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I’ll bet you’ve seen the commercials with the very proper English woman talking about PooPourri, a product that will mask bathroom smells. Well, I’ve made some, and it does smell good. It also covers most bathroom smells. As we all know, there are some that require opening a window. Let’s talk about how to make…
Wow, you guys! It’s craft challenge time again. This month we’re making something patriotic for upcoming Fourth of July celebrations. I found some really cute fat quarters and precuts and decided to make star spangled log cabin placemats.
I used to love to dye eggs for Easter, almost as much as eating the rainbow colored egg salad afterwards. That’s not an option for us anymore. It’s almost too much trouble to dye eggs just a few eggs and Rick doesn’t care for egg salad. So this year, instead of having an empty basket,…
Today I have a series of Kiss me I’m Irish printables for St Patrick’s Day for the Creative Crafters monthly challenge. Choose the image you like: No caption (so you can add your own text), Straight Caption or Diagonal Caption. Click the image and a full size file will open that you can download to…
Do you realize Valentine’s Day is less than a month away? Are you planning to make something for your sweetie(s)? How about something decorative that will also use up some of your scrap yarn? Try your hand at an i cord heart trivet. It’s a fun project that doesn’t take a lot of effort if…
This is the story of Vanessa, the foam head who transformed from a plain jane into a swan. Well, not quite a swan. But she definitely looks more interesting than she used to. Now she’s a piece of decoupage styrofoam head art. Check her out before her transformation:
There are so many ways to make a fall wreath from recycled aluminum cans. You can cut the shapes out by hand or use a die cutting machine. You could paint the leaves with spray paint, acrylic paint or even alcohol inks. It all depends on what’s available to you where you live. This tutorial…
I don’t do thread crochet, so I’m not sure where these teeny tiny steel crochet hooks came from, but there they were in my kit. Part of the reason I don’t do thread crochet is because I have carpal tunnel hands which makes holding one of these guys painful after a while. So I figured,…
I haven’t used my sewing machine since Christmas when I made these folded fabric ornaments. So I was happy when this month’s Creative Crafters Craft Challenge was to use fabric. You see, even though I don’t sew as much as I’d like, I’ve somehow managed to accumulate a stash of fat quarters and odd lengths…
Embossing is a technique used to create a raised impression on malleable material like paper or metal. If you’ve ever used one of those plastic tape label makers where you had to spin a dial and squeeze the handle to spell a word, you’ve embossed something. A metal die or stamp is often used to…
This knitter’s kit is a fun way to use up your leftover sock yarn. It holds a set of yarn snips and a blunt needle for weaving in the ends. It’s perfect for tossing into a project bag for knitting on the go. Not only will it make a useful gift for yourself or a…
My son has a very photgenic Siberian Husky, at least when he stays still. He has very pronounced markings and striking, ice blue eyes. Today I thought it would be fun to show you how I transformed a photo of Malachi’s eye into an image with more of a hand drawn poster effect using PicMonkey,…
