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Make Your Own Origami Light Box 2007-04-23 19:30:00 If you are crafting for business purposes and selling your items, through outlets such as Etsy, eBay or your own web site or blog, you will no doubt be photographing your products. A good photograph can mean the difference between a sale and a missed opportunity.
Of course, if you are only creating a small number of items, the outlay for a high-end camera, flash diffuser, filters and light
Singer Sewing Machine Tutorial Videos 2007-04-23 19:17:00 If you own a Singer-brand sewing machine then this could be the blog for you. Singer SewingMachineTutorial
s posts video tutorials for various functions of these well-known sewing machines. Even if you have another brand of machine, it is still worth a look.
Singer Sewing Machine Tutorials
Soap Maker's Glossary 2007-04-22 18:32:00 A great reference material for soap makers has been published by the coconut Coast Handmade Soap Company. This is a glossary of soap making terms, definitions and acronyms and will be very useful for the novice crafter. Soap Making Glossary
Beginner's Guide to Candle Making 2007-04-22 18:24:00 After a trip to the local garden centre and a fast comparison of price between the quality candles and the cheap candles, we opted for the ones least likely to break the bank. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for so our scented candles did not produce a good 'nose' as the wine tasters might say. They recovered only with the addition of some scented oils.
One way of cutting the cost of Read more:Beginner
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Create a Fabergé Inspired Egg 2007-04-28 17:01:00 Carl Fabergé was famous for producing highly decorative, and very sought after and expensive bejewelled eggs for the Russian Tsars in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
TV Free Activities have used the Fabergé eggs as the basis for a fun and creative project for children. By blowing a normal egg and decorating the shell with buttons, glitter and maybe a small toy, you should Read more:Inspired
How To Spray Block Crochet or Knit Squares 2007-04-28 16:40:00 Blocking is the process of setting pieces of crocheted or knitted pieces using water. It is used to change the shape of items, including making pieces slightly bigger. It can also be used to improve the drape of fabric and to even out stitches.
Over at Crochet Me, there have been a lot of questions asked about blocking so they have decided to publish a tutorial on this topic. The tutorial Read more:Spray
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Know Your Wax 2007-04-28 01:07:00 Wax is just wax, isn't it?
Well, no. There are many types of wax available for candle making. Each is made from a different material or mixture and each can have different properties of scent, burning speed, colour, etc.
TC Fragrance Crafts Blog has recently posted a short item describing four types of wax: Paraffin, Soy, Beeswax and Gel. This short item is well worth a read for the
Bead Loom 2007-04-28 00:02:00 The Stitch Fairy has posted a great idea for bead crafters. Rather than buying a bead loom from the shop and finding it just isn't big enough for what you want, why not have a go at making your own? In this post, the author became fed up with using a six inch bead loom to try and make belts and instead made one that is four feet long. A vast improvement.
Click the link below to get the
Home Made Bath Salts 2007-04-27 23:53:00 Maybe it is because I am a man, but I haven't seen bath salts in the shops for years. I can remember bath night as a child being spruced up by a handful of bath salts as a (slightly inferior) alternative to bubble bath.
Craft Bits may well have given me a way of reliving my youth with a recipe and instructions for creating your own bath salts. The basic recipe they provide is for vanilla Read more:Home Made
Make Your Own Rose Candles 2007-04-27 23:45:00 Many shops are now starting to stock silicone molds for use in baking, rather than the more traditional metal baking trays. These are excellent for use in candle making as the shapes of the molds can be quite intricate and is is relatively easy to extract the completed candle from the soft silicone material.
David Fisher has posted a guide to creating two-toned rose-shaped candles using this Read more:Candles
Alternative Brick Stitch and Cow Beading Pattern 2007-04-27 20:01:00 This post is for the bead-workers. There is a beading stitch, known as the brick stitch that is useful when increasing or decreasing the number of beads used in a row. It also provides a nice finish with hidden threads.
The link below is to the instructions for an alternative form of brick stitch. This version has the thread going through the beads of the previous row rather than going under Read more:Alternative
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Seamless Purse 2007-04-26 22:48:00 Over at the Crafts Tutorial Blog they have posted a nice crochet pattern for the creation of a seamless purse. Almost the entire project is crochet with only a tiny amount of sewing thrown in to attach three buttons. You can follow the pattern to get the exact style of purse shown or you could embellish it further, change the buttons to a zip or add a lining.
Seamless Purse
Piggy iPod Cover 2007-04-26 22:12:00 Susan at West Coast Crafty wanted to celebrate the Chinese year of the pig by creating a pin cushion or a stuffed toy. She then had an inspired idea for a pig-themed iPod
cover. On her blog, she shows some photographs of the cover that she made and kindly provides instructions for making your own.
Pig iPod Cover
Thanks to Cutiecoo for sending me this link to a blog that I have not found before Read more:Piggy
Knitted Roses 2007-04-25 23:41:00 This project is ideal if you have some old knitware that you do not want to part with but you are finding to be too plain to wear. Why not liven it up with some knitted roses? Maize Hutton has provided the pattern and instructions to create these lovely little flowers that can be attached to clothes or made into accessories such as brooches.
