Jul
31
Jewelry Casting By Courtney Gray
July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jewelry Making editor writes…
Courtney Gray is a renowned artist with beautiful pieces to inspire and tempt you she has put together a series of videos but I thought our readers might be interested in watching the process of Casting your own jewelry.
Make sure you check out courtney’s jewelry pieces and if your […]
Jul
31
Bernat Mill Complex Burns
July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Knitting editor writes…
Photo supplied by (ALAN J. BRACKETT)
July 21, 2007 the former Bernat Mill in Uxbridge MA, which housed 65 local businesses, burned to the ground. This 10-alarm fire shocked the community, and destroyed one of the few remaining Northern Mill facilities still remaining in this country. While many …
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Jul
31
Scrapbooking editor writes…
If you’re like me - always drooling over all of the different types of paper available for scrapbookers, Paper.com may be the website for you. Besides offering categories for almost every type of paper imaginable, Paper.com also has a section filled with scrapbooking specific products!
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Jul
31
How to Make a Felted Pouch
July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Felting editor writes…
A to the point, pictorial tutorial, showing just how to make this pouch.
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Jul
31
Strike Your Fancy?
July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Paper Crafts editor writes…
Aren’t these altered matchbooks gorgeous? A glass bowl filled with these would make such an interesting conversation piece and much more artsy looking than a plain collection of matchbooks. Over at Craftster.org, user jolenemarie has posted pictures and information about how she created these lovely items.
[tags]paper crafts, crafster, altered matchbook, …
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Jul
30
Felted Jewelry- a hot trend!
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jewelry Making editor writes…
There’s a growing trend for felting and felted jewelry right now. As a fiber artist in addition to being a jewelry artist-it makes me happy.
Felted jewelry is so tactile and all ‘warm & fuzzy’. You can make it by cutting shapes out of felt sheets, or getting wool […]
Jul
30
Bead International 2008 Call for Art!
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jewelry Making editor writes…
The Dairy Barn Arts Center (Athens Ohio) invites you to enter the 6th biennial international juried exhibition of beaded art-Bead International 2008!!!
This event only happens every 2 years so if you miss this deadline, you’ll be very sad! Also, note that “Any pierced object is considered to be a bead” […]
Jul
30
Recycled Barbie and Friends
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Recycled Crafts editor writes…
Up for an indie recycling art show?
San Francisco’s 5th Annual Altered Barbie Show, “Out of the Box: Reclaiming and Recycling Barbie,” features 75 artists and vendors celebrating Barbie’s (and Ken’s and Skipper’s) second life. The art show, which runs Aug. 1-19 at Age Song (580 Hayes St. at Laguna in …
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Jul
30
HAVE YOU YOU-TUBED TODAY??
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Crochet editor writes…
Have you discovered you-tube? I’m not terribly techno-savvy, but I love finding online sites that help me crochet better. There are 2.740 videos listed when you type ‘crochet’ in the search box at the website www.youtube.com.
Here are some of them:
if you’d like to crochet a fortune cookie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Wmm6DX8qA
How about …
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Jul
30
Creature Candles
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Candle Making editor writes…
Creature Candles online candle shop offer unique adorable hand crafted creature candles. There’s cats, pigs and dogs to choose from. Shown here is pig and piglet candles. They almost look like polymer clay sculptures but they’re wax. The nice thing about these is that they have a tough exterior …
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Jul
30
Paint With Paper
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Paper Crafts editor writes…
The amazing piece of art in this photo was made using torn piece of paper, not paint. To see how it was done and maybe try your hand at making one yourself visit the Torn Paper Collage Project at HGTV.com.
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Jul
30
Have you tried the “Watercolor effect”?
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Stamping editor writes…
Hi everyone:
Did everyone have a great weekend?
I’m curious how did you guy’s do with the organizing last week?
I stumble upon this technique from beate on using water color.
It’s a very easy technique to follow. Instructions HERE
Here are some examples using this technique!
I want to see yours
Have …
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Jul
30
Make Your Own Envelope
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Scrapbooking editor writes…
Not all things that you want to scrapbook are things that you want to glue or cut to fit your scrapbooking page. Envelopes are great ways to add things - just as they are - to your scrapbooking pages. Envelopes also add a sense of surprise for those who …
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Jul
30
Fibre Spacecrafts
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Felting editor writes…
What a wonderful site, there are so many delightful things to see, learn and buy. You can see tutorials on How to Make a Felt Flower Brooch, how to make Silk Paper and how to Make a Silk Paper Choker. Take some time and visit this web site: http://www.fibrespacecrafts.com/index.html
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Jul
30
Potter’s Snitch Needles
July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Knitting editor writes…
I admit it, I’m a Harry Potter fan. I have all the books, (I’m almost finished with the last book - don’t tell me the ending!!!) all the DVD’s and have seen all the movies in the theater except this last one due to my son’s wedding. I have …
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