Creating Vacation Memories (12 Jun 2006) Vacation scrapbooks are a great way to preserve your family's vacation memories.
Jewelry Making: Measuring for Bracelets Without a Tape (12 Jun 2006) Your cousin's friend in Saskatchewan has asked you to design a custom bracelet for her. You have all the beads, materials, and tools, but you're stumped about the length. She doesn't have a clue about her wrist measurement, or a flexible measuring tape to use, and you're not about to travel that far north to measure her wrist. What do you do?
Tech-Savvy Crafters Can Go Global (12 Jun 2006) The image of a crafter or artisan is often serene, even pastoral. It's easy to imagine a potter spinning his wheel in his barn-turned-studio and then selling his wares at the little farmer's market down the road. Or a knitter, knitting quietly with a dog at her feet and a cup of tea as she gets ready for this year's Christmas craft fair.
But, in today's global market, such crafters, artisans, artists and designers need not rely on farmer's markets and craft fairs alone.
Faux Wax Seals, Tearing, and Fraying in Your Scrapbooks (12 Jun 2006) A good way to make your own personal seals is with Crayola Model Magic. Simply, roll out a small ball of the clay. Then, imprint this ball with a small rubber stamp or a brass seal. In this way, you can create whatever stamp impressions you can imagine.
The Leather Look, Accents, and Punching for Your Scrapbook (12 Jun 2006) A leather look can add elegance to your scrapbooking page. To create a unique leather look, simply distress cardstock. To do this, grip the cardstock in your hands. Then, with a gentle circular motion, rub the cardstock together as if you were pre-treating a laundry stain. Gradually, work your way around the cardstock until you get the desired effect.
How to Use Textured Paper and Book Jacket Backgrounds to Give Your Scrapbook Dimension (12 Jun 2006) Textured paper can add extra dimension to your scrapbooking page. Textured paper can be used to highlight focus items on your scrapbook page. Textured paper can also be used as a backgrounds or border to give your page an interesting fresh look.
Ribbons and Lace, Embroidery Cotton, and Hemp to Spice Up Your Scrapbooks (12 Jun 2006) Ribbon and lace are by far the most common, and most beautiful, border embellishment. The flowing nature of both materials encourages a touch of softness and elegance. Ribbon and lace are especially popular in gift and memory scrapbooks.
How to Use Feathers and Dried Flowers to Give Your Scrapbooks an Artistic Feel (12 Jun 2006) Feathers make exotic and interesting embellishments and borders. Feathers add an air of softness. Feathers may be useful in scrapbooks with a freedom, peace, or quiet theme. However, colored or exotic feathers may add a touch of adventure or a feeling of a far away land to a scrapbook page...
Amish Furniture for Kids Summer Projects (12 Jun 2006) Amish Furniture finishing for the kids summer projects. Industrious activity that will pass on traditions and life lessons.
Russian Nesting Dolls - The Beginning (12 Jun 2006) Russian nesting dolls - how they appeared, which predecessors they had and how they are related to Christianity, Buddhism and pre-Christian pagans.
You Are A Diamond So Scrapbook About Yourself (12 Jun 2006) Reaffirm the goodness within yourself and share with others the diamond in you by scrapbooking about yourself. There are glowing benefits to creating scrapbooks about yourself.
Save on Kids Craft Supplies - Recycle! (12 Jun 2006) Here is some information about how to collect and use recycled objects in your crafts! You can save a lot of money on arts and crafts supplies by saving things that you might ordinarily throw away! If you are building up a craft supply box for a classroom, daycare, church or school - get the parents involved by sending out list of these items so they can help out too!
Kids Crafts: Balloons, Bubbles & Balls #1 (12 Jun 2006) Here is part 1 of a 5 part series of Kids Crafts with the theme: Balloons, Bubbles & Balls. This article contains a craft, activities, snack and a reading selection all centered around the theme!
The Easy Way to Make a Club Logo (12 Jun 2006) The easy way to design and make up a new logo for your club, you don't need to be artistic! Make your club stand out from the crowd.
Collectibles: Searching for those Hard-to-Find Diecast Models (12 Jun 2006) For collectors of any kind, there are always those items
that are much sought after, but nearly impossible to find.
If they're lucky enough to finally locate them, the price
is often exorbitant or there are some other restrictions
which inhibit their ability to secure them. With a good
deal of patience and persistence, however, even the rarest
of these collectibles can be found and purchased without as
much difficulty as one might imagine. One simply needs to
know where to look.
Diecast Collectibles: The Collectors’ Guide to Making a Profit (12 Jun 2006) Millions of people have made a hobby of collecting items of
one sort or another, but some take it to a higher level.
These collectors view their collections as more than just
an accumulation of trinkets that they happen to enjoy; to
them, it's a business, and they're not in it to lose money.
For those who collect diecast models, making a profit can
be a challenge, unless you know the ropes of how to
effectively collect pieces and then apply the necessary
strategies to resell at an increased price.
Collectible Action Figures - Is About Fun Memories And More Money (12 Jun 2006) Superhero action figures first stormed the doors of department stores and toy stores nearly 35 years ago. Constructed of various kinds of plastic and clothed in uniforms, costumes and capes G.I. Joe, Superman, Spiderman, the Lone Ranger and others marched, flew and rode off store shelves and into our lives. After short stops under the Christmas tree or at birthday parties, these action figures found their way into toy boxes and playrooms around the world.
Gemstone Collecting (12 Jun 2006) Do you have an interest in collecting or investing in gemstones? Making your own Jewelry?
