DIY: Shutters as Magazine Racks
Share : Shutter-love! Fancy owning this recycled shutter cum magazine rack. I want to own one. Teal, aqua, or Robin Egg’s blue happen to be some of my favorite paint colors, so this shutter caught my eye. Note: this kind of aqua blue / teal always makes me feel like I’m on [...]
Wall Design Stencil Cutting Machine
Share A few days ago a reader, Shannu, commented on my Inspiring Stencil Projects that he/she wants stencil cutting machine for wall design purpose. Features of stencil cutters is really good point to cover, so I thought to answer it here on the blog instead of in a personal email. Not all stencil cutting machines [...]
DIY Postcard Journal / Calendar
Share Pin It Need a new calendar for 2012? Don’t buy anything *. Make one yourself instead. Like how? Here’s an idea: perpetual postcard calendar / Asley from ‘Under the Sycamore’ showed this really sweet perpetual calendar / journal idea last week at designsponge.com, and I want to share it with you today, as it’s [...]
Christmas Cakes & Cookies ~ Ideas, Cutters & Stencils
Share : This year, I am seriously contemplating making a Christmas cake, or at least, Christmas cookies. While this is ‘normal’ for probably all of you, for me it’s a new thing. That’s what happens if your sister in law is a pastry chef at one of the world’s best 5-star hotel chains. There is [...]
Latest Cricut Cartridges: Oh So Cute!
Share Wonder where can I buy the latest Cricut die cut cartridges online? I had a similar question and did my research which I’m sharing with you today. As a beginner with Cricut, I realized that it does not matter if the cartridges were released last week or last year, as I had none yet… [...]
Texture Board, a Visual Design Tool
Share A few weeks ago I was reminded of a neat DIY / craft tool, what I call: texture boards. Texture boards are great ways to help you define your design, no matter what your art or craft project is. The main purpose of a texture board is to create a mood or define a [...]
How to Use a Cricut Machine
Share You might have seen thousands of super-cute Cricut craft results over the years, but don’t have a Cricut yourself. It makes sense to first learn how a Cricut machine works before buying one. Here is the load-down. Cricut machines are rather easy to use. Whether you are interesting in buying the Cricut Expression , [...]
Love is .. Handmade Earrings
Share Love is… a pair of handmade crystal angel earrings for a girlfriend. Materials 2 long metal pins with eye 3 small pastel-colored glass crystals or other beads 2 angel charms 2 earring findings Step-by-step How to Make Angel Earrings 1. Open the loops at the ends [...]
Craft Calendars 2011
Share It’s Monday Morning, 9 am, January 3: Time for a new beginning and 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 [...]
Free Easter Coloring Pages & Egg Mobile Project
Share Finished the Easter brunch, done the Easter egg hunt, and now need to calm the kids down after the sugar rush, with something calm and creative? Be ready and print out these free craft downloads ahead of time. I made a set of Easter Eggs kids of a variety of ages can color in. [...]
How-to Knit in the Round (video)
Share We need to learn how to knit in the round. So here are three knitting videos which clearly demonstrate how this is done. Something to try out tomorrow. You’ll see that you’ll need four or five double-pointed needles to work with for the first method, and a long round needle for the second method. [...]
Best Way to Spend (on) Boxing Day? Craft Support for Tsunami Survivors
Share Today, after our Christmas family get together, I browsed online and remembered the devastating tsunami, the world drama that occurred 5 years ago and that killed approx. 300,000 people in South East Asia. I decided to kick off my involvement with FineCraftGuild.com with a post that would benefit Tsunami survivors. Since Boxing Day [...]
Knitting Abbreviations
Share Just learning how to knit? Then, this article is for you, the beginner. Having an overview that contains all knitting abbreviations is handy to have. Even for those of us who have forgotten certain knitting terms. So, bookmark this knitting page for future reference. (I just did). Now, study the abbreviations table and, before [...]
How to Make a Loom & Silk Scarf
Share I can never do just one thing…. Once I have the basics under control, my urges are to create ‘my own version’ and/or a more advanced or different version of whatever craft I have just research and experimented with an a more basic craft level. So, here we go…. Now that you and I [...]
Most Popular Digital Camera
Share I was just over at Darren Rowse’s digital photography site (digital-photography-school.com) to see what is going on technically in the world of digital photography, that would be of interest for my craft crowd here. Turns out he did a review of the most popular digital cameras in the first quarter of 2009, listing Digital [...]
Graphic Software I Can’t Live Without
Share Partially UPDATED DEC 2011: … well, I COULD live without it obviously, as all I need is love, air, water, food and sleep. But…. … creativity and fun are verrry important to me. And my digital design software offer vital tools in the processes of my digital design, my paintings, my web work, and [...]
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 [...]
Flower Photo Tips
Share Ahhh… Spring is here again, the tulip festival is on, and million of gardens are blossoming, offering you millions of subjects to shoot and personify. Picture taking seems to naturally attach itself to visiting tulip fields for hobbyists and professional photographers alike. However, while the tulip fields offer a visually colorful inspiration to make [...]
Craft Software
Share Even though crafting is really all about using your hands to create something pretty and soulful, there is no doubt that the advent of software has made our lives as crafters much easier! I personally use Photoshop a lot to analyze colors and to try out combinations very fast. In addition, there is fabulous [...]
