Taper candles are the perfect ones to use to create an ambiance of elegance. You can get tapered candles as scented and unscented. If you want to have a candlelight dinner it is best to use unscented taper candles so that the scent won’t interfere with the food. You will also want to use dripless candles so that you won’t…
Category: Crafts
Family Time Can Be Scrapbooking Time
Involving kids in scrapbooking is a wonderful way to spend family time together. Depending on the age of your kids, they can help you with your album or they can create albums of their own. Step one is going through photos. Children love to look at pictures. Young children love to tell you who the person in the picture is.…
Clay Pot Crafts
If you have an artistic mind and you love you make something decorative and attractive for your home then clay pots are definitely a great idea to work with. You can make different items or can also so some painting on the clay pot in such a way that it will make the plant look better. It may also happen…
Easy Crafts For Kids Aged 3 5 To Make For Mother S Day
Kids are always wanting to make mom a gift for Mother’s Day. They want something that is all their own, without much help from anyone, so here are some ideas that are both inexpensive and easy for them. A home made jewelry box: Give the child a small paper mache box – sort of like a jewelry box, any shape…
Creating A Family Recipe Scrapbook
I can not tell you how many times I’ve called my mom and said “mom I just have to have your recipe for such and such”. It’s been a slow accumulation of recipes, but she chuckles each time I realize I need yet another recipe from her. Now that I have an adult daughter of my own I really wanted…
Glassware Can Turn Any Ocassion Into A Sophisticated Affair
Glassware is excellent as tableware or for ornamental purposes that occupies every part of our life. Different glassware is made of different kinds of glass, depending on the cost and need. Glassware is available in an enormous variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Plain or decorated, clear or colored, formal or informal, all glassware has the same basic purpose,…
Creating Rubber Stamps Not All Methods Created Equal Part 3 Of 3
Welcome back to “Creating Rubber Stamps: Not All Methods Created Equal.” In parts one and two of this three-part series, the advantages and disadvantages of the laser-engraving and photopolymer rubber stamp-making processes were discussed. In this final installment, you will learn how to make custom rubber stamps and art stamps from the comfort of your very own home! When making…
Journaling With Bad Handwriting
If you are like me, you’d much rather type than write. I have never really liked my handwriting and I’m not fond of my printing either. However our handwriting is a part of us. And if we are creating a scrapbook either for ourselves or for someone else, it’s nice to include something written by us, sharing that part of…
Learn All About Stained Glass In A Class
In the past few years I have made it a goal each year to try at least three new things during the course of that year. So when January rolls around I sit down and consider what skills or hobbies I’d like to gain in the next year and then I make plans to learn those very things. This past…
Tips On Learning How To Crochet
So, you’ve always wanted to learn how to crochet, but you just aren’t sure how to go about it? Besides, all of your family members are knitters and say they couldn’t figure out how to crochet. Does that mean that it is too hard to learn to crochet? Actually, many people who knit aren’t able to crochet easily, but if…