The Unique Craft

by: Johnny JW Morlan
The world and the Internet are filled with artists. Artists are everywhere! Because of the competition, only a few get noticed and make money at it.
Take these for instance, on the Internet, www.wwar.com, www.yessy.com and www.fine-art.com. Sure they receive an immense amount of visitors per month, www.wwar.com, has almost 16,000 artists and [...]

by: Chris Robertson
When we think of silver, the first thing that comes to mind is sterling silver jewelry. Yet, the history of silver and the uses for silver are rich and varied. According to The Silver Institute, a worldwide association of silver miners, refiners, fabricators, and manufacturers, the area today known as Turkey was the [...]

by: Cyndi Roberts
The most fun and frugal craft around is Plastic Canvas Needlepoint. The supplies are very inexpensive and easy to find, plus it’s easy to learn for anyone of any age. The charts are easy to read and there’s no need to get out the magnifying glass in order to see what you’re doing! [...]

by: Laura Kay
About the only thing I enjoy more than creating my bead jewelry at home is selling my bead jewelry at local craft shows and fairs! I’ve attended hundreds of craft shows and partipated in fair number myself. I am always dismayed, however, to see beautiful jewelry and pieces that don’t sell at shows [...]

by: Amy Metz
Let me ask you a question. Did you ever think that the internet would become so powerful and pervasive, that even craft supplies would turn into big business online? Neither did I. But it’s true. You can actually find just about any type of craft supplies that you are looking for if you [...]

by: Patricia B. Jensen
Snow globes are great for any occasion or holiday, simply by changing what you use to create your scene. Just let your imagination run wild!
For example, make a harvest scene for Thanksgiving, a ghostly haunted house for Halloween, a red Valentine heart or colorful Easter/Spring display for the holiday of your choice.
Other [...]

by: Ololade Franklin
The craft of making soaps, cosmetics, and perfumes can be expensive if you are not careful. However, there are many things you can do to save money while enjoying this great hobby. Here are a few ideas:

by: Melissa Trippel
You will find with every crafting project you do there are some basic tools and materials that are always present and it varies between the particular crafts you do. Although, in recent months, we have seen a merge in crafting trends, paper crafting enthusiasts are incorporating sewing and quilting techniques into their [...]

By: Michael Saunders
Scrapbooking at its essence is really about storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than oral, focus. Scrapbooking is also a method for preserving a legacy or history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabillia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks.

By: Michael Saunders
Scrapbooking at its essence is really about storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than oral, focus. Scrapbooking is also a method for preserving a legacy or history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabillia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks. The tremendous growth of the Internet has resulted in [...]

By: Nigel Patterson
When you’re incorporating pictures of any kind into your scrapbook, why not set them off with an unusual finish? This could be an original idea for a border or frame — or an arrangement of several items on the page to add a little drama. Here are a couple of tips that might [...]

by : Loretta Oliver
After you are finished cross stitching and before you frame your piece it is a good idea to wash your piece in order to get rid of the natural oils left behind from your hands as well as any soiling that may have occurred during your stitching time.

by Diane Kelly
Macrame is a traditional craft that is comparable to knitting. It is a textile-making craft which uses knotting techniques rather than weaving or knitting. It is a very ancient craft. macrame is believed to have originated with weavers from long ago Arabia who made hand-loomed fabrics in the 13th century. These weavers knotted [...]

The term “crazy quilting” is often used to refer to the textile art of crazy patchwork and is sometimes used interchangeably with that term. Crazy quilting does not actually refer to a specific kind of quilting (the needlework which binds two or more layers of fabric together), but a specific kind of patchwork. Crazy quilts [...]

by Amanda Maseko
Machine embroidery has been around for many years. However, all of the machine embroidery of the past was done by very large and expensive machines housed within specialty businesses. In the past if you were a business and wanted your logos sewn onto baseball hats or other promotional items, then you went to [...]

by Robert Carlton
Woodworking is a very old, dignified, and worthwhile leisure pursuit. But anybody who’s had an uncle saw their thumb off, is familiar with how putting men and razor-sharp things in the same room together can get hazardous. That’s why most woodworking devotees take additional safeguards when operating their tools. What you might not [...]

by Eric Slarkowski
Not all that long ago almost all men were very good at woodworking, they used to sit on the porch with their pocket knife carving out many useful objects. This must of inspired people to do even more with wood, it is now a very popular material for furniture because it is beautiful [...]

by Jack Blacksmith
A very important part of any woodworking project is a woodworking plan. These plans can assist you in wood working and scroll saw designs. These can help to improve the style and look of your piece. Good design plans offer informative instructions and illustrations which help to guide you through the complete process. [...]

by Christine Perry
If you’ve recently been to Disneyland or just love Mickey, you may be searching for some great Mickey Mouse and Disney scrapbooking ideas. How do you add these elements to your page for a child or a family vacation without having them look as if you just slapped some stickers on a page? [...]

by Christine Perry
Is your child graduating this year? The time seems to go by so fast. It often seems like only yesterday that our graduates started kindergarten. Now they are graduating high school and will be off to college by fall. It’s important to preserve and document those special final moments of high school in [...]

by Christine Perry
It happens to every scrapbooker. No matter how long you’ve been scrapbooking, you’re going to face scrapbooking burnout at some time. There can be so many reasons for it. Maybe you just can’t decide what papers to use or which embellishments. Here are a few tips to help you overcome your scrapbooking burnout.

By: Michael Saunders
Scrapbooking at its essence is really about storytelling, but with a visual and tactile, rather than oral, focus. Scrapbooking is also a method for preserving a legacy or history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabillia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks.

By: Alun Maxwell
Why is it that nearly all scrapbook enthusiasts are women? It’s not as if we don’t like taking photographs, is it? If you’re on holiday and someone barges into you while they’re trying to line up a family shot, it’s not going to be Mum standing there apologetically!

by: Shelly Coe
So you have decided to start scrapbooking. This is such an exciting time! You have done the research, watched some of our tutorials, gone out and purchased everything you think you could possibly need and are now ready to get started on that first project. The problem is there is no room left [...]

by: Paul Zayer
We have been using all sort of candles for many years. But nowadays we are searching at every possible ways to protect our health and I mean every possible means even including basic things like candle burning.
Since 1992, when Michael Richards discovered a technique to create wax from soybeans, soy wax became a [...]