Art & Craft Ideas, How to Tutorials, Handmade Gift
Don’t you just love these colors for a unique Christmas style? I started last year to create and collect purple, pink and white Christmas decorations… Just to get a bit away from all that traditionalism…. Of course, with dashes of silver and glitter to make all the colors pop and to make it more festive. [...]
Want to make Felt Christmas ornaments this year? I’ve collected five tutorials / design themes that I like. Take your pick of any of them. Happy Ornament-making or buying! Let’s kick-off with inspiration from the Design Pro’s at Land of Nod: 0. Embroidered Felt Christmas Ornaments: Peace Dove, Gingerbread House and Christmas Tree Kids’ [...]
Christmas in July? Well, it’s really hard for me to get excited about the cold season while I am relishing the warm weather, beautiful scenery and lovely food feasts here in Italy. However, for those of you who love ‘Christmas in July’, today I’m featuring a ‘How to Make a Cute Wreath in Less than [...]
Have no wreath yet for your dinner party room? No problem. With this easy, super-fast tutorial you will make yourself a professional paper wreath in literally 1/2 a hour. Best of all, you won’t need anything you don’t have in the house already. Materials So, what do you need? * Scissors * Sticky tape [...]
May you have a lovely, peaceful and merry Christmas, free from craft projects that you HAVE to do, and full of contentment for the wonderful activities that you get to do. Rose, Editor in Chief http://www.FineCraftGuild.com
This is Raisin. He’s a basenji (a hound) from Boston, Massachusetts. I think it is the cutest Holiday pet I’ve seen this year, indeed. "Raisin was curious as to why I was bringing the outside in," wrote owner Melody Henkel. "But she got into the spirit." Raisin’s registered name is Bet on Striking Gold at [...]
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 [...]
These individually hand-painted papier-mache ornaments illustrate the ‘12 days of Christmas’–song. Great inspiration to make your own, or simply to purchase and spend your time on other Christmas crafts. Their lovely, whimsical illustrations are by San Francisco artist Michael Mabry. Michael sells them through The Land of Nod, the online retailer of wonderful children bedroom [...]
Silk yoga eye pillows offer a delightful retreat from the pressures of modern life. They give eyes a rest –full spa treatment: An eye pillow offers complete darkness. It’s gentle weight on the eyes provide relaxing pressure. If you make an eye pillow for yourself, you can use it to take a break, doze [...]
Anthropologie: here we come!Ruffle Craft = ON. Pin It Tuxedo Ruffle Scarf A moderately experienced seamstress would put this scarf together in less than 1/2 an hour. The rest of us may need a full 60 minutes… but regardless, it’s a fast scarf to make. Can be made as a ‘last minute’ [...]
I don’t know which one I like best, Sweet Paul’s or The Red Thread’s???!!! Because they are both great wreaths! The wreath by Red Thread’s comes with a really good, detailed tutorial, which is always a good thing to have. (What better than to learn from other people’s experience of both happy accidents and mistakes? [...]
Remember??!! A little while ago I found these absolutely great crocheted boots (free crochet pattern #7 on the list in my prior article). However, to my dismay, the Etsy girl who used to make them, decided she was ‘done’ selling the pattern. Meanwhile, I received quite a few responses of readers asking for another free [...]
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, [...]
These hair bands make suitable Christmas presents for quite a wide age group, from todds to girls to teens, tweens and moms. As I needed two gifts, I have two different ones to show here. Aren’t they pretty? They are superfast to make if you have a sewing machine, however, they can easily be made [...]
Knitting these little miniatures has been fun! They’re lovely knitted Christmas tree ornaments. Or, they can be brooches to dash up that favorite sweater. Or, they can be key chain tags. They can even be used to beef up your gift tags. These free knitting patterns are for beginning knitters, and of course can [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 my ‘Do [...]
Did you know that Andy Warhol made some other kind of artwork than that ’4 images in different color scheme’ kinda thing? In the beginning of his art career, Warhol was a commercial graphic designer for retail. For this job, he created fun, whimsical artwork, particularly for the Christmas holidays. This image here is of [...]
I’m always on the look out for attractive holiday XMAS projects that everyone can do. I find from doing some basics, but beautiful crafty Christmas tree ornaments, I develop the groove from which to springboard on doing my own individual creations that are more complex. Christmas Ornaments on Tree Pam Ostrow Below is a video [...]
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