Creating a unique and creative party theme for a baby shower or a baby’s first birthday can be tough. A great way to get ideas is to go through your scrapbooking stamps and see what you can find. If you have created baby pages you probably have a baby footprint stamp. This one stamp […]
Scrapbooking is growing in popularity, and with scrapbooking comes stamps. Whether you have a rubber stamp or you make your stamps yourself out of potatoes, there are many more ways to use baby footprint stamps other than just in a scrapbook.
Here are five fun baby footprint stamp ideas that will take your stamps out of […]
The Metropolitan Museum featured enough of John Townsend’s work to fill four galleries. One item was his earliest known creation, a drop-leaf dining table from 1759. Following not far behind was a mahogany card table, dated 1762, as well as many other items. The signature blocks and shells appeared on a great deal of pieces, […]
Hull Pottery produced desirable, high-quality pieces for almost eighty years, despite many obstacles. Originally creating lines of stoneware, the company eventually expanded to include kitchenware, pots and tiles. As the economy fluctuated, tiles became the focus of Hull Pottery. Later, as the years progressed, the original plant was replaced by more modern equipment, forcing the […]
Altered used books are a completely new way to change a used book from its original state to create a new work of art that many individuals and artists alike have recently found to be an enjoyable form of expression. Normally, the artist or individual will take old, used books that no longer have any […]
Individuals starting out in the craft of altering used books may also have a prior interest in collage or other types of paper arts. There are several techniques and ideas that these individuals may follow or they may choose to simply experiment with several types of material in used books and figure it out on […]
Did you know that there are three different kinds of clay used for pottery? I don’t mean that they are all used together, but there are three separate kinds of clay, and each of them are great for pottery. These are kaolin, stoneware, and earthenware. The types of clay used for pottery will determine how […]
There has been some serious debate over the issue of individuals who use books, whether they are used books or not, to create altered books, which several feel is actually defacing books. However, the majority of the used books that these individuals are using would be ultimately destroyed or wide up in piles of rubbish […]
Did you know that anyone can learn how to sew? If you have the desire to sew you can, it really is that straight forward and simple! When you begin you may feel a little overwhelmed, but if you are willing to find the information and get the guidance that you need to […]
They say there is a card for every occasion, and those occasions are increasing. Taking a walk into any major card retail shop reveals the magnitude of events to celebrate and goals to mark. Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, wedding, sympathy, get well soon and congratulations are the main stay, but these paper tokens are […]
