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 [...]
Original Easter Craft Ideas
No matter what your craft medium might be, here are 5 original ideas for you:
1. SEWING: Carrots for the Easter Bunny
Free Tutorial
These great looking carrots give a fun whimsical note to your Easter Brunch table.
You can fill them with chocolates and give them as gifts to guests.
Or you could enlarge them and make them into [...]
Let’s Design a 3D Butterfly ‘Painting’
We all know the symbolic meaning of butterflies to be Spring and transformation. Well, I feel for me, Spring, as well as Transformation is in the air. When butterflies flutter in your belly, you’re in love. Such lovely symbolism…
I thought today to craft a lesson plan tutorial for classroom use. Needless to say, you can [...]
Handmade Valentine Cards Ideas
Need to whip up an easy Valentine greeting card, or clean and simple stamped note cards? Good. What I want to show to day is how easy it is to make lovely cards with minimal tools.
Easy Valentine Craft
These rubber stamped cards with hearts, squares & rectangles will do the trick for you. They cost less [...]
Best Homemade Advent Calendars
My friend was cleaning her closets the other day, and asked if I was interested in her old house-shaped letter box. It looked … a bit dated, a bit odd-shaped, a bit bland as it was plain wood, and … I did not know what to do with it. Mentally, I was running [...]
Halloween Costume Accessories for Kids ~ ‘How-to’ Video
Today I want to share with you 3 very fundamental costume accessories that can be used in a wide range of Halloween costumes.
‘How to Make Some Great Halloween Costumes for Kids’: This video offers 3 inexpensive and easy accessory ideas for children Halloween costumes to make yourself.
SIMPLE TUTU
For elf, ballerina or princess costume: here’s [...]
Craft Book of the Month Embellishings a la Anthropologie
Favorite Craft Book
Complete Embellishing: Techniques and Projects
This book includes an collection of 25 projects, illustrated with more than 170 photographs and clear step-by-step directions. All are original designs inspired by the author’s years as a crafter and visual manager for the hip New York store, Anthropologie.
The ‘thing’ that makes Anthropologie unique are of course [...]
Halloween Stencil: Raven
A raven is an important omen, according to Native American Indian wisdom. When you see a raven, expect magic, shape-shifting and creation! That sounds perfect for Halloween, right?!!
So, download your free raven craft stencil and decorate with a bunch of them, all around the house.
I [...]
Cotton Tote Bag Design Contest
I like bags and if I see any opportunity to design a bag, well, I’m on it. Today I’m sharing an opportunity with you to not only design a bag, but also to get some free publicity from winning a contest. What fun.
For the first time ever, City of Craft is inviting [...]
Halloween Cupcakes
For someone whose house is too hot to even consider cooking, let alone baking, my mind is set now on making Halloween Cupcakes this year…. mmmm… later…. in Fall.
So, I scoured the web and found half a dozen wonderful Halloween cupcake designs: spiders, spooky ghosts, bloody faces, eyeballs, witch-pinned ones and other cupcakes orange and [...]
Bed Sheets with Shell Print – Easy Home Craft
I came across this easy & free tutorial on how to make shell printed bed sheets, while I am prepping my future craft photos & articles on “How to create a Beach Shack nowhere how far you are from the ocean”.
(Thank you, Martha Stewart, for your ‘Craft of the Day’ today!)
This free craft tutorial is [...]
How to Make a Sophisticated Stencil
When I came across this video of ‘How to Make a Sophisticated Stencil’ to create a glamorous door decoration, easily by using a stencil, I thought to feature it here at http://FineCraftGuild.com.
While I have already written on the topic of ‘how to create your own stencil’ and other stenciling tips, there [...]
Happy Fourth of July
I realize this is a bit of a last minute thing, BUT why not be celebratory!
Let me enhance everybody’s Fourth of July holiday decoration projects and Independence Day celebrations with this FREE STENCIL template for this holiday weekend.
I designed it in such a way that you can simply print this, copy it [...]
Inspiring Stencil Projects
I’ve collected a number of art, design and craft projects which use stencils as basic tools. I love the variety that you can achieve with stencils, as well as the wide range of graphic styles. I tried to offer a sample of everything here… well, of many things.
Something Simple
(Possible uses: Applique Patches, Screen [...]
How to Make Your Own Stencils
In this Free Tutorial by FineCraftGuild.com you will learn that stencils are for serious artists like Banksy* or Warhol, as well as for absolute beginners like the rest of us. They are a great tool to make larger artworks fast. And, they are a great tool to create, yes, diversity, while sticking to a pattern. [...]
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