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  • Ceramics & Pottery: Ceramic Molds & Kits

    Ceramics & Pottery: Ceramic Molds & Kits

    Look Around! There are supplies all around you! Paper Plates can be masks with some scissors and markers, A pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted many colors and glued on as a decoration. You will...

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  • Woodworking: Kits

    Woodworking: Kits

    As someone whose hobby is handmade crafts, particularly scrapbooks, I’ve learned firsthand how expensive art supply stores can be. So, here I’ve compiled all of the ways I’ve found to save on supplies and still be super unique and creative. A: That huge magazine stack that’s...

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  • Home Arts & Crafts: Metalworking

    Home Arts & Crafts: Metalworking

    Finally the huge stack of magazines that’s been accumulating under your bed can now be put to use in a lot of different ways. I like to make my own sayings and quotes by snipping various sized letters of the alphabet in different shades and...

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  • Floral Crafts: Swags & Garlands

    Floral Crafts: Swags & Garlands

    Not only am I an avid scrap-booker, but I also love creating homemade crafts. I know first-hand that purchasing supplies from art supply retail stores can get very expensive. Being original and artistic shouldn’t stop you from taking advantage of the ways I’ve found...

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  • Ceramics & Pottery: Pottery Kilns

    Ceramics & Pottery: Pottery Kilns

    That huge magazine stack that’s been collecting under your bed can be used in many ways. I like to make my own sayings and quotes by snipping various sized letters of the alphabet in different shades and putting them together. For a nifty, retro feel,...

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  • Ceramics & Pottery: Pottery Wheels

    Ceramics & Pottery: Pottery Wheels

    I am really into scrap-booking and have the spend a lot of my time making handmade craft items, so I am quite aware of the high prices that the retail art supply stores can charge for supplies. Originality can still be expressed while economizing on...

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  • Framing & Matting: Mat Cutting Tools & Supplies

    Framing & Matting: Mat Cutting Tools & Supplies

    Look Around! There are supplies all around you! Paper Plates can be masks with some scissors and markers, A pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted many colors and glued on as a decoration. You will...

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  • Spinning: Spinning Wheels

    Spinning: Spinning Wheels

    I’m always buying supplies for my scrap-booking and craft work, so I know how costly it can get to purchase your supplies from retail shops. Therefore, I’ll give here a list of my tricks for saving money on supplies while creating unique and artistic items. You...

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  • Home Arts & Crafts: Wall Décor & Tatouage

    Home Arts & Crafts: Wall Décor & Tatouage

    There are a lot of ways you can eventually use that big pile of magazines that has been gathering beneath your bed. Try creating your favorite quotations from assorted sizes and colors of letters you have cut out: one of my favorite tricks! When...

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  • Candles & Soap: Dyes

    Candles & Soap: Dyes

    You probably have a pile of magazines accumulating somewhere in the house, and now there are lots of ways you can make some use of them. A technique I love is to cut out different sized and colored letters and make sayings or quotes. To...

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