Craft Test Dummies

Button Crafts, Part Two

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Jenny.

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 [...]

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Rockin’ Around the Clock!

Posted on 16. Jul, 2008 by Jenny.

My kid’s daycare had a bunch of scratched records that they wanted to recycle into art. So I thought spin-art record clocks would be just the ticket!
We first took a little sandpaper and scratched up the records even more- that way the tempera and acrylic paints that we’d be using would stick better to the [...]

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Polymer Clay + Bottle Caps = Cool!

Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by Jenny.

I was making my blog rounds this morning, and ran across this idea from Crafty Goat. And since I love polymer clay AND bottle cap art, this worked for me! (Alternatively, I could use my polyclay and then have a brew. That also works for me!)
Anyhoo, she suggests making your own molds from cool buttons [...]

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