crafts Archive

  • Halloween Crafts

    Halloween Crafts

    Look Around! There are supplies all around you! Masks can be made from paper plates using scissors and markers, a large wall collage can be made from a cut up pizza box or a decoration can be created from dry pasta that has been painted...

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  • Paper Crafts: Origami

    Paper Crafts: Origami

    As someone whose hobby is handmade crafts, particularly scrapbooks, I’ve learned firsthand how expensive art supply stores can be. This should give you some good ideas for ways to save on art supplies while still maintaining your creative edge. 1. Now that big stash of periodicals...

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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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  • Bnib Crafts

    Bnib Crafts

    If you have a large collection of periodicals that have been piling up around your house, there are a variety of different ways to put them to good use. I like to make my own sayings and quotes by snipping various sized letters of the...

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  • Kids Crafts: Drawing & Painting

    Kids Crafts: Drawing & Painting

    There are so many ways you can finally get some use out of that huge magazine stack that’s been collecting under your bed. I favor cutting out letters in various colors and sizes and putting them together to spell out aphorisms and quotations. To get...

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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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  • Needle Arts & Crafts: Latch Hooked Rugs

    Needle Arts & Crafts: Latch Hooked Rugs

    Explore - You’ll find materials everywhere! With scissors and markers, a pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted and glued on as a decoration paper plates can be masks. When you’re crafting, look around the house...

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  • Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts: Scrapbooking Tools

    Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts: Scrapbooking Tools

    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. And so, the list I am presenting here details means that in my experience help...

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  • Needle Arts & Crafts: Hardanger

    Needle Arts & Crafts: Hardanger

    Be observant with your surroundings and you will find a vast assortment of materials. You can showcase your creativity by making masks out of paper plates, embellishing them with markers and cutting eye holes with scissors. Perhaps you could transform an old pizza box,...

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  • Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts: Adhesives, Glue & Tape

    Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts: Adhesives, Glue & Tape

    The cost of purchasing art supplies from retail outlets can be prohibitive for avid scrapbookers and crafters. You can still stand out and use your imagination while following these tips to save money. • If you have a huge magazine stack collecting under the bed, there...

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