Scrapbooking Freebie: Clock Faces

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I promised you frequent scrapbooking ideas and freebies here at FineCraftGuild.com and I’m sticking to that promise. Today, I am featuring what-I-consider-to-be fabulous free printables for you: timeless vintage clock faces. Actually, they were vintage watch faces. I love them. So unique.  Somehow they tickle my creativity! ~   ‘…makes a great kitchen clock, and [...]

Free Valentine Cards + Font

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Digital card making and scrapbooking on the ease: here’s just the perfect Valentines font for you.  It’s loaded with hearts, without being frilly. Just what you need for your guy! Perfect. Designed this font specifically for Valentines Day. Jules’s a firm believer in making your own Valentines Cards, and so are we. She is highly [...]

Calligraphy Workshop Gift

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I’m sooo excited!!  I got my first Christmas gift for the year from a fellow blogger and it’s something that touches my heart (or my soul… not sure yet…?!! But this stuff is soulful!)  Remember Melissa who made this fabulous dress, and gave us the free tutorial on how to make your own in just [...]

Circus in Town

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There’s a circus in town!! It’s a scrapbooking decoupage – circus variety, in a tiny altered tin box. None less exciting!! I caught her eyes… The clairvoyant told me to come hither and tell me my fortune. Scrapbooking delight. 10 out of 10. The muse, the art, the details of this tin alteration projects are [...]

Recycled Mags Waste Paper Baskets

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Want something to do this summer that’s both good for you and for nature? This sculptural paper craft will keep you and the kids happily entertained for a while, and is made with 100% recycled materials. Isn’t it the most gorgeous office waste paper basket or serve as kitchen display baskets? 100% recycled magazines; so [...]

PS I Made This

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That’s the great title of a 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 [...]

DIY Postcard Journal / Calendar

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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 easily [...]

Book Review: MicroCrafts Teaches Tiny Treasures

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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 [...]

DIY Personalized Bookmarks w Beads & Jewels

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Step-by-Step Instructions 1. Collect materials: string, or strip of leather, or yarn or jewerly wire coverd in fabric,….. ~ or equivalent.. + pretty beads + tools to attach beads. 2. String them together, creating a long beaded jewel for the book bottom end, and a tiny beaded end-jewel to be topping out of the closed [...]

Birthday Reminder Tag Board

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Absolutely darling is this scrapbooking tag board by Jaime Lyn at Crafty Scrappy Happy to help her poor memory in celebrating the birthdays of those around her. Best of all, she shares the how-to with us on how to make our own. source: http://jaimelyn11.blogspot.com/2011/07/have-hard-time-remembering-birthdays.html