Art & Craft Ideas, How to Tutorials, Handmade Gift
Into monsters? However, for some reason this little creature here caught my eye. Maybe because it is pink??!! Maybe because it reminds me of Niki de Saint Phalle’s monster head sculptures? I loooove this artist’s work, which you can find particularly in museums in Paris & the Cote d’Azur. Anyhow, for some reason I [...]
Sometimes Martha Stewart’s craft tutorials are so good, that the best thing I can do is to simply link to it. Half of Amsterdam is wearing Uggs these days (yes, it’s already Fall here in September!!). So, I thought it would be a good time to feature a tutorial: How to Embellish Your Uggs with [...]
A beautiful Back to School project! This girl backpack is quilted, has ribbons & buttons, has contrast front cover, is covered with flowers ~ in one word: is cutter than a button. I love this sweet quilted backpack and just know that thousands of young girls would love their mom to make this for them. [...]
I love World Peace Day. It’s September 21, and hopefully every day hereafter. While the UN initiated a world peace day as ‘early’ as 1981, it was not until 2001 that the date was set: The International Day of Peace is September 21. The UN "declares that the International Day of Peace shall henceforth be [...]
You can find them in fun beach resorts, fisher man villages, both romantic and nautical-themed B & B’s They’re so comfy and so beautiful….: Adirondack chairs! Want one? How about making them yourself for your own patio or elsewhere, outdoors ? Adirondack Chairs are durable. This is why grandma still has hers… Yes, [...]
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 [...]
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 July [...]
Spring, that annual period of transformation… So, I thought it’s time to work with a symbol that marks ‘transformation’ like no other symbol does: the butterfly. We ALL need butterflies. To create ‘how to’s for my craft readers, I’ve collected and developed ideas and free craft tutorials, stencils, templates, plus other design tools~ of use [...]
You might recall our collection of free downloadable & truly original Fathers Day greeting cards that we created last year? Here is the list of all those Father’s Day Cards. 10 Free Printable Fathers Day Cards, with Templates & Project Ideas Type of Dad Free Downloadable Greeting Card Card Reads: ‘Pro Golf’ Dad [...]
For procrastinators, busy types and forgetful children of delightful moms, I’ve just made two printable Mothers Day Cards which you can download, print and simply sign at the back. They are blooms from my garden for lovely moms around the world. Free Downloadable Mothers Day card 1 Free Downloadable Mothers Day card 2 [...]
Finished the Easter brunch, done the Easter egg hunt, and now need to calm the kids down after the sugar rush, with something calm and creative? Be ready and print out these free craft downloads ahead of time. I made a set of Easter Eggs kids of a variety of ages can color in. They [...]
Here are some fun ‘So Lucky’ St. Patrick’s Day gift bags. The gals from the Daily Digi dreamt them up, and are offering free downloadables for you, so you can print your own and steal the show with ease. These free St Patrick templates are grouped together for you in a zip file, so one [...]
Oh, the pressure of Valentine, year after year…. Most men dread the day or rather the implied obligation, I think. Looking beyond the social obligation, however, I think all want to do something kind and ideally, we’re all looking for some real originality? Something really NON-frilly, yet romantic? This is tough to find this, [...]
At the end of February 14, Valentine’s Day will be over, but Chinese New Year will have just began! It’s a whole week! This year, 2010, will be the year of the Tiger. To celebrate both the New Year day and every 365 days in this upcoming Year of the Tiger, enjoy my free New [...]
Yep. You get to create your own book of love…. That is: you can use it as a Valentines Book with love verses, lovely Baby Album for photos, or Affirmation Book with notes. No matter how you’ll use it, I ‘m sharing with you the ‘how to’ for a craft a lovely scrapbook project! I [...]
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 [...]
Free Funky Calendar 2010 on a zero $ budget? Yes, here are 4 fun & crafty calendars that you only have to … print! How lovely a start of the new year is that!
Lovely Barbie dresses? Affordable ones?? Look no further. Let the dress up games begin. You can now create your own Barbie. I searched and searched and found these 5 to be the best dress patterns ever. Complete with free, illustrated tutorials and enticing pictures. Best Barbie Party Dress – Free Pattern 1 Click here [...]
My state: REALLY INSPIRED. I just read this story about this young man who actually tried living without money. Inspired, however, I can’t just pack up and live in a caravan, completely without money (nor do I want to). (photo: Benjamin Earwicker) When I finished my economics degree, I equally came away with the [...]
Handmade Gifts for HIM (Dad, Sons, Grandpa, Uncles & Friends) Many of the gifts for mom could dub as gifts for men also. Just choose your colors right: strong blues, greens, browns, yellows and black. Man prefer straight lined patterns over curly romantic designs, so just choose what they’ll like. As well, consider their hobbies [...]
We would all like to go home for thanksgiving this year. However, for some of us, it’s not possible. Download this free Thanksgiving Greeting card to delight your loved ones abroad and far away…. This card could also be used as a tag for any Thanksgiving gifts you may wish to hand out, or as [...]
Oh, what the heck?! I am so into making coloring pages now, and just featured Thanksgiving Winnie the Pooh coloring pages. I might as well celebrate our own wonderful Mickey Mouse on his birthday with a lovely free coloring page. Mickey’s birthday is today, November 18. Happy Birthday, Mickey. Have fun coloring. [...]
For a fellow blogger with whom I share some of my creative interests, here is a free downloadable greeting card, designed today, just for you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! Click on the image to downloadyour free birthday card.* Top up your greeting card with an instant Birthday Gift Card from Amazon Other Free [...]
OK. All inspired by our pumpkin carving ideas?? Free Pumpkin Carving Designs If you prefer to carve your pumpkin with a free online pattern, here are several free stencils by FineCraftGuild.com that you can use to make both very easy and very complicated Halloween pumpkin carving designs. For easier designs, try the images on the [...]
Need some good pumpkin carving designs? Here are a dozen carved pumpkin pictures for inspirational Halloween ideas, and some of the best pumpkin patterns from FineCraftGuild.com. Great Pumpkin Carving Designs These 12 fantastic pumpkin carving designs are so simple that you won’t need a downloadable pattern for them. Just copy the designs you see [...]
By now I have my whole family in the fold, and we are all coming up with crafty ideas for the holidays. Ha ha… This morning, we experimented with Halloween pancakes. What a joy it was to make these. Without any toys and tools other than a knife and a bit of Nutella, we created [...]
I don’t know what got into me, but this simple haunted house stencil for Halloween just wanted getting more and more detail. I love it. It became a wonderful picture that tells a spooky story!! Personally, I think it’s so pretty now, what I want to do with it, is simply framing it in a [...]
Stencils are one of my favorite things, as you no doubt have discovered on this craft blog. And we use them here at FineCraftGuild.com for everything, from cooking stencils, wall paper stencils, and other home decorating stencils. This Halloween, I had a bit of a scour around for Halloween Stencils and could not find anything [...]
OK. I thought that I was ‘done’ with digital scrapbooking and design for a while, but I guess not. Yesterday, these two little monsters in the form of a ‘Witchy Witch with Bats’ and a ‘Rather Hissy Cat’ had to be realized by way of FREE TWITTER or COMPUTER BACKGROUNDS. Like them? I made them [...]
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