It's the 3rd day of the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop, and what have I made for you today, my crafty friends? I love to find new uses for old items, and one of the things I have a lot of are plastic CD/DVD jewel cases. It turns out they make great easel styl ...
Stained Glass Bottle Vases: Handmade Holidays Blog Hop
It's Day 2 of the Third Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! The best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to create and share a series of handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create someth ...
Madonna and Child Pillow
Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop! (I wasn't included in the first two years', so I can't vouch for the quality of those pre-me blog hops. Just kidding, crafters. Put those craft blades down.) But this year, I know it's going to rock. ...
Elton John Fong Eyeglasses: Bella Crafts Halloween Birthday Blog Hop
Boy, the title of this post is certainly a mouthful. Try saying that 10 times fast. But the project...now that's an eyeful. We are celebrating the one year anniversary of Bella Crafts Quarterly™ with a Halloween/Birthday themed blog hop. If you've ...
Build-A-Monster Blocks Using Wood Attitude
They're alive! Alive! The monsters, that is. I've always wanted to make monster building blocks – where I could mix and match body parts on wood blocks – and was never sure how. Now that I've discovered Wood Attitude printable film, I am the mad scient ...
Ping Pong Eyeballs for Halloween
Chinese people are supposed to be good at ping pong. This Chinese person is good at making things with ping pong balls. Exhibit A: Ping pong eyeballs. I know this is not a new idea, but I found a novel way to make them thanks to Craft Attitude printable f ...
Pumpkins Made from Upcycled Plastic Packaging
I swear I am not a hoarder. But I just hate to throw away hard plastic packaging and to send it to the landfill. I recently got a shipment of Sizzix dies from Karen Burniston, and I saved all the plastic packaging that housed the dies. Such nice, quality ...
How to Decorate a Sukkah
It's the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, and while I'm not Jewish, I do have a very Jewish mother who always asks me if I've eaten yet. For their Sukkot issue, the Jewish Journal asked me to design a sukkah for their cover, and here it is. For the full art ...
Giant Clothespin Teacher Appreciation Gift
When I was in school, we didn't give teacher appreciation gifts. But I was such a joy to my teachers, my presence was gift enough, I suppose. But school is a lot different these days, and teachers deserve all the accolades and tributes they can get. Unfor ...
Customized Pencils for Back to School
I remember one of the most fun things about going back to school was getting all-new school supplies. There was something about a brand new No. 2 pencil that got my heart racing. (Yes, I was a geek, and proud of it.) Well, I wish I had Craft Attitude p ...