• How To Make Papier Mache

    by  • January 18, 2012 • 0 Comments

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    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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    Decoupage Heart & Historical Crafts

    by  • January 17, 2012 • 1 Comment

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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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    How To Make Salt Dough

    by  • January 14, 2012 • 0 Comments

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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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    Make Your Own Pot Pourri

    by  • January 13, 2012 • 1 Comment

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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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    Interview with Craftsforum Mod Critchley

    by  • January 12, 2012 • 1 Comment

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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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    Recycling Craft ~ Rag Rugs

    by  • January 12, 2012 • 1 Comment

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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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    Needle Felting

    by  • January 11, 2012 • 1 Comment

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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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    Secret Santa Gifts

    by  • January 10, 2012 • 0 Comments

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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

    by  • January 9, 2012 • 1 Comment

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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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