Archive for October, 2008
Polymer Clay Halloween Votive Candles
Posted on 21. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.
I found this cool craft using glass votive candle holders, and my old favorite, polymer clay. This comes courtesy of PCPolyzine circa 2003. Check out the link for the step-by-step, but I’ll give you the basic gist.
You’ll want to find a glass votive and cover it with a uniform thickness of orange polymer clay, smoothing [...]
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Festive Halloween Juice Box Sleeves,
Posted on 17. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.
I came with this project all by my little old self. I signed up for the class parties at my second-graders school, and to keep life simple, I’m bringing the juice boxes for all of the class parties. Only later did I realize what a BORING thing that was, and had to come up with [...]
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Fun Shrink Plastic Rings from CraftStylish
Posted on 13. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.
I have been known to enjoy the Shrinky-Dink goodness, so I was excited to see this project from CraftStylish bringing a new, fresh, and slightly more “mature” look to the craft.
The cool frosted “beach glass” look is achieved by using Shrinky Dinks “Frosted Ruff ‘n’Ready” brand of shrink plastic. Step-by-step directions are included on [...]
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More Breast Cancer Awareness Crafts: Pink Ribbon Pin
Posted on 08. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.
Ok, so here’s a quick and cute “pink ribbon” craft, using safety pins and seed beads. I know I have a million of these little buggers around, so I’m going to get busy. Surf on over to About.com’s family crafts, and you can get the full instructions.
This is the basic grid… and I’m sorry I [...]
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Pink Ribbon Quilting for Breast Cancer Awarenss
Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.
So I’m on a kick here- I thought I’d share a link for a quilt block that features the “Pink Ribbon” which symbolizes breast cancer awareness. (Although you could substitute any color for pink that supports the cause of your choice.)
Our friends over at Quilters’ Cache have provided a FREE quilt block pattern that includes- [...]
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Cross Stitch for Breast Cancer Awareness
Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by Jenny.
Well, October is here, and in the middle of planning my holiday crafting, I though I’d share a Breast Cancer Awareness craft. Since you have the whole month of October to craft pink, here’s a cute one to get you going!
Our friends over at CrossStitch.com have supplied FOUR different versions of the pink ribbon to [...]


