May 21, 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 (114)
Crafts, Floral Crafts, Green Crafting, Spring, Summer
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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 officially in full swing, and the well known expression “April Showers brings in May Flowers” is certainly starting to show in our part of the country! The sunny weather and colorful blooms outside my window have been an inspiration to bring the beautiful spring weather into my crafting. I’ve collected a few of my favorite floral inspired crafts over the years to help you celebrate May Flowers too!
Pick a few of your most colorful flowers from the garden and preserve them into these beautiful bookmarks. This way in the wintertime when you’re stuck inside reading, you’ll have something beautiful to get you through the cold weather.
Keep the flowers in your garden and create these beautiful fabric flowers instead. This way, you won’t feel as bad about wearing some beautiful floral accessories.
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May 15, 2013
stephanie
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Crafts, Green Crafting, Kid's Crafts, Spring, Summer
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By Kid’s Crafts Contributor Stephanie, from the blog A Geek In Glasses.
Summer time is a great time to decorate indoors while all the flowers are decorating the outdoors. We made this bee skep to decorate our house for the summer. The skep was used as a bee hive for centuries, but now they are more for garden decorations. Our project uses a recycled soda bottle and glue, so there is no need for weaving. This is a perfect craft for children, camps or addition to a bee lesson!
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May 15, 2013
Guest Blogger
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About: Interested in Guest Blogging? Got a project idea you would like to share? A craft tip to tell us about? Then sign up to be a Think Crafts Guest Blogger! If you are interested, simply email us at info@thinkcrafts.com with your blog post title, text and attach any pictures. We will let you know if your post was approved or not, and when it will be posted on Think Crafts. Please also contact us if you have any questions or would like further information regarding guest blogging. We look forward to hearing your ideas!See Authors Posts (215)
Crafts, Green Crafting, Guest Bloggers, Holidays, Home Decor, Kid's Crafts, Spring
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By Guest Blogger Jennifer from the blog Brave New Home
Follow along with Jennifer as she embarks on the overwhelming journey of transforming her current house into a dream home. Jennifer hopes to inspire and motivate everyone who reads her blog to create their dream spaces no matter the size or budget.
When I came across this bright and intriguing wreath on Pinterest, I had to do a double take. A wreath made of egg cartons? Genius! After heading over to the corresponding blogfor directions, I thought, What an easy project and one that my son will enjoy creating, too. Sound the buzzer. Wrong! But in the end, it was such a cute wreath and a present I’m sure oma (grandma) will enjoy : ]
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May 14, 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 (187)
Craft Trends, Crafts, Kid's Crafts, Spring, Summer
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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!
I live way out in a house tucked deep into the woods. Because of this I’ve got wild animals all around. Some (like the bears! Oh my!) we try to discourage from coming too close to the house. But others we love having around. Like the birds. Having birds flittering around the house is such a joy, especially after a long quite winter. So we like to make sure our birds have plenty of food to keep them happy and hanging around. And if you are going to feed the birds, you might as well have fun doing it. These projects are some of the most crafty ways I’ve seen to feed the birds. I think I might have to give one or two a try. Or maybe all of them!
DIY Suet Feeders – The Garden-Roof Coop
I love the use of grapevine balls for this feeder. Not only are they reusable, they will also naturally decompose when you are done with them. And of course, they are beautiful. Simple, natural, and very, very pretty.
Bird Seed Feeders – Plain Vanilla Mom
These little shaped bird feeders are made using cookie cutters as forms and they are so cute! These would be a fantastic project to do with kids and could be made easily in large quantities (they’d make great gifts!)
Wine Bottle Bird Feeder - The Chicken Street
These recycled wine bottle bird feeders are a little more complex than the other, but I think they are worth it. Beautiful, elegant, and functional.
Have you made any homemade bird feeders? We’d love to see your ideas! Check out these and other crafty birth feeders on our Craft Trends Pinboard!
May 7, 2013
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Crafts, Kid's Crafts, Seasons, Spring, Summer
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By Kid’s Crafts Contributor Stephanie, from the blog A Geek In Glasses.
We love our Fairies! My daughter and I make things all the time for our fairy garden. This year we made doors for all of the trees. This is a cute project that you can customize by adding color or making more woodsy by gluing twigs and leaves to it. I am sharing just the basic door construct, the sky is the limit.
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May 1, 2013
Tracey
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Site: http://www.we-made-that.com/
About: I am a work at home mother of two living just outside Kansas City, KS. I started crafting with my oldest daughter to spend more time with her and to get her to focus more. And I have to say it has been a great experience for us both. As a matter of fact I have created a craft monster since she tells me several times a week “Let’s do a project MOM!” My youngest is finally at an age where we can start crafting with her too, but then comes the challenge of coming up with something a toddler can do that a preschooler will enjoy also… oh the challenges of a crafting mom. I hope to inspire other parents to craft and create things with their kids.See Authors Posts (20)
Crafts, Floral Crafts, Green Crafting, Kid's Crafts, Mother's Day, Spring, Summer
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By Kid’s Craft Contributor Tracey, from the blog We Made That.
My mother has to be one of the hardest people to shop for. So with mother’s day fast approaching, I thought it would be nice for the kids and I to make her something special. She has always LOVED bird watching and has a ton of bird houses and feeders around her yard.
That is why I thought she would love these tin can flowers. I think they are so pretty and will brighten up the yard just as a decoration. They also work great as a bird feeder, we have had them in our yard for about a week and the birds are all over the place. I have seen birds that I have never noticed before come to eat our bird seed out of these feeders.
I had to do all the cutting of the tin cans. Even though the girls could not make these flowers totally on their own, they are still so proud that they made them and are so excited about giving them to grandma for Mother’s Day. It is the perfect gift for my mother who has everything!
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April 30, 2013
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Birthdays, Crafts, Crafts to Wear, Holidays, Jewelry Making, Kid's Crafts, Mother's Day, Spring, Summer
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By Kid’s Crafts Contributor Stephanie, from the blog A Geek In Glasses.
This is sure to be a hit with anyone of any age. It’s just simply the gift of wishes. It’s the right time to start collecting them, and stock up for the winter holidays, birthdays and just plain sad days. My daughter and I love fairies, she calls the puffy seeds of the dandelions “fairy wishes”. Just yesterday she found the first puff of the season and before she blew on it to send her wish out into the world we saved a couple in a tiny vial to give to her friend for her birthday. How adorable to give this tiny glass vial filled with wishes.
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