Category: Crafting How-to’s

Bittersweet and Broomcorn Wreath

Bittersweet and Broomcorn Wreath

This broomcorn wreath adds a nice touch of autumn to your outdoor decor. I’ve made a lot of broomcorn wreaths over the years, usually using a metal coathanger or the premade 12 and 18...

Halloween Spider Soaps

A few plastic bugs can bring a holiday thrill to simple bars of melt and pour soap. My aunt had a cute idea of putting bugs into soap bars for Halloween, so I went...

Mirror Dangler

Mirror Dangler

Ok, this project is sort of an embracing-your-inner-geek kind of thing, and is probably somewhere around a kindergarten level of skill, but I didn’t have a lot of time so it was quick and...

Dried Flower Teapot

If you have an old teapot lying around, give it new life by using it as a container for a bright dried floral arrangement. To make this project you will need:An empty teapotFloral foamDried...

Turquois Feather Earrings

Turquois Feather Earrings

I still have some feathers left from a turkey I hit with my sister’s car a few years ago (we ate it, it didn’t go to waste). Mostly I’ve been making dreamcatchers out of the feathers,...

Paper Spinners

Paper Spinners

These whimsical little baubles are quick and easy to make from scrap booking paper. Supplies needed: Scrap booking paper Scissors Sewing machine or needle and thread To begin, cut a piece of 12×12 scrap...

Sherbet Tie-Dye

Sherbet Tie-Dye

I’m not sure what the technical name for this sort of tie-dye is, but I call it sherbet tie-dye due to the fact that it’s part white, part colored, kinda like sherbet ice-cream. This...

rub on transfer garden wagon

Rub-on Transfer Garden Wagon

Rub-on transfers can give new life to old wood. They look hand-painted, but are so much simpler. I had one of those little wooden garden wagons lying around in storage. It was weathered and...

Wheat Weaving: Dreamcatcher

Traditional wheat weavings designs had many meanings in ancient times. Some were used as courting favors, some were meant to bring luck, and many were used to ensure a bountiful harvest in the next...