All Entries in the "Miscellaneous Craft" Category
Making Greeting Cards
Making greeting cards at home is really a fun activity to have good time with family and friends. In fact it is becoming a trend to send hand-made greeting cards to show deep affection. It is also an art to make cards at home. You can utilize different waste and cheap things in making greeting [...]
Instructions for Glass Painting
Glass painting is one of the fast growing art and craft in all cultures and has got a wider scope. To write completely on glass painting is not possible. There are different ways to paint on a glass that ranges from traditional glass painting to specialized glass painting. It is very interesting to do. [...]
Oil Painting Techniques
Oil painting is another well known art. People can make decorations of their walls using oil painting techniques. Oil painting is straight forward and simpler than any other painting art. You can paint any image in oils. Here are some useful techniques of oil paintings to make something memorable. You need to: Make an idea [...]
Art of Calligraphy
Word calligraphy means beautiful writing. It is also known as art of fancy lettering. This art actually gives forms to signs in expressive, harmonious and skillful manner. Normally 500 years ago before the invention of printing machines, all the books were written with this art. All copies of books were hand written in different styles. [...]
Tips to Make Ceramic Fountains
It is not necessary that fountains are just for gardens. Now small countertop fountains can easily be made for kitchen or bathroom. You can collect items to make ceramic fountain from near craft stores. Here are some useful tips to make ceramic fountains at home: Take a bowl planter and place it where you want [...]
doily crafts & diy roundup
ohhhhhh, i'm so excited about this roundup you guys! doilies have been on my mind a lot lately. maybe it's because the universe seems to be hiding them from me at all my local thrift haunts and because i'm just too darn lazy & busy to make my own but i just keep seeing project [...]
Rainbow Cookies
Have you been as fascinated as I with all of the rainbow cakes and pancakes? What about some rainbow cookies? Perfect for St. Patrick's Day – don't you think? I started with a bag of sugar cookie mix, but the refrigerated dough or even, heaven forbid, a sugar cookie dough from scratch would work. Roll [...]
Handmade Ceramic Buttons
Birdy button in coral When I was a child, my mother had a big button jar. We used to dump it out sometimes and ooh and ahh over the various treasures. Some colorful, some sparkling with rhinestones, some antique. Tropical button set I don't have a [...]
New work: Summertime Mermaids
She's just out of the kiln – a little mermaid painted in glazes on eathenware clay. I love these Amaco Gloss Decorating Colors. They're so bright and pretty. Here's a soap dish I built over a hump mold. I added four feet to the bottom. Pendants in the mermaid theme, too. So shiny and [...]
Fancy and Yummy Food Coloring
Food Coloring Markers: are awesome! Did you see my post for the thirtieth birthday cake? You may have noticed some drawings on a couple of the tiers. Several companies are now making markers that use food coloring instead of ink. They draw on fondant just like a marker drawing on paper (just be [...]
