Day that does not cost an arm nor a leg and that is environmentally friendly? OK. I intend to show you a couple of different homemade mothers day gifts [...]
Fashion Jewelry & Accessories Ideas from Italy
I just did a whirlwind tour of 3 cities and am showing you a couple of my creative, artistic and fashion craft finds today. I’ll make a free tutorial for the top necklace, if anyone requests it, as I intend to make it. And perhaps also the silk rose handbag… Let’s see what I have [...]
Cool Girl Craft: How to Make Elastic Hair Ties
What to do on a rainy weekend? ???!!! Oh, it’s easy: bejewel a plain, ordinary 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 (and a thin (jewelry) needle)
4. Any plain old [...]
Beading Technique: How To Knot a Pearl Necklace
Last week, I went to the Saturday market in a little neighboring town called Civita Castellana, Besides being a hub for artisan ceramics, this town was actually founded on the fact that it was the perfect stop between Florence and Rome.
On the grounds of this ancient trading place, today is still a very large Saturday [...]
Tutorial Polymer Clay Bracelet & Earring Set
A fun and easy polymer clay jewelry set make a great Valentine’s Gift for a girl friend.
Tip: You can use this tutorial as the basis, from which to make more complex designer jewelry. Even changing the colors to chocolate, powder blue and off-white will shift the style of the piece to be more grown-up.
Bead [...]
Blog Aid Haiti
Shocked by the horribly devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti, that beautiful soulful place on the planet? Action Time = Now: today’s post features CRAFT AID FOR HAITI.
Below is a hopefully ever growing list of people (individuals and organizations) who aid the people in Haiti in their current desperate state of need.
Participate & Support
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