What Is A Zen Garden?

 Hey I'm back again with another update. The other evening, walking through a shopping center close to home, I went as usual, several stores that I like. One of them is full of incense, very nice decorations for the house and a cozy, with dim lights, soft music ..... And there in the background in one of the crowded shelves had a sign saying "Zen Garden ".... and there I was looking at the box, instructions, and after thinking about...

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How To Easter Craft | Paper Easter Basket

How-To: Weave a Paper Easter Basket  This craft was not produced by me but the lovely Diane Gilleland. she wrote the book on the suff literally. Diane Gilleland produces CraftyPod, a blog and bi-weekly podcast about making stuff. check out her first book, Kanzashi In Bloom.    How-To: Weave a Paper Easter Basket This design is based on the traditional Danish Woven Heart you see at Christmas and Valentine's Day. Here, it's...

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Embroidered Pillow Case = A Cute Bag?

 So um yeah...This tutorial will teach you how to turn a Pillow case into a stylish bag. For you or your younger daughter. I have done this and it turns out to be quite good so good you could sell them. So with that being said lets dive right in and get started shall we....

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Valentine Flower Crafts for Kids

Bouquet of Flowers Card  Hello my readers! Been a little busy lately but I have a new craft for you guys to try out.      That's the good news. The bad news is I'm gonna have to take away the Eeyore download link :( sorry You will need:Thin card and paper in assorted colours - eg white, red and green Paper punch - daisy - approximately 2.5cm diameter Paper punch - very small flower - approximately 0.75cm diameter (optional)...

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Spread Happiness With Eeyore

  CHECK OUT THE RE-DUX EEYORE IS BACK AND HERE TO STAY Very busy day yesterday sorry I didn't get to post a pattern that. I promised but life happens I guess. So I wanted to make this post special. That's when I had a great Idea. Why not give the people what they have been asking about?   Eeyore Is back for a limited time. I'm getting tired of so many people asking me about this pattern via e-mail. So I thought "I'm uploading it...

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So You Wanna Crochet?

Time for steps 3-5. Lets begin shall we. Crochet: Tools of the Trade Crochet Left to Right: Clover Takumi Set, Boye Aluminum Set, Crystal Palace (bamboo), Boye Size P (grey), Boye Size Q (blue) Of course you need more than whats in the image above. You'll need tapestry needles, some clover lock stitch markers small and jumbo, a stitch counter(for more advanced patterns) and of course a clover yarn cutt...

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Baby Crafts and The Busy Year Two Zero One Zero

Baby Crafts and The Busy Year Two Zero One Zero    Yeah a busy busy year Senior Graduations, prom, jobs, collage enrollment and just life period. I feel exhausted after writing that sentence phew! The point of this post is to let readers know that through it all. I'm still ALIVE!!! Plus I'm ready to start blogging again and doing arts and crafts...

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A Very Simple Decoupage Tutorial

What You'll Need(Now In Color : 0): -Something to decoupage on:  Old shoe-boxes can be a great place to start (and are free so there's nothing lost if you screw it up) but pretty much anything can be decoupaged as I'm sure you've seen around here. (Wooden items like tables or cigar boxes, plastics like suitcases, metals like the ever popular Altoid tin, glass vases and such - if it holds still it can be decoupaged.) For this I used a...

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Folding Paper Is Called Origami?!

  New layout, new posts, new crafts, new goodies!!!   Now Origami! If memory serves I haven't done a post on this particular art yet. I'm not gonna lie Origami can get a little complicated. That's why I went to great lengths to find a printable diagram and even a Video Tutorial. So go for it it's fun. Just think! When you get the hang of it you'll be able to fold your own unique creations.   The origami crane is one of the easiest and most popular of all origami models: The instructions presented below will take you through the...

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