The author of the pattern states that this is the Read more:Knitted
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Make Your Own Modelling Clay 2007-04-25 23:35:00 Kid Buckaroo have published a great article on making your own modelling clay from everyday kitchen ingredients. The clay can be kept in a fridge to avoid hardening for several weeks. Out of the fridge, it is easily workable and hardens naturally in around 48 hours without baking or use of a kiln.
The ingredients should be easy to find with the recipe consisting of just flour, salt, alum, Read more:Modelling
Sock Gloves 2007-04-25 23:26:00 Did you ever look down at you feet, see your socks and think to yourself, "I could really do with some gloves that look like that"?
The slightly eccentric people at Cut Out and Keep did. Not only that but they created a series of instructions complete with step-by-step photography. I have to admit though, they look pretty good! It may be a good idea to wash them first though...
Sock Gloves
Make a Plush Duck 2007-04-25 20:27:00 I don't quite know why but every time I see this cute stuffed duck toy I have to chuckle to myself. I think it may be the over sized head that does it or perhaps the tiny wings. In either case, I am going to have to make one.
Luckily for me, the nice people at Mariska Design have posted the pattern and a set of instructions on their blog for anybody to download. If you visit their site, click Read more:Plush
Got Crafter's Block? 2007-04-25 20:22:00 Have you ever suffered from crafter's block? It seems to me to be a bit like writer's block, leaving you unable to create anything and feeling slightly unfulfilled. You know that you really should be sewing, building, folding, painting, making or something but your brain just "won't get in gear"!
Over at Empty Purse, they have posted an article on how to unleash your creativity. There are
Make Your Own Brooch 2007-04-24 20:58:00 Lynsey, the author of the SwirlyThoughts blog, has posted a great design for a brooch or badge. The design uses very little that most of us do not already have in our crafting bags. All you need are some basic materials and a button or two. The trickiest item to acquire will be a brooch back but this can be substituted with a simple safety pin.
Make Your Own Brooch
Butterfly Cross Stitch Pattern 2007-04-24 20:52:00 A lovely butterfly cross stitch pattern has been posted by The Stitch
Fairy. In the post, the pattern and an example of its use are both shown. Click either of the pictures in this great post to zoom in and for printing.
ButterflyCross
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Crochet Flower Loom 2007-04-30 21:08:00 Another loom idea, this time posted at Crafty Daisies and for a crochet 'flower' loom. This loom is a great idea for creating flower designs from threads. The flowers can then be used to embellish clothing, for scrapbooking or to brighten up pretty much anything!
All you need to create this loom is a little wooden dowel and some round discs, also made from wood. I would suggest making several
Flower Pincushion 2007-04-30 19:40:00 Are you like me and every time you sit down you find another pin? (and I don't mean that you notice it catch the light from the corner of your eye!)
A delightful pincushion design with full instructions has been posted at Abyquilt. The pincushion is in the shape of a five petalled flower and can be made using any design of fabric that you like. It will certainly hold a lot of pins and I have Read more:Pincushion
Make a Windmill (Pinwheel) 2007-04-29 22:42:00 Crafting for younger children is best when you can get quick and exciting results at a low cost. This idea for creating a pinwheel windmill is perfect for the cause. All you need is some paper, a pencil and, the trickiest item to find, a split pin!
The kids will love this as the whole project will take only around ten minutes to create, plus any colouring time needed when personalising the Read more:Windmill
Dr Octopus Origami 2007-04-29 12:41:00 With Spider-Man 3 now being advertised on the television, I thought it was time to find some Spider-Man craft ideas.
If you are a fan of the Spider-Man films, you will know of Dr Octopus from Spider-Man 2. This mad scientist (aren't they all mad in films?) creates some robotic arms that attach to his spin, giving the appearance that he has eight limbs.
Over at Eileen's Origami Page, they have
Blog Changes and Categories Page 2007-04-29 12:24:00 Even though this blog has only been operational for nineteen days, I have found it too interesting to stop posting. This has led to there being fifty-four posts in thirty-two categories. I originally intended to post once per day, maybe every other day. In actuality, I have posted an average of nearly three items every day (and haven't missed a day yet!)
For this reason, the categories list Read more:Categories
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Create a Crochet Beaded Ring 2007-04-29 11:15:00 Fancy a bit of 'bling' but without a high price tag?
This short tutorial explains how to create an iridescent beaded ring (though you can choose any bead you like of course) using crochet techniques, particularly the crab stitch. This is a very low cost project requiring only some elastic and some small beads.
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Flower Hats 2007-05-03 19:45:00 It must be a hat day today. My first post of the day gave you the pattern for knitting a pirate inspired fish hat. The second post is for something a little light, a flower hat.
This design from MagKnits is for a knitted hat with a felt flower on the top. It looks rather fun and should be a fairly easy project to complete.
Flower Hat
Jolly Roger Fish Hat 2007-05-03 19:36:00 Avast ye mateys, it be a JollyRoger
fish!
OK, back to the English. This great knitting pattern is for a pirate-style skeletal fish design. The post from Knittingjuju is rather obscure at first but if continue reading and look for the PDF link you can download the design and get knitting.
Jolly Fish Hat
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