DIY Handmade Paper Experiment
Take a walk through human history and learn how to add your mark. Literally. Handmade paper could not be easier to do yourself. Challenge yourself to step into the handwork and making process of our ancestors. It is not difficult
Here’s How to Make Handmade Paper from Recycled Materials
These instructions are comprehensive. Once the easier steps are mastered, it is time to move to the big leagues and make some paper that can be written on. Enjoy this Daily Find! Love CW. Making paper by hand at home can be
How To Make Beautiful Handmade Paper
Supplies required for this project are pretty minimal, but the results are pretty nice, when it comes to handmade paper. Enjoy this Daily Find! Love CW. This is another one of those crafts I have always had a hankering to do but
How to Make Your Own Paper
Start simple and don't buy a bunch of supplies, just yet. Get familiar with the simplest techniques and move up as your skills develop. Enjoy this Daily Find! Love CW. While traditional papermaking methods require special equipment, such as a press, there are
How to Stamp Print Plain Fabric So It Has Some Real Star Power
Marni Weaver of mybluprint.com provides great instructions for how to print fabric in this daily find. Another interesting idea which helps fill my creative curiosity. I hope you enjoy the same! Love from CW. Stamp printing, which is sometimes referred to
Hong Kong sky high elegance DIY
For anyone who is a frequent shopper, and by that I mean purchaser of IKEA furniture, you know the basic colour, look and feel of the pine or bamboo wood items. Every item in the store comes in this quintessential
Do you enjoy these creative practices?
I am wondering what specific activities people consider creative? Where are the areas of focus? Is there a cluster of common practices or is it quite individual? Question #3 from my survey; this one is super interesting. When I put up the multiple choice answers, I focused on the things I was most interested in at the moment. I was curious to see the other ways people practice a creative spirit. (Maybe I should have phrased it that way!) In any case, the comments reflect many other activities and even, "ways of being" which are self defined as creative. I love it. Just the spirit I was hoping for. Of the pre-selected, limited choices the top 3 picks are as follows:
- 58% for DIY, home improvement projects
- 51% for Drawing, colouring or doodling
- 47% for Photography
Do you think of yourself as a creative person?
I'm curious. When someone says they self-identify as being creative, what do they mean? I think of myself as a creative person, I would use that label, or agree with it if someone asked me. I create all kinds of
Creative love for an old piece
I found a great dresser at the second hand store the other day. I have kind of been looking for years. But, on this day, I took the measurements, my husband, our truck and we had some luck! Because you
Beadlejuice critters
My sister is creating the cutest little beads you have ever seen. The process is somewhat similar to blowing glass into a vase or other shapes. She takes sticks of coloured glass and under heat, twists and turns it into whatever