April 15, 2013
Gillian
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Name: Gillian Grimm
Site: http://driedfigsandwoodenspools.blogspot.com/
About: Gillian Grimm lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where she balances writing, cooking and crafts with eight chickens, two kids, a dog, a cat and a husband. As the daughter of a Journalist, she grew up all over the United States, switching schools, towns and newspapers every few years and loved every minute of it! She now works as a freelance writer, primarily in the craft industry but with a few forays into travel writing, narrative non-fiction and educational matters. Gillian was recently published in the literary journal the “The Northville Review”. You can find more of Gillian’s work at “Dried Figs and Wooden Spools”.See Authors Posts (186)
Craft Trends, Crafts, Green Crafting, Paper Crafts
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By Craft Trends Contributor, Gillian from the blog Dried Figs and Wooden Spools. Check out our Craft Trends board on Pinterest!
My crafting gene runs deep. I was, after all, raised by a whole clan of crafters. I can’t remember a time when the ladies (and a few of the gentlemen) in my family weren’t making something. We always had a basket of various crafting supplies hanging around the house where they were easily accessible when the mood struck. And along with crayons and markers and glitter and glue, there were almost always coffee filters in that bin. Coffee filters are one of those everyday items that can be turned into many different things with just a little imagination. Butterflies and crazy water color paintings and flowers and emergency drawing paper. The texture of the paper, the ruffles along the edges and the ability for them to disperse color in an interesting way make coffee filters an invaluable ingredient in the perfect craft toolkit. Not convinced? Check out some of our very favorite coffee filter craft ideas!
Coffee Filter Flowers – Urban Comfort
These sweet baskets look more like complicated fabric creations than they do dyed and formed coffee filters. I love how flower-like they look and I know that my little girl would love to make one of these! The perfect rainy spring day craft!
Natural Coffee Filter Wreath – A Soft Place
I’m going to be honest, when I first saw this wreath, I had NO IDEA that it was made entirely out of natural colored coffee filters. In fact, I had to look at it for a good long while before I figured that out. I’m not sure what I thought it was made of before I did, all I know is that I loved it at first sight. It reminds me of fall mums when they turn from gold to copper. I think I’m going to have to put that on my list for an autumn to-make. It would look perfect on my door amidst the red and gold leaves!
Ruffle Wreath – I’ll Get You My Pretties
And here’s another wreath. Same general material, totally different look! I like the modern, slim line of this one. It has a sort of toned-down bunting vibe to it. This would be a fun one to play around with colors on too. I can just imagine a dip dyed version with just the edges of the filters saturated and the color fading away to white as it heads toward the center. Or an ombre version with one side of the wreath dark and the other fading to white! Either way, such a cool project!
Have you used coffee filters in any crafts lately? Send them our way! We love to see what inspires you! And check out these and other crafts on our Craft Trends Pinboard!
April 9, 2013
Guest Blogger
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Crafts to Wear, Guest Bloggers, Spring
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By Guest Blogger Allison from the blog Dream A Little Bigger
Allison’s voice and style shows through with her whimsical home decor creations, crafts to wear projects, craft tips, and more on her blog Dream a Little Bigger.
If there is one thing crafting does, it is make waste. We cut away at fabric, foam and the like to get the shape or area that we need. While sometimes the rest is still useable, it is often trash.
One of the scrap items I have been accumulating are lace scraps. Maybe I cut a piece just shy of the length I actually needed. Maybe decided to go another direction and what I cut went unused. It happens a bunch of different ways and very frequently.
So, I gathered some of my lace scraps along with some pretty lace my Mimmie gave me and glued it onto a pair of canvas sneakers. Now these sneakers I meant to dye beige, but crafting while I am ill means that I grabbed the wrong box and didn’t realize that the water was the wrong color. I think I would prefer if they had been beige (I was hoping that it would appear kind of nude, like the canvas wasn’t even there) but these are pretty awesome, too.
Want to make your own? You will need:
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March 27, 2013
stephanie
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Birthdays, Crafts, Easter, Green Crafting, Holidays, Kid's Crafts, Paper Crafts
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By Kid’s Crafts Contributor Stephanie, from the blog A Geek In Glasses.
We love pretty table decorations so I came up with the idea of these adorable daffodil candy holders. They sit by each table setting with a little treat inside! Using simple household items these are very easy to make and sure to be a crowd pleaser.
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March 26, 2013
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Name: Gillian Grimm
Site: http://driedfigsandwoodenspools.blogspot.com/
About: Gillian Grimm lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where she balances writing, cooking and crafts with eight chickens, two kids, a dog, a cat and a husband. As the daughter of a Journalist, she grew up all over the United States, switching schools, towns and newspapers every few years and loved every minute of it! She now works as a freelance writer, primarily in the craft industry but with a few forays into travel writing, narrative non-fiction and educational matters. Gillian was recently published in the literary journal the “The Northville Review”. You can find more of Gillian’s work at “Dried Figs and Wooden Spools”.See Authors Posts (186)
Craft Trends, Crafts, Easter, Spring
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By Craft Trends Contributor, Gillian from the blog Dried Figs and Wooden Spools. Check out our Craft Trends board on Pinterest!
