Art & Craft Ideas, How to Tutorials, Handmade Gift
: free project of a beautiful designer necklace with laced beads by world-renowned beadwork designer Diane Fitzgerald. While the beads remind her of fortunetellers and gypsies, the necklace is actually tasteful ‘bling’ that has never been more fun to make. Pin It You can download this free project here, or sign up for [...]
great title, great book. Part designer DIYPart fashion Part lifestyle inspiration guide. I counted 27 projects in this book. All are practical and with easy (obvious) to follow instructions. Sample Trendy Fashion Project 1 How to Make a Fancy Ruffle Shirt (Upcycling a plain boring white t-shirt) Sample Trendy Fashion Project 2 [...]
I It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review, but this one is interesting. It just came out last week: ‘Microcrafts’ by Margaret McGuire, Alicia Kachmar, Katie Hatz and Friends. It is published by a wonderful publisher, Quirk Books, who only seem to feature titles that I like, love or that at least [...]
Plan ahead for a summer filled with fun activity and learning. Here’s a fabulous list of Craft Books for Kids with summer crafts to learn, to craft, to enjoy. Craft techniques explained and many lessons gained while producing wonderful things for your home, to play with, to give away or to eat. Click link for [...]
I just answered an online question, what’s a Fat Quarter, and thought I should respond to it on the blog instead, as you all might be interested also. Fat Quarters are typically used for quilting and patchwork. They are bundles of fabric that are pre-cut to size. ‘What size?’ you might ask? And this is [...]
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 do [...]
Tons of pallets are being used, abused and thus discarded, all the time. Great opportunity of us, reclaimers, upcyclers and creative misfits to transform these bastards into glorious work of artsy home decoration. Pallets are major recycling opportunities. Here are three easy but oh-so-functional DIY projects that stand out: 1= RECYCLED PALLET DAYBED [...]
Fancy these earrings !!! I mean, fancy making these !!! When I see jewelry like this I completely presume that they are ‘not make-able’ by me. Yet, as designer Sherry Serafini promises, I can do it too!Amazing. Arizona Sunset Earrings Those who sign up for our newsletter (see sign-up on the top right [...]
If you love taking photos wherever you go: in the supermarket, on the street, at fairs, on vacation, and just about everywhere else, you probably stand a great stance to actually making an income from your digital photographic art. I just read an old children’s book this morning, that explains how photography used to work…. [...]
** How to Stencil Furniture. ** Lovely. Fun. Doable. Those are the three worlds … I mean words… that come to mind when I saw this dresser make-over. You love it also? Image source: Lena Corwin, via Etsy. Free Tutorial On Hand-Printing Your Cabinet This design & tutorial for this contemporary, whimsical dresser is [...]
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