A Happy New Year to you all! As is the tradition, I have made myself a list of 6 Crafty New Year’s Resolutions for my arts and crafts. Yes, I also have another list with the usual resolutions about being
A Homemade Box of Christmas Crackers – Tutorial
Crackers are a traditional part of the Christmas celebrations, here in the UK. This year I wanted to make my own crackers to give to family members. So here is how I went about making my very own boxes of
Simple Christmas Gift Tags – quick, easy and economical
I suddenly realized how close Christmas is, and that I better get on with wrapping presents up.. but no gift tags! I wanted handmade tags, but as I would need quite a lot (I have got most of my family
Print and Cut with Silhouette Studio and Tin Teddy Clip Art
In this little tutorial I am going to show you how to use a Silhouette Cameo or Portrait cutter and the Silhouette Studio software to print and cut out your Tin Teddy clip art images – or any other clip
My Favourite YouTube Craft Video Bloggers
Today I thought I would share with you the YouTube channels that I follow and watch regularly. These crafters all cover popular paper crafts such as stamping, colouring, card making, journaling and so on. Some of them also cover many
Japanese Kimekomi by Barbara B. Suess – A craft book review
Title – Japanese Kimekomi Author – Barbara B. Suess and Kathleen M. Hewitt Publisher – Breckling Press ISBN – 978-1 -933308-21-0 I had been admiring Japanese Kimekomi balls in a carft magazine, so I pounced on this book when
10 Fantastic Handmade Halloween Gifts
Halloween is now becoming quite a popular holiday here in the UK. Lots of people have spooky parties (and why not!) and more and more are putting up a few decorations or sending a Halloween card or two. Here are
Ten Tips for Tax Time
Ten Tips for Tax Time – Most crafters who sell their wares need to declare their earnings to the tax man. Make sure you have found out what the rules are for the area in which you live so you
Building a 1/24th Scale Dolls House Kit – Fantasy Villa Kit by Woodcraft – Part 1, Preparation
The fantasy villa kit by Woodcraft is a low cost, easy to assemble dolls house. It is part of Woodcraft’s large range of model kits but being 1/24th scale (also known as half-scale) it can be used as a “proper”
Loom Twister with 25,000 loom bands- a review
A couple of weeks ago I went to The Range and couldn’t resist buying their biggest box of loom bands – yes, 25,000 little rubber bands! Plus accessories. The loom is called “Loom Twister” by HGL. Here is a little