Cool Girl Craft: How to Make Elastic Hair Ties
What to do on a rainy weekend? ???!!! Oh, it’s easy: bejewel a plain, ordinary crunchy* into a work of art.
How to Make a Jewel Crunchy/Hair Tie
Here is how ~ it’s a simple formula:
1. Find some seed beads.
2. Find some matching colored sequins
3. And some thread (and a thin (jewelry) needle)
4. Any plain old [...]
Beading Technique: How To Knot a Pearl Necklace
Last week, I went to the Saturday market in a little neighboring town called Civita Castellana, Besides being a hub for artisan ceramics, this town was actually founded on the fact that it was the perfect stop between Florence and Rome.
On the grounds of this ancient trading place, today is still a very large Saturday [...]
Tutorial Polymer Clay Bracelet & Earring Set
A fun and easy polymer clay jewelry set make a great Valentine’s Gift for a girl friend.
Tip: You can use this tutorial as the basis, from which to make more complex designer jewelry. Even changing the colors to chocolate, powder blue and off-white will shift the style of the piece to be more grown-up.
Bead [...]
Free Certificate of Attendance Template Design
This week I’m going to hold a workshop here in Rome, Italy, and I thought it would to issue some fun certificates of attendance. It will be a souvenir from their workshop, to remind them they can be proud of themselves and can now go on on their own.
Free Download
My ‘Certificate of Attendance’- template design [...]
Blog Aid Haiti
Shocked by the horribly devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti, that beautiful soulful place on the planet? Action Time = Now: today’s post features CRAFT AID FOR HAITI.
Below is a hopefully ever growing list of people (individuals and organizations) who aid the people in Haiti in their current desperate state of need.
Participate & Support
Please support [...]
Peace Symbol Ruffle Necklace - Upcycled Tween Jewelry Craft
"It is amazing what you can do with an old curtain and a sewing machine."
This, my dear friends, is Australian humor. My Aussie boyfriend at the time gave me a compliment on my dress. Yes, they may speak English downunder, but they sure speak another language than North Americans.
Anyhow, the whimsy of the [...]
Craft an Inspiring New Year
So much to do, so little a time?
Here are a 5 New Year’s ideas that cost only 30 minutes or less, and that will spruce up the party!
1. New Year Kid Craft
Are they having ‘nothing to do’? How about making some groovy new year glasses? Easy: all you need is rag pipe cleaners and [...]
How to Make a Girly Necklace from Magazine Paper Beads
Yep. Remember those rolled paper beads? We used to make those beads in first grade. They were excellent for easy necklace as a Mother’s day gift.
They still are, but some ‘upgrading’ of this craft has been long overdue.
So, here is a BEAUTIFUL necklace made from those magazine paper beads.
What’s the difference? The difference [...]
Handmade Gifts: Easy Picture Frames Decorations for Kids
Wonder what your kid could give grandma for Christmas? Well, that’s easy. Any craft shop, dollar store (& IKEA) has these inexpensive blank wood picture frames. They are so easy to decorate, and they look really good when embellished.
How to Decorate Picture Frames
Have your kids decide on a color-scheme and a theme, and then, let [...]
Christmas Gifts, Handmade for HER
Craft Gift Guide
100% Christmas Handmade Gifts for HER, Mom, Daughters, Grandma, Aunties, Sisters & Girl Friends
EASY to makeLOVELY to give
For Whom
100% Handmade Craft Gift : step-by-step tutorials will be posted when my projects are completed.
Matching Companion Gift
Christmas gift ideas of good stuff I would not mind getting…
For Yr Very, [...]
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 [...]
Easy Crochet Flowers
I thought to feast your eyes today on some simple crochet flowers offering you that groovy look. These are made based on an original design by Candi Jensen, a well-known crochet designer.
I like these 3-tone colored flowers, but you may wish to introduce a 4th color by varying the shade for round 4 in this [...]
