http://thecraftyworld.com I'm a crafty girl, living in a crafty world. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:58:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Easy peasy 'gilded' candle holders craft from Vanessa at Gerbera Designs. Some glass candle holders from the discount store, metallic duct tape, exacto knife or rotary cutter and you are in business. http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=62 There's a really great crocheted flower tutorial over at applehead. For those of you working on your homemade holiday gifts, make these for pins, hair pins, scarf embellishment, present toppers and more. Easy peesy! http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=59 We like to play German games. Also called designer games or hobby games, German games involve more logic and strategy than traditional party games like Monopoly, Life or Pictionary, which depend more on luck than strategy. We try to get together with friends at least once a month ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=50 Photo © Terri Mauro School is back in session - yippee! Time to cover those precious books. Here's an easy, step by step template for paper or paper bags from About.com. If you're crafty with glue or sewing machine, you can also use this as a basic fabric pattern - a fabric with some ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=49 If the fear of knitting needles and learning intricate jargon such as, “Knit one, pearl two,” kept you from hooking up with the latest knitting craze, The Butterfly Loom has the perfect, no-fail, you-can-do-it product: The Magic Board. The Magic Board is a hand held, easy-as-pie weaver, made of rigid ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=48 Peter Callesen is on of the most talented cut paper artists I've seen. His work is simply amazing, intricate and clever. You can see more of Peter's inspiring work on his web site at http://www.petercallesen.com. Give it a try yourself, too! There aren't really any rules to follow. You'll just need ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=47 Yeah, potatoes! Remember making potato prints when you were a kid? It was a pretty cool way to make art. It still is. And now that you're all grown up, you can make grown up potato prints, which are even better! Potato prints are stamped art made from a carving you created ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=46 Collage art is one of those crazy, anything goes crafts that I personally love because it can involve absoultely everything and anything - there are no rules on style, materials, or subject matter. And really, the more you include, the better it gets - I love it! I never knew much ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=45 Remember making those paper bead necklaces in grammar school? Yeah, me too! And remember the first time you didn't quite do it right and your twirl of paper came off the tooth pick? Me too! It looked pretty cool, but you weren't sure what to do with it. You probably ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=44 Want to make your own lace earrings? It's pretty simple and I've even found a tutorial over at Minding Prismera for you to make it even easier. It's really just a few easy peasy steps, so there should be nothing stopping you. Oh except that the ... http://thecraftyworld.com/?p=43