Pinterest is taking the world by storm. Pinterest is an online moodboard site that allows you to collect and group images for projects or “just because” You can share your images, or use them for inspiration. Pinterest is Free, easy to use and and anyone can sign up. The first thing you need is an [...]
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Another Promoting Your Crafts post today and this one focuses on the ever growing Twitter. As I said in my recent post about Craft Juice, simply putting your craft item onto your online selling outlet is not enough. Using promotion tools is important to get your product noticed. Twitter is a very simple, very [...]
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If you have put a lot of time and effort into making something to sell, it’s no good just listing it and hoping that the internet gods find it and show it off for you. You need to put in that extra bit of effort and show it off yourself. Craft Juice is an excellent [...]
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Pot Pourri is fairly easy to make and can be produced from mother natures bountiful supply of offerings. You need to collect together things like pinecones, beech nut cases, dried flowers (tutorial for drying flowers) or grow everlasting flowers.) hydrangea heads, Dried leaves and orange peel can all be used. Make sure everything is dry. [...]
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Do Crafters need an excuse to be crafty? It seems to me that the crafter’s year is made up of goals or dates of significance. No sooner is Christmas out the door, than the next important date is being talked about and designs drawn up. Valentines day is only just around the corner and crafters [...]
Read more →With so many different shapes and sizes of bare chipboard available to crafters at the moment it can sometimes be difficult to know how to approach using them in your crafting and get the result that you want. Bare chipboard can be decorated in lots of different ways, painting and embossing with embossing powders are [...]
Read more →Equipment: Pre cut Shaker Box and Acetate – available from www.tiptoptoppers.co.uk ruler, small scissors, pencil, craft knife, card stock, background card / paper, glue, double sided tape, gems and sequins (for shaking) Time: Approximately 30 minutes 1. Cut small thin strips of double sided tape and add to the window edge of the inside of [...]
Read more →How to make a Pin Wheel Card Equipment: Pin Wheel Template – available from www.Lakeland.co.uk, Small Scissors, Pencil, Craft Knife, Eraser, Card Stock, Brad x 2, Glue, Ribbon, Vellum, Pre Printed Birthday Sentiment (optional), Glitter Glue (optional), Metallic pen ink (optional) Time: Approximately 30 minutes 1. Using the largest of the three pin wheel templates, [...]
Read more →Rainbow disks are a publishers of craft books on CD. covering wide range of subjects from beading and card making to quilting and stained glass. Disk include: Tiaras and Bridal Jewellery Projects using beads and wire Bead Net New Ideas for Netted Beadwork Beaded Jewellery Over 50 gorgeous designs and projects Rainbow Disks was [...]
Read more →I’ve been wondering for a while what I would do if my card creaser broke. I’ve not had it a particularly long time – my Mum bought it for my birthday after I’d nearly worn out her Lakeland Craft catalogue, and to be honest, I don’t know what I’d do without it! After measuring (to [...]
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