Instructions for Beautiful Wreaths
Christmas in July? Well, it’s really hard for me to get excited about the cold season while I am relishing the warm weather, beautiful scenery and lovely food feasts here in Italy.
However, for those of you who love ‘Christmas in July’, today I’m featuring a ‘How to Make a Cute Wreath in Less than [...]
Art in Paris
It’s not what you think. No art deco here, ma’am. Manhole mandalas, that’s art, instead.
Yesterday, I spotted this post by Laurie of Scene of the Grime (fun name) popping a manhole cover (roadside find) into her car. It was going to survive the junkyard and live as decoration in her backyard. A cool decorative [...]
Vintage Shell Prints for Beach Cottage Decorating
Last year, we started building this series of fun summer beach cottage crafts tutorials. After you’ve made our previously posted summer crafts for your beach cottage (see list of links below), perhaps you’d like to create wonderful additions to your beach home decor.
5 Free Vintage Beach Themed Prints
I found these 5 stunning vintage shell and [...]
4th of July Image Collection
First of all, Happy Canada Day (1st of July) to all northern North Americans. May you have a blessed day today, full of festive celebrations!
For the other North Americans, that celebration is a few days ahead: 4th of July:
Here are some additional pictures for our collection of free 4th of July downloadables. I know [...]
Best DIY & Craft Tutorials
I thought to feature my top 10 entries so far in the Fine Craft Guild DIY Craft Tutorial Linky Parties (Craft Party #1, Craft Party #2 and Craft Party #3*
10 Top DIY Craft Tutorials
I thought to showcase for you my top 10 favorite DIY & craft tutorials that have been entered into the Fine Craft [...]
DIY Tutorial Linky Party 3
3rd DIY Tutorial linky party. Your beautiful and successful ‘Do It Yourself’ or craft project tutorial is welcome. My contribution: How to Make Your own 3d BUTTERFLY ARTWORK – Free Tutorial. You’ll love making this, by yourself or with the kids.
Crafting World Peace
Want to Craft Peace at Home, in School, on the Beach and in the Office? OK. Here are lots of creative tips and craft ideas to create a personal World Peace Day. The official World Peace day is September 21, but feel free to celebrate peace any other day as well.
Peace Symbols, Pictures of Peace and More: These free craft patterns and designs include Peace Symbols and Pictures of Peace, and offer ideas to make your own versions.
Fathersday Scrapbooking :: Dad Album :: Free Template
Nope. You haven’t ran out of time yet to make something personal for fathers day this year. Here’s Rose coming to the Rescue.
Last year, one of the Fathers Day projects I (Rose) had in mind was to share a little DAD book with you. It took me until now to finally made one for you, [...]
4th of July Paper Craft GiveAway
I thought to share two great giveaways today for fun paper art & craft projects to help you celebrate 4th of July in the craftiest of manners. What better way to celebrate independence day with a vintage map of the USA and Lady Liberty holding up the American flag?
How-to Use these 4th of [...]
Best Gift for Fathers Day?
I have given you free Fathers Day Cards to download, plus some more free bookmarks to download as presents for Dad. Now I thought it’s your turn and you actually find him a real gift to match.
In my first article, I came up with 10 different type of dads and designed a card for [...]
Annual World Peace Art Competition
Each year, WorldPeace.org organizes an International Children Art Competition for Peace. The artwork is featured on the International Day for Peace, posters are made, etc.
The children’s artwork will be touring around the world as part of the International Peace Pals Art Exhibition.
Over the years, this peace exhibition has inspired the [...]
Fathers Day Bookmarks
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WEEK, June 7-14:
Give-Away :: $50 Gift Certificate :: Contemporary Jewelry Winner Announcement Sunday
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As I reminded everyone last week, I created a slew of free and unique Fathers’ Day greeting cards last year. For this year, I thought to add some free Fathers Day craft templates, and other downloadables for you.
To [...]
Mothers Day Card with Jewels
Happy Mothers Day!
Greeting Card
Step-by-step
1. Doodle along making pretty jewels on paper
2. Pick the best 4 and cut them out
3. Glue them onto a new craft card,
or recycled cardboard that’s clean on the back
(we did the latter here)
4. Write ‘I love you, Mommy’
5. Love/Kiss, <your name>
Easy as pie??!
As easy as eating [...]
How to Draw a Simple Rose ~ Flowers for Mothers Day
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 [...]
50+ Cool Recycled Crafts – final part
Learn here how to make newspaper yarn, or T-shirt yarn…. It’s getting more and more creative! This last part of the series of ‘50+ Recycled Crafts’ I’ve dedicated to a special category, i.e. on how to make recycled craft tools and supplies – some special tutorials.
Great Recycling Tutorials for Eco Artists
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