Tag: DIY craft
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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 and the results can be stunning, once you get the hang of it! The intriguing…
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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 a pretty simple process. It’s also a fantastic way to use up your old…
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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 thought it just looked too difficult. Boy oh boy, I could NOT have been…
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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 alternatives. If you are just starting out, or want to make small amounts of…
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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 as block printing, is one of the most incredibly satisfying crafts you can tackle.…
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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 finish. It is the hallmark look of many indoor wood items, across Scandinavia. But there…
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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…
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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 things and have creative thoughts. But, I was speaking with someone who I think is…
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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 never know what you will find at the second hand store. Some days are golden…
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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 shape you can imagine. Once her creations are complete, she fires them in a…