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Gift Card Ornament Photo Tutorial

December 14, 2009

I like to give gift cards for the holidays- but as we know presentation is everything! Make this cute gift card ornament- a craft that says “handmade.” (But the perk of being a little more “generic”, so to speak.) Great for teacher’s gifts, treats for the mailman, hair stylist, etc. Have fun! Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. NOTES: I used a Cricut to cut my shapes as follows: “Christmas/Noel Cartridge: Ornament and Filigree ornament, 5.64 ” each using the Gypsy.If you […]

Posted in Craft Projects, Holidays/Themes, Paper Crafts, Winter/Christmas |

Crafting an Advent Calendar- Inspiriation

November 30, 2009

Thinking about crafting an Advent Calendar? Yeah, me too, and so I thought I’d find a few projects to share. My critierion for this round-up is that they have to be SIMPLE…because the first of December is right around the corner! This is a super-cute and RECYCLED craft, using styrofoam. The is a full tutorial on Craftster, but the idea is that you cut holes in the styrofoam, decoupage the face, and then cut the cardboard circles and attach them […]

Posted in Fabric Crafts, Holidays/Themes, Kids Stuff, Paper Crafts, Winter/Christmas |

Halloween Crafting Roundup

October 9, 2009

(*tick, tick tick….*) Hear that? It’s Halloween approaching! And if you wanna get some fun Halloween crafts FINISHED before the 30th, it’s time to get cracking! Here are some great crafts from great crafters to get you inspired: Jennifer Perkins at The Naughty Secretary Club blog has a super-cute shrine craft (which is actually a kit by the Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo.) Speaking of Kathy, she’s giving away some goodies over at Ilovetocreate with a shrine contest! Youcan read the […]

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Baby Onesies for the Cure

October 7, 2009

It’s October and time for breast cancer awarenss month. This year I’m crafting for the cure by making baby onsies that sport a super-cute and blingy pink ribbon. This is also a super-easy craft to do, with few simple items. I made mine using the Memory Makers’ “Slice” to cut out my template, but you could do that by hand. So here’s what I used and how I did it: Materials: Baby snap-suit (Onesies is TM’d by Gerber, BTW) or […]

Posted in Baby & Shower Crafts, Craft Projects, Fabric Crafts, Halloween Crafts, Paper Crafts |

Carve Your Own Rubber Stamps

September 17, 2009

Can’t find what you want in the big-box stores? Want to use your own awesome artwork? Then carve your own rubber stamps! I found this great tutorial from Creative Kismet and just had to share it with you!  They have some easy step-outs and great pics to follow. You just need to supply the inspiration! Also, you do need some specialized tools (read: you won’t have these in your kitchen!) but you CAN find things like a linoleum cutter set […]

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Recycled Wallpaper Ornament- Recycling My Memories!

August 26, 2009

This is an article I published at my Craft Therapy blog…but since I cover re-using stripped wallpaper, I felt it was good enough to share here. {I’m also going to shut down that blog at the end of the year, and don’t want to lose this content!} Anyway, enjoy the story, steal the idea, make cool stuff out of trash! So here’s the story: Once upon a time, when I was a young girl, I lived in a house. And […]

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Kid’s Craft: Nature Prints with Solar Print Paper

August 21, 2009

Here at the Casa of Crafts we are trying to squeeze as much out of the rest of summer as we can; and while the sun is still shining brightly, we thought we’d try out some Solar Print paper as a fun science/nature craft. This quasi-educational project can be done over a few different stages, too. We started off by exploring our new yard and collecting leaves, stems, and flowers, and then trying to identify them all. We then pressed […]

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Quick and Easy Gift- Altered Notepad

March 30, 2009

Jenny shares an altered notebook craft from Craft Cafe, perfect for Mothers Day.

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Paper Doll Design- Flower Fairie

March 9, 2009

I just finished my second paper doll design for Stamplistic…and since spring is almost upon us, I went with a flower fairie theme.  I’m using an Accu-Cut die and materials available at the store. Sorry, but I can’t give you more specifics…the store will, however, be making up kits to purchase sometime in the near future. But you get a sneak peek!