It’s that time of year again! Time to get out the dye and the stickers and boil up a big pot of hard boiled eggs so that the Easter Bunny has plenty of eggs to hide. While plain old dyed eggs are always fun, there are so so so many ways to decorate eggs that you could try something different every year and never run out of inspirations. Here are a few of our favorites for this spring!
These doily stenciled eggs give an incredibly delicate finish, so pretty I think they would be better as a table decoration than for hiding, but either way, what beauties.
Doily Stenciled Eggs – Urban Comfort
These wild and funky eggs are decorated with washi tape! I love the results and they would be perfect for those situations where you don’t want to deal with dye or paint. Also little fingers that don’t need dye on them could easily “sticker” the eggs this way! SO cute!
DIY Washi Tape Easter Eggs – Lovely Indeed
I’m not sure what I like better here, the monogramed style or the glitter paint! Both I think! These are fun and charming little eggs which would make great place cards for Easter dinner as well as a fun “hunt for your letter eggs” game on Easter morning.
Monogrammed Eggs – One Charming Party
Alright, so this isn’t exactly an “egg” but how adorable is this patchwork Easter Egg shirt? I NEED to make one (or three) for my kiddos. Love love love!
Egg Tee - iCandy Handmade
What will you be doing with your Easter Eggs this year? Send us photos! We love to see what you are up to! Check out these projects and more on our Craft Trends Pinboard.
March 25, 2013
Mable Craftsalot
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Name: Mable Craftsalot
Site: http://www.Facebook.com/CreateForLess
About: The name says it all! Mable Crafts-alot is an avid reader of craft blogs & magazines and has aspirations to improve her crafting skills. Mable has never met a craft she didn’t like! Mable spends her free time attending craft classes at local community centers, and even teaches a few. When she is not crafting she enjoys cooking, reading, photography and gardening. Mable loves to connect with other crafters to share project ideas, discuss craft trends and chat about favorite crafting tools and techniques. To learn more about Mable, become her friend on Facebook!See Authors Posts (113)
Crafts, Easter, Floral Crafts, Green Crafting, Spring
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By Crafts-a lot Contributor, Mable who is an avid reader of craft blogs & magazines and is always looking to improve her crafting skills. Join Mable on Facebook to socialize and share with other crafters!
Spring is in the air and Easter is just around the corner! From outdoor crafts to Easter Eggs to decor, we’ve had a lot of fun coming up with new projects to welcome the wonderful, colorful spring season. We’re looking back on our favorite springtime projects at Think Crafts, and can’t wait to make them again this year!
Birdie Buffet
In 2010, we welcomed the chirping birds to our backyards with these adorable recycled bird feeders.
Seed Bombs
Last year, we brought flower “bombs” to vacant lots and gardens with clay seed bombs.
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March 4, 2013
Peg R
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Name: Peg Rounds
Site: http://www.pegscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
About: Peg Rounds lives in East Moline, Illinois with her husband and best friend, Kevin and their son Josh and 2 dogs. She was an elementary school teacher turned stay at home mom, and later a home school mom. Over the years, she designed cakes on the side and went to school to become a certified chocolatier. She always has loved to craft since she was young and it was something that she wanted to be doing, but set it aside due to her busy life. After 15 years of doing cakes she decided it was time to stop and focus more on her family. She began doing layouts, then cards and it went from there. Before she knew it, next to spending time with her family, she spent every free moment creating something and blogging about it. One thing led to another and here she is today!See Authors Posts (98)
Cardmaking, Crafts, Paper Crafts, Scrapbooking, Techniques and Mediums
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By Card Making & Scrapbooking Contributor
Peg Rounds
From: Peg’s Crafting Corner
What great card doesn’t need a great background? Sometimes we create a card and it just doesn’t seem to “pop.” Nothing draws your eye to the items on the card, but there’s any easy and fun way to change that. By creating a collaged background it helps to draw attention to the rest of the card through the use of color and patterns from the torn paper.
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February 28, 2013
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Crafts, Guest Bloggers, Home Decor, Paper Crafts, Techniques and Mediums, Winter
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By Guest Blogger Noreen from The Crafty Journal
The Crafty Journal is an endless collection of her own craft projects and tutorials from all over the web for every age and every occasion.
A shamrock angel is a fun idea for a St. Patrick’s Day decoration. It can be used on a mantel or side table, or as a centerpiece on a dining table. It would be easy to make several for a party. You could also put a magnet on the back and attach it to your refrigerator.
I dyed a coffee filter green to make this angel, but it could easily be made with card stock or construction paper.
I bought the craft foam shamrock at the dollar store, but you can also make one from a sheet of green craft foam.
Materials.
How to Make a Shamrock Angel.
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