Papier mache is a versatile and cheap crafting material. You can use it to create solid items or bowls or to decorate surfaces, eg. around mirror frames. You will need: news paper adhesive: can be pva or wall paper paste. Simple Method 1. tear the paper into strips. 2. paste them onto your form example [...]
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It’s lovely to be able to share our UK Crafts Forum members creations on this blog. Today it is the turn of Indri (one of the forum moderators) who has been attending an Historical Crafts night school class. Above you can see the lovely colourful decoupage heart from her latest class and below are creations from [...]
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UK Crafts Forum member Jo Lovejoy has made these stunning paper beads using craft papers, but magazine pages can work just as well. You can find Jo’s tutorial and have a go at making some beads yourself, HERE Tweet
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Using cheap and simple ingredients it is possible to make salt dough. You will need: 1 cup flour half a cup of salt half a cup of water 2 tblsp wallpaper paste Mix the ingredients together in a bowl. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead well. Leave to stand for 20 minutes The [...]
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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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Having crafted in one way or another from the beginning of time albeit perhaps not recognizing this fact. In those days every one knitted and sewed as a matter of course. I became conscious of crafting when I had my first marital home in the early 50’s. Money was the rare commodity then so if [...]
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Rag Rug making is a craft that goes back centuries. Originally it was the poor families who would have had them to maintain a little warmth on stone floors. Old fabric scraps would have been used to create them. Now a days though, it is a different story. The rag rug is becoming a stylish [...]
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Right now, it seems like a lot of people on the crafts forum are having fun with needle felting. It’s something I have got everything ready for and not yet had a go. The needles are incredibly sharp and I managed to stab my self with it’s vicious point before even starting the process. Look [...]
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In the run up to Christmas, the Uk Crafts Forum had it’s annual Secret Santa. As usual, lots of the members signed up and had great fun investigating their recipient and creating something beautiful for them. I thought I would share with you some of the creations that were received. Tweet
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Interview with Mod Indri 1, When did you start in the world of crafts? When I was growing up I was always doing something crafty. It all started pre-school doing paintings on bits of old cereal packets. I was then made to decide which paintings were worthy of being pinned up in the [...]
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