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Button Crafts, Part Two

March 4, 2009

The Craft Gods keep sending me button goodness to share….must be some kinds of harmonic convergence in the crafty universe! I got online today and found this FAB-U-LOUS button coaster craft at CraftStylish for a button coaster. Wow! I LOVE the way it looks, and you could create all kinds of designs if you used different colors of embroidery threads and/or different colors of buttons. Just make sure they are of a uniforms size and you can get really creative […]

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Button Crafts

March 3, 2009

I love buttons- both the functional, keep-your-sweater-closed variety, as well as purely decorative/design elements. Yup. Love buttons! So, since it’s National Craft Month in March I thought I’d share a few resources with you! Make a cute button-covered tote…I reposted it from Martha Stewart a while back. Great way to use up those funky buttons in the button jar and spruce up that boring market tote! CraftStylish offers step-by-step instructions on making a button bracelet– you need shank buttons for […]

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Craft Ideas Using Recycled Cards

December 7, 2008

So I wasn’t sure if I should share this now, or wait until after the holidays. I figured that if you’re like me, you still have last year’s holiday cards, or if not, make sure you don’t toss them on December 31st! Here’s the deal: Aileen from Aileen’s Musings came up with the idea of recycling your old Christmas/ Holiday cards into gift tags.  She has a little tutorial there, but you can probably take the idea and run with […]

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Fun with Fabric Paper (Quick How-To)

August 26, 2008

I had my friend and artist Wendy Fedan over last Wednesday for some down-and-dirty art, making fabric paper. For those who don’t know, fabric paper is basically a collage based on fabric, and then layered with white glue and other paper, fabric, yarns, etc. Wendy and I sat in the sun and spent an hour making pieces. Here are a few that I made: So here’s the basic tutorial: (I got it from Cloth Paper Scissors awhile back.) Start with […]

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Better Late Than Never RAKs

July 13, 2008

Well, I finally got on an art bender and made up some gifties for my ClothPaperStudio Yahoo Group birthday gals. For June. Ok, better late than never, I guess. And with the scraps I generated, I’m making a series of ATC’s for the July gals, so I might just get caught up. I used puzzle pieces, stamps, stickers, recycled sheet music, shrink plastic pieces (also stamped and hand-colored), some metal keys, hand-watercolored paper… a whole lot goin’ on here. Most […]

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Quick and Easy Kids’ Craft – Recycled Rainbow Crayons

June 6, 2008

So my dear seven-year old is schlepping home his school supplies since they’re almost out for summer vacation, and his crayons were in a particularly sorry state. No fear! We can recycle them into fun rainbow crayons, and keep the kiddos occupied for a while, too. First up, sorting all of the broken crayons. (My 3-year-old loved this part!) Peel off the paper wrappings on the crayons. (Keep them in a baggie…we can use those later, too!) Sort the crayons […]

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Nana’s Got a Brand New Bag

May 6, 2008

Or tote, or purse. Whatever. For my Mom’s birthday, she asked me to make her one of these “boutique bags.” I’d purchased instructions from an e-bay seller, and made up one for myself as a sample. Mom selected two coordinating prints from the collections I’d bought from Keepsake Quilting, and I made a bag up for her in an afternoon. The bag has 3 pockets built in, and I use the really stiff Peltex 72 (fusible on both sides) for […]

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Birthday Book by Jenna

April 2, 2008

Since last week was so hectic with the Sewing Expo, I didn’t get to share some of my birthday goodies.  One of my favorites was from my dear friend Jenna, who for 11 years was my co-worker and cohort in creative arts therapies escapades! She is the art therapist who loves music and plays guitar; I was the music therapist who made art and loved making musical instruments. We were yin and yang, and people have asked it we were […]

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Gorgeous Paper Bead Necklace

March 26, 2008

I was doing my regular surfing, and ran across this GORGEOUS paper bead necklace from Mazel Tov Jewelry. Really transcends paper beads into high art. Tell me it’s not fabulous and I’ll call you a liar!

Posted in Beads/Jewelry Projects, Craft News, Craft Projects, Fabric Crafts, Paper Crafts, Recycled & Green |

Three Recycled Plastic Easter Egg Craft Ideas

March 24, 2008

Well, here we are, Easter is over, and now we have copious amounts of those annoying plastic Easter eggs. (Well, actually we’re down a few because Ginger the cock-a-poo has discovered their charms!) But anyway, even if you don’t have scads on hand, they’re on sale everywhere for cheap, cheap, cheap! So here’s a coupla good reasons to get crafty with ’em…. Make your own Egg Rattle Snake complete with rattler! If you’ve got a dremel or drill handy, this […]

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Polymer Clay ATC’s – Eggs

March 19, 2008

I’m in a swap at my CPS group, and our theme was Faberge Eggs. I played around with several ideas, but since I’m on a polymer clay kick, well, I thought I could make it work. I also used some lovely German Scrap from ArtChix and some rhinestones to finish them off. Whaddaya think? To create them,  I marbled a sheet of clay,  cut it onto the egg-shape and  then added the coils with liquid clay. After curing, I applied […]

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