I just moved from one apartment to another this weekend. Moving is stressful and difficult, to say the least. However, it’s gotten me to think about my craft space and how I want to organize it.
I wish I had a whole room to dedicate to crafting, but I’m lucky to get just a [...]
Have you ever been in a craft funk? That’s what I call it when I have projects I’m in the middle of but I don’t feel like doing them, or when I see all kinds of cute crafts around me but I still don’t feel inspired to craft.
If you’ve been in a craft funk, how [...]
Earth Day is just around the corner (April 22nd). In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d highlight some of the crafts you can make from used material. Craft something that’s earth friendly today!
PAPER CRAFT IDEAS
Tealight Decoration using recycled cardboard tubing.
Magazine Bowl - a bowl made of magazine pages. Amazing!
Make your own Paper - Use [...]
I wanted to share one of my favorite new blogs with you: Millie Motts. She is a self-proclaimed collector of all things 1940s-60s, and she shares all kinds of awesome photos on her blog. Here’s one example of the great pictures you’ll find on the blog (From a post entitled “banana appeal”):
Check out Millie [...]
To go along with my theme of refashioning envelopes, I decided to make a mini dry-erase board from the window part of an envelope. It’s so easy and fun to make. I got the idea from Claudine Hellmuth’s project here.
Supplies:
Envelope with window
Decorative paper
Magazine or book you can cut up
Scissors
Glue (I used Mod Podge)
Here’s all [...]
Since I’ve been talking about baby hats lately, I thought I would share this awesome way to get involved and make a difference in the life of a child.
Save the Children is calling on knitters (and non-knitters willing to learn) everywhere to knit newborn baby hats to send to newborns around the world. [...]
I’m having my first baby in August. Because of that, a lot of my craft ideas have turned toward baby things. What I’d like to make is a baby hat that won’t be too warm to wear during the summer. Here are three different crochet patters I’m thinking about. Ignoring the color (because I’ll probably [...]
I was feeling crafty today, so I found an easy tutorial I could do with the supplies I had on hand. I’ve been wanting to try out the Inside Out Security Envelopes tutorial from design*sponge, and it didn’t require many supplies. In fact, I modified the supply list as follows:
Junk mail envelopes
Steak knife (or any [...]
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