From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
I’ve always seen these cool clasp frames at the craft store but figured it was too complicated to figure out how to sew. Lisa of U Handbag has a great how-to on exactly how to sew these kinds of cute bags, good for coins, crafty notions, etc. I love her fabric here too! Link.
Jake writes in with his latest project – “I used a 19th Century technique called electrolytic etching to create brass cover plates for a set of Moleskin notebooks that I plan to give as gifts these season.” – Link.
Kathy of Crafty Chica has a tutorial on how to do something different this year and do collage style wrapping paper for all your gifts. Link.
Angela says, “This is a picture of Frosty the Chumby. I think he has been teleported back to 1964 for a felt craft makeover complete with fake snow! I was lucky enough to receive one of the Foo Camp release Chumby alpha prototypes thanks to Bunnie. ” Link.
Crafty Dasies has a tutorial on how to make your own felted stuffed animals, in this case a felt penguin. Thanks Tim! Link.
Here’s the how-to from one of 11 Spring’s graffiti pieces, Q-Branch writes – “Low-cost, illuminated signage for todays responsible citizen courtesy of the GRL and the Eyebeam OpenLab. This tutorial will explain the tools and processes we used to combine LED christmas lights, plexi-glass and rope to make our own low-power signage on the cheap.” […]
Curbly’s DIY Maven says, “I found instructions for these beautiful folded paper stars in an old magazine called The Workbasket. Not only were the directions indecipherable, the picture illustrations were misidentified. Although your first attempt might be a challenge, it’ll be worth it as the final product will impress your friends and family.Use them to […]
