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Crafts

Category: <span>Crafts</span>

Crafts keep our hand busy and our minds open. From DIY soap making, to making a cake stand, making bath bombs and personal gifts, crafts make our homes, lives and gifts unique and personal.

Paper Crafting

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Collection of seven mobiles

Spotlight: Karolina Merska, Pajaki Artist

Artist Karolina Merska takes the traditional Polish folk art of pajaki and transforms bright papers and modern materials into contemporary art mobiles. Karolina's work sparks joy from every angle, introducing...

Flower Kirigami

Spotlight: Ghylenn Descamps, Paper Artist

Passionate about Japanese culture and creativity, French artist Ghylenn Descamps writes, illustrates, makes (especially with paper) and coaches creative people. Constantly exploring the potential of her own creativity, Ghylenn's energy...

Seeshall by Yulia Brodskaya

Spotlight: Yulia Brodskaya, Artist and Illustrator

What's in a name? In illustrator Yulia Brodskaya's case, her name was instrumental in discovering her unique process of creating paper art. Reaching for a way to illustrate "Yulia" in...

Outdoor DIY Ideas

Final tin can flowers with added paint from paint pens to add more interest.

DIY Tin Can Flowers

I look out the back windows of my home to a fence, where the ground is too rocky to plant a garden. I wanted something more interesting than a fence...

Monster feet yarn bombing

How to Yarn Bomb: Fun, Easy, Inspired!

Take your fiber art to the streets – bus stops, benches, light posts, car bumpers, gardens, playgrounds – you get the idea! (Local ordinances vary, so if you want to...

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Devi Chand sunflower upcycled paper necklace

Spotlight: Devi Chand, Upcycled Paper Artist

Transforming ordinary materials into extraordinary jewelry, upcycled paper artist Devi Chand takes scraps of paper and creates handmade beads which she then fashions into unique necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Things…
Finished Scandinavian fabric stars with snow on an evergreen bush

Scandinavian Fabric Stars

Learn how to make Scandinavian fabric stars with our step-by-step tutorial. You use four fabric strips to make these stars and can use one, two, three or four different fabrics!…
Minions cake topper

Polymer Clay Project Ideas

Working with polymer clay can be fun and rewarding. It comes in a variety of colors and is used in projects from sculpture to jewelry and accessories. Here are some…
Mason Jar Pin Cushion finished-7

How to Make a Mason Jar Pin Cushion

One of my favorite notions is a Mason Jar Pin Cushion. The pin cushion holds my pins and needles and the jar holds some of my threads, buttons that need…
Pineapple Ice Queen

Spotlight: Troy Murrah, Wood Mosaic Artist

How do you use hard materials to portray the softness of something like a quilt? Wood mosaic artist Troy Murrah does it by creating quilt-inspired mosaics with found and recycled…
Lazy cat on a flower glass art

Spotlight: Cheryl Chapman, Glass Enamel Artist

Developing her own techniques to match her style, glass enamel artist Cheryl Chapman take glass art to a whimsical world of her own imagining. It's not surprising that Cheryl's work…
Woven macrame wall hanging

Spotlight: Chantel Conlon, Mixed Fiber Macramé Artist

Mixed fiber macramé artist Chantel Conlon is most prolific when her creativity is tied up in knots. Using traditional techniques combined with patterns of her own design along with unconventional…
Red and pink felt flower bouquet

Spotlight: Bryanne Rajamannar, Felt Artist

Surrounding herself with color, felt artist Bryanne Rajamannar mimics natural forms, creating floral art that never wilts. Her designs look complex, but Bryanne has broken them down into simple steps…
Garden Collage

Spotlight: Cathy Taylor, Mosaic Artist

Taking inspiration from the lakeside environment that surrounds her studio, mosaic artist Cathy Taylor creates realistic images that she pieces together from bits of colorful glass. Working from her own…

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