How to make an easy sugar and water fabric stiffener to use for doily baskets, doily ornaments, snowflakes, or other fabric stiffening jobs.
Decoupage is a simple craft that is ideal for making homemade Christmas gifts; see our suggestions for the men in your life, or those who are hard to buy for at Christmas.
Consider making a new home blessings basket to welcome friends or family to their new house or home.
A round-up of homemade Valentine cards, from Victorian style cards made with Victorian clipart and doilies, to tissue paper cards, pretty cardstock designs, or a handprint scroll.
How to decorate a variety of homemade picture frames, from antiqued or crackled finishes, to styrofoam creations, or children’s frames made from cardboard and popsicle sticks.
Make homemade versions of two traditional games - checkers and tic tac toe; both game sets have a box to store the game pieces, and are easy enough for older children to make as homemade gifts for friends, cousins or siblings.
Homemade organizers are always welcome to keep your letters, bills, and notes in order, or to store sewing notions, jewellery and other household items.
Tons of ideas for making your own homemade costumes from humble beginnings such as cardboard boxes, sweat suits, fabric, and face paint.
How to decorate paper gift bags with paint or pretty paper; three homemade fabric bags to sew yourself.
Here’s how to make your Valentine a beautiful bouquet of chocolate rosebud kisses. Once you’ve made one or two of the cellophane wrapped roses, you’ll be able to make the entire bouquet quite quickly. The main supplies are Hershey kisses, red cellophane, chenille stems and green florist’s wrap - all of which are [...]