I created these paper bead earrings from beads that I made from a vintage French-English dictionary from 1930, and a couple of silver toned hex nuts. The paper beads are strung onto annealed steel wire. The earwires are silver plated. The earrings hang down about 1 1/2" from the earwires. Please check out the rest of my shop to see my entire selection of guitar string, steampunk, and found object jewelry: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TanithTo see more of my paper beads earrings…

How to make unique copper wire wrapped paper beads to use in your jewelry making for unique pieces. #JewelryMaking #HandmadeBeads #CopperBeads

How to upcycle, repurpose, refashion and re-make everything from jewelry to kids clothing and home decor.

Here is a gorgeous FREE Printable Digital Download Stationary Page that you can download for your own personal use for scrapbooking and more.

As promised, here's the free tutorial for the Stationery Kit I shared with you on Monday for the Paperie Blog Tour. This little kit is perfect for holding stationery (of course!), to-do lists, recipe cards, EPP projects, embroidery projects, school flashcards, craft supplies, and whatever else you brilliant people come up with to tuck inside. I think this would make a fabulous Valentine's Day gift. Just pop in a few goodies from the dollar section at Target (notepads, short pencils, page…

Hi there, welcome to our monthly Artistic Outpost blog hop. This month we are focusing on masculine projects. Before I get into all th...

There’s something so incredibly lovely about using something that you made yourself on a daily basis, isn’t there? I have […]

Make your own wooden texture stamps by adding different imprints to the wood. It's easy to make it yourself and your kids will love it!

BOTANICAL WORD TAGS (PDF, You Print) Make your own botanical word tags! This vintage-style printable kit includes 24 shape tags, 21 botanical word tags (with herb & flower names) & 2 mini papers. All the elements work beautifully together to create layered tag embellishments for your junk journal or other crafting project. You could also add inked edges, beads, buttons, cheesecloth and bulb pins* to get the look shown in the photographs. (*Those items not included. This is a digital download…

I'm still playing with cardboard. Here's something I tried this weekend. I traced the stencil onto the cardboard panel, then cut and lifted out the negative. I was so excited by the concept that I wasn't so careful about the cuts and used a chunky blade. I may have done...

For a long time I've loved this paper and linen piece of artwork from Natural Curiosities: I saw one of them at market in spring; it'...

There is something satisfactory about making your own materials, says the owner of this beautiful project . She has tried a number of techniques and has enjoyed trying her own initiative. A tool that is both cheap and easy is a game card template. She made a really interesting and …

Recently while wasting time gaining inspiration on Pinterest I came across a tutorial on how to create your own stencils with hot glue by Traci Bautista. I added it to my "to do" list. So yesterday I got out my hardly ever used glue gun and glue sticks. Here is the fabric I made today with my hot glue stencil. I love it. Here is my glue stencil. I created it on a piece of Reynold's Parchment Paper and it released right off the paper once the glue had cooled. I also did a small test on a…

I recently had a nice chat with lovely Lisa, the owner of That Craft Place store, and I mentioned a technique that included stencils made with the hot glue gun. She asked me if I would do a tutorial for her (and of course especially the readers and players over at her Natter&Chatter facebook group and the challenge blog). Well, actually it became a five-in-one tutorial as I couldn't stop experimenting once I had started - it is so much fun! The five tags shown below were made with simple and…