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How-To: Sewing Notions on Display

As our Make Space for Crafting series so clearly shows, a well-organized work space is inspirational and motivating, albeit perhaps tomorrow’s ambition. But for those times when your craft nook is tidy, it can be easy to forget what you’ve packed away so neatly in the drawers. Haylie B. Waring shares this wonderful DIY on […]

HOW TO – Make buttons

In this Thing video, Steve Reeder of Motmot Shop in Vienna, demonstrates how to make pinback buttons. Buttons were one of the things I first got serious about making as a tween. I saved up my allowance money and bought a hand-held button-making machine. I even had something of a cottage industry for a time, […]

Scrabble tile pendants

Scrabble tile pendants

Here’s an easy tutorial for pendants made from Scrabble tiles and decorative papers. The process is interesting – it could be used for modding buttons and knobs. I’d never heard of Diamond Glaze before, it looks like that’s the key to the professional looking finish. Via Angry Chicken