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Always wondered how to….
Get an elegant 1930’s hair do up?
Look like a gorgeous Chinese princess?
Take your hot hair out of your neck to cool down in summer?
Our Australian-based guest writer & handmade jewelry designer from Chinese origin, Deborah Davy (Two Cheeky Monkeys) offers us at Fine Craft Guild a free [...]
Give-Away :: $50 Gift Certificate :: Contemporary Jewelry
Introducing Lisa Leonard. Do you know her jewelry yet? Well, you’d be delighted to, because she and her jewels are gorgeous. Very hip, very simple, very now, very easy to wear.
And Lisa? Lisa is one of those people who you could find creating necklaces in the back of her high school class. A real [...]
How To: Beaded Bracelet
Friday already… One day left to prep for Mothers’ Day….
Don’t panic.
You still have enough time to make this lovely beaded bracelet as a Mothers Day gift.
How to Make a Simple Beaded Bracelet
1. Peek in your mom’s wardrobe and see which dress definitely needs some jewelry.
2. Go over to your [...]
50+ Cool Recycled Crafts for Earth Day – part 2
Happy Earth Day everyone. Hope you enjoyed the recycled craft ideas for desk accessories that we posted yesterday. Today, we want to show you Unique Furniture and Home Decorations Made from Recycled Materials, as part of this series of 50+ cool recycled crafts for Earth Day. This simply means an extra 50 green craft ideas, [...]
50+ Cool Green Crafts for Earth Day – part 1
Earth Day is (Thursday, April 22), so we’re treating you to 50+ new ideas for crafts made with recycled materials and cool eco-design.
Crafting with recyclables is hip.
In fact, some of the things we’re going to show you are best made with recycled materials rather than with new material, as they just [...]
Fashion Jewelry & Accessories Ideas from Italy
I just did a whirlwind tour of 3 cities and am showing you a couple of my creative, artistic and fashion craft finds today. I’ll make a free tutorial for the top necklace, if anyone requests it, as I intend to make it. And perhaps also the silk rose handbag… Let’s see what I have [...]
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 [...]
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 for HER
Craft Gift Guide
100% Handmade Gifts for HER, Mom, Daughters, Grandma, Aunties, Sisters & Girl Friends, for birthdays, Christmas, Mothers’ day and other occasions.
EASY to makeLOVELY to give
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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