Since I learned how to work with wire and paper together, I have been dreaming up more ways to create projects with them! For this project, I combined a few different generes of craft to create a set of tropical candle wraps. Here are the supplies you’ll need to create these tropical candle wraps: Supplies:
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Author: Jennifer Priest
It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.
Birthday Sale!!
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Power Scrapbooking?
What is Power Scrapbooking? As our kids get older and our lives get busier, we have less and less time to scrapbook while the photos and memories just keep piling up. I encountered this myself over the last couple of years. Not really easy to scrap when you’re spending all day Saturday on the soccer
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A Handmade Gift For a Teenage Boy?
Can it be done? Yes it can! This year I am on a misson to make handmade gifts for my family and some of the most difficult people to make gifts for are the men and the teenagers. My nephew loves Halo and he is one of the most difficult people to buy for in
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100 Tips About Being a Good Designer – Tips #31-65
I’ve been designing and teaching in the craft industry for over 10 years! I can’t even believe it has been that long and then on the other hand, I feel like I have been teaching and creating for my entire life. In that time I have been through the school of hard knocks, learned a
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Introducing…..a ZERO Waste Scrapbook Kit
Do you always have scraps leftover after creating layouts or scrapbooks pages? I do too! And then I have to store them and sort them and hope that one day I use them. BOO!!! Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a zero waste scrapbook kit? Over the last year I have been working on
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Felt Acorn Ornaments
These happy little felt acorn ornaments are great for fall decor or a woodland themed Christmas and they’re super easy to make. They’re super easy to make, in about 15 minutes each. I made a handy dandy tutorial video earlier this week during our monthly Crafty Hangouts. Are you following Crafty Hangouts? If not, check
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