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Create a Unique Quilt Baby Blanket Gift

Making a handmade quilt for a new mom is a gift that will be treasured and loved for generations. There are many people who choose to keep handmade quilts as family heirlooms, and you may find your quilt baby blanket turns into something that is passed down from generation to generation.
It is pretty to […]

Easy Steps to Create a Crochet Baby Blanket Gift

If you are thinking about making a homemade baby gift, like a baby blanket you will find there are many options. You can quilt a blanket, do some embroidery, or you can crochet a blanket. If you choose to take the time to make a homemade baby blanket it will be much appreciated. Most people […]

4 Great Ways to Create Invitations with a Baby Footprint Stamp

When it comes to making baby footprint invitations there are a lot of options to choose from. You are limited only by your creativity. Here are 4 great ideas for ways you can make a baby footprint invitation.
There are some really easy ways to make these invitations, and some are more complicated, let’s take the […]

How You Can Create a Unique Gift with a Baby Footprint Stamp Kit

There are many interesting and unique projects you can do with your baby’s footprint. Quite a few of them come in a baby footprint stamp kit. When you purchase a footprint stamp kit you will receive all the materials it will take to complete that craft. It will include paper, frames, ink, […]

Facts About How Pottery Is Made

The process of pot making is a rather intricate one, and over time, it has remained the same. Pottery begins as malleable clay, which is rolled into a long strand and coiled into a vessel or thrown on a wheel. The earliest vessels were made when strands of clay were coiled and the interior and […]

Unexpected Places to Find Cheap Beads

A lot of people who are just starting to make their own bead jewelry get caught up in all the magazines and books and beading supply catalogs and begin thinking that the only way to actually buy beads and jewelry supplies are through specialized jewelry and beading outlets. I know people who make and […]

How To Make Basic Knots For A Hemp Necklace

Making your hemp necklaces is fun and easy. Make your own or start early for great Christmas presents for your friends and family! Following is instruction in the two basic knots used for making hemp necklaces.
Materials needed:
Hemp cord, which can be purchased in almost any hobby store. There’s a link for hemp cord from Amazon […]

Learn About the Craft of Lapidary

The word lapidary refers to a person who masters the art of cutting and polishing stones. Apart from the mineral and gem stones he also works on the materials like glass, horn, bones, corals, copal, shells, pearls, jet etc. These are durable metals and they can carve designs on them. These items could be showpieces, […]

What Every Scrapbooker Should Know Before Buying a Die Cut Machine

Personal die cut machines have become very popular tools among scrapbookers and paper crafters. However, if you are in the market for one, it may be difficult to sift through the different available models to find the machine best suited for your needs. There are a few features that you will want to […]

Art of Bookbinding: Past and Present

Bookbinding is an art that might be more of a hobby than a trade for many nowadays, but it is still a fantastic skill to practice. There are many styles of bookbinding, some more prevalent in the past, but many styles of bookbinding are very modern.
Coptic bookbinding was first used by early […]