The Busy Person’s Guide to Collage Making

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Jun - 5 - 2013
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Making a collage can be a very fun craft that’s ideal for those whose artistic talents are somewhat limited. While the especially artistic can also have fun making collages, the beauty of it is that it’s ideal for people of all skill levels. It’s an activity that mainly involves two parts: preparation and arrangement.

To prepare, you simply need to gather up items that you would like to see together in a collage. These can be just about anything, from flowers and photographs to feathers and postcards. Anything fairly flat works for (more…)

Afternoon Crafts for Fun and Profit

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Mar - 27 - 2013
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When the afternoon sun starts to move to the west, it’s time to take out your favorite crafting supplies and get to that special hobby. On top of loving what you do, you can also find some ways to make a profit out of your crafts.

Whatever you make, it’s time to set up an account on a crafting and/or auction website. Since people are able to see your goods and place custom orders on these sites, you really have the opportunity to reach a large audience.< (more…)

Handmade Doll Clothes in Under 5

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Oct - 16 - 2012
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Using the same materials and techniques to create actual clothing and garments may not be the only way to create new and unique doll clothes. Simple craft materials and a little bit of creativity may give you the means to make new wardrobe options for any doll, leaving your children with new ways to enjoy their favorite toys. Involving your young ones in efforts to design and create simple but enjoyable clothing options for their doll may prove to be (more…)

Five Crafts Your Kids Can Make in the Car

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Oct - 15 - 2012
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Keeping your young ones entertained on a long drive can be quite the challenge. Longer road tips can find you kids loosing interest with the same old distractions and activities, leaving you desperate for a way to keep them occupied until you reach your destination. Simple and fun crafts that may be able to give them something enjoyable to do could be just the solution you have been seeking. Low cost projects that will not leave too big a mess (more…)

Five Crafts that can Help Get You Organized

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Oct - 13 - 2012
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Keeping organized sometimes feels like a losing battle. How do you keep stuff neat and tidy but still accessible? These five craft projects just might help.
1. Create his-and-her areas with cork boards in the shape of silhouettes. Kids might be able to keep track of permission slips and homework when it’s tacked to the shape of their favorite animal. Further personalize with colorful card stock or paint.
2. A paper towel holder becomes an oversized Rolodex when you attach sheet protectors to binder clips and slide them onto the holder post. Fill the sheet protectors with recipes, scrapbooking (more…)

Five Holiday Presents You Can Make

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Oct - 10 - 2012
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Many people enjoy receiving hand crafted items as gifts. Making fun and festive holiday gifts does not require a lot of special skill. Baker’s clay can be used to create an assortment of holiday ornaments. This clay is composed of flour and can be used with holiday cookie cutters to create festive shapes you can paint after they bake. Styrofoam balls can also be used as a base for holiday ornaments. Using ordinary stick pins, you can decorate these balls with colorful sequins and ribbons. Finish them off by adding a (more…)

Thank you for your submission.

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Oct - 8 - 2012
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Have you ever worked really hard on a project to receive a generic “Thank you for your submission!” message? If you’ve had this happen to you, you might have become a bit frustrated. Perhaps you were hoping to gain something more out of your crafting or art working experience.

Before submitting your work to any magazine, catalog, contest and so forth, be sure to read all of the submission guidelines. These guidelines will likely tell you whether or not you should expect to hear from someone. They should (more…)

The Busy Person's Gu

Making a collage can be a very fun craft that's ...

Afternoon Crafts for

When the afternoon sun starts to move to the west, ...

Handmade Doll Clothe

Using the same materials and techniques to create actual clothing ...

Five Crafts Your Kid

Keeping your young ones entertained on a long drive can ...

Five Crafts that can

Keeping organized sometimes feels like a losing battle. How do ...