Stone coasters are very popular right now, and make excellent hostess gifts. They are very easy to make, costing less than a dollar each. In fact these cost me only about .55 cents to make. Thirstystone coasters cost $20.00 and up a set! If you don’t have stamps and stamping ink you will spend a little more, but you then [...]

Looking for elegant sewing crafts? You will find many here whether you are an expert seamstress or a beginner. Step-by-step instructions with links to large pictures show you how easy it is. Often the difference between an elegant project, and a less than elegant one is in the choice of materials. When it comes to sewing, fabric is the main [...]

Rubber stamp crafts are so much fun, and their uses are endless. You get a lot of bang for your buck with rubber stamps. Use them to make homemade gifts, home decor, cards, scrapbooks…I could go on and on. I love to make homemade gifts using my rubber stamps. This Christmas I made Tumbled Tile Coasters for a hostess gift, [...]

The surface you stamp on should be sturdy and solid. Make sure it will not bow when you apply pressure, or your image may be blurred or incomplete. When inking up your stamp, press or tap your stamp onto the ink pad, or if it is a large stamp, you can press the ink pad onto the stamp. Make sure [...]

Recycled Crafts have come into their own. Recycled craft projects are no longer just a children’s domain. Crafters everywhere are turning cast-offs into works of art. We see candy wrapper purses being toted around by the stars! With a tight economy these days, it makes sense to save and reuse or repurpose things, instead of just tossing them in the [...]

Now that you’ve got the basic background for your planner cover, it’s time to embellish it a little, and add a title. After using ribbon for this project, I decided a strip of paper would have been easier, but I had the perfect color, and I just love ribbon. So if you just have to use ribbon, follow these instructions. [...]

What do perfume, chocolate-dipped pretzel rods, a USB stick, and gift certificates have in common? They can all be wrapped in a Pringles can gift box! Wrapping a Pringles can is quick and easy and is a great way to recycle. It’s a win, win situation! Make it unique to the recipient of your gift by the paper you choose. [...]

Now that you’ve got the can wrapped in scrapbook paper, you need to cut a circle of paper 2-3/4 inches in diameter, to cover the lid. You can use a circle cutter, or a compass, and cut it by hand. If you want to skip this part, you could just tape a bow on the lid. But the can makes [...]

Does the thought of making beaded jewelry intimidate you? It did me too, until I tried it – and now I’m hooked! You too can learn how to make jewelry you will be proud to wear and to give as gifts. You only need a few simple tools, most of which you probably have on hand, some beads and a [...]

You can learn how to make earrings in about 5 – 10 minutes! These simple drop earrings are the basis of many more complicated earrings. Once you learn this technique, the sky’s the limit! Picking out which beads to use will be the hard part. There are so many beautiful beads to choose from. They make excellent unique gifts too! [...]

Don’t know how to wrap a gift? After you’ve put the effort into making a unique homemade gift, give it a little extra special touch with one or our gift wrap ideas. Some of these ideas take a little more effort than popping your present into a gift bag, but presentation is half the fun! Have you ever recieved a [...]

Using a white pigment ink pad, swipe a curvy line along the bottom third of the front of your christmas ornament. You may need to go over it a couple of times to get full coverage. Set your inked circle in an embossing tray or on a piece of plain paper. Sprinkle white embossing powder over the inked area. Tilt [...]

Tired of ugly stacks of paper? With this hand painted wood file box, you can turn those paper stacks into something attractive. Now I keep my paper pile organized and neat in this handy wood box. I purchased this box some time ago, and used it as is for a while, before I decided what I wanted to do with [...]

These beautiful fabric coasters would make great wedding or house warming gifts for little or no money. Made from fabric scraps leftover from other sewing projects, these beverage coasters cost me nothing. Talk about a frugal gift! But the recipient of the gift will never know it, especially if you use beautiful fabrics! Even if you go out and buy [...]

Making decorative candles from plain pillar candles is about the easiest craft you will find here. I have made several of these for family and friends over the years, and I still get compliments on them. Those that I gave them to, often tell me how many compliments they get from their family and friends…and they are soooo simple to [...]

These Craft Tips are here to help you with the crafts on this site. They come from my own experience. If there’s a mistake to be made, I’ve probably made it. Hopefully these tips will help, so that you won’t have to make the same mistakes. However, even if something doesn’t turn out right, don’t be discouraged. Sometimes my mistakes [...]

The next step in making your daily planner binder, is to add a title to the front cover. I just used the word “Planner,” but you could use whatever works for you. You can use sticker letters (the easiest) or rub-ons. If you have a die cut machine, such as sizzix, or a cricut machine, with lettering templates, you could [...]

An Altered Art Magnet? I can read the question in your eyes…”What is that?” I’m talking about those free calendar magnets you get from your bank, realtor or some other business. You stick them on your refrigerator for a year and then chuck them in the trash. Now you can recycle that ugly magnet, and turn it into a beautiful [...]

There are all kind of gorgeous bead crafts besides jewelry. Are you a beadaholic? Do you collect beads just because they are so beautiful? You will find a growing list of bead projectson this page that have nothing to do with jewelry! Our first project is a gorgeous beaded candle holder. It would make a beautiful homemade gift for anyone, [...]

Do you love to make crafts and home decor? Would you like to save money by making your own gifts? I do too, but when I searched for ideas, I often came up with too many kids projects, or ideas that just were not elegant enough for what I wanted… …or I found good ideas, but with little or no [...]