May 2008 Archives
Paper Chocolate Cake Deliciousness
LMac's Catered Crops brings us this gorgeous treat, created from cardstock, glitter, ribbon and tulle, a chocolate cake created entirely from scratch. A time and labor intensive craft to create, she did an outstanding job with patience too! Tags: glue+gun+crafts, crafts, chocolate+cake, cardstock, scrapbooking… 
Tissue Paper Flowers
Great craft for kids! Tissue paper flowers with colored tissue paper, pipe cleaners and scissors with the added instructional bonus of paper mache vases in which to display your flowers in. Created by Vicki Bodwell, who has a whole bunch of crafting with kids videos! Tags: glue+gun+crafts, craft+videos, tissue+paper+flowers, crafts+for+kids, crafts…
Polymer Clay Pincushions
Recycle, get something functional, cute and have fun making it! The polymer clay pincushion craft promises just that! CraftyGoat has published their version of the tin can pincushion from Design Sponge, which uses decorative paper instead of clay. Personally I'm a fan of the clay version. The opportunities for creativity (and I just like gluing stuff together) is optimal! Tags:…
Tiny Fabric Boards
Puget Sound Sewing and Crafts posted this easy and fiscally responsible craft, Fabric Boards for Scrapbooking and Card Making. Fat quarters can be found at any fabric store in a variety of colors and patterns, take those, some index cards, hot glue gun and ribbon and you can create colorful boards to mount photos on or use as the front…
Turning a Dollhouse into a Fairy House
Leave it to a Wiki to produce a complicated, yet really cool craft. Wikihow provided a "how to" on turning a regular dollhouse into a beautiful tree like fairy hide out. Original author FairieFactory provided outstanding pictures and the know how on this wonderous looking craft, transforming a dollhouse into a Fairie House. Tags:glue+gun+crafts, crafts, fairy, faerie, dollhouse, fairyhouse, faeriehouse,…
Mother's Day Triple Threat
Mother's Day is coming and are you ready? And when I say that, I mean crafty ready! Today I've got 3 simple crafts that any age can do for their mom. First up: From Kid's Craft Magazine, a whole list of crafts! Favorite amongst the list are the photo flowers from Kaboose. Second is from Olive Branch Design. A more…
