Crafting Video Tutorials Index

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I am always looking for fresh new ideas in craftwork.  Unfortunately, this can be rather time consuming. Therefore, I decided to make a list of various craft sites with video tutorials.  This will make things easier than wallowing through search engines ever time.  Search engines are fantastic but can bring up a lot of unrelated items that you are not exactly what you are looking for.  So, making a web page with lists just makes life a whole lot simpler for me and hopefully you. Bookmark the page and you will have it at your finger tips as well.  Continue reading “Crafting Video Tutorials Index”

Oddities in Crafting – Human Genius

You bet!  I have more oddities.  However, these oddities are physical constructions straight out of the human imagination not Mother Nature. Some people just go above and beyond with unusual and amazing ways to express their creative ideas and capabilities.  Let nothing cease to amaze you, as soon before your very eyes, people pull some real oddities from the inner workings of their minds.   Follow me as I take you on a journey, barely skimming the surface I might add, of just a few of the people who have created from the genius within.

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Jelly Bean Madness

Jelly Beans…. DIY, crafts, crafting, jelly beans that was the first thought that came to my mind upon awakening today.  Jelly beans yummy, yummy jelly beans which then started me wondering just how jelly beans are made.   Perhaps because I was ogling the jelly beans at Hobby Lobby when  I was supposed to be searching for craft supplies.  One can get so easily side tracked by something so simple! Fortunately for my blood sugar levels, I left them all on the shelf…boo hoo.  Still has not stopped me from wondering how those luscious little sugary morsels are made.  Leave it to me, I shall get to the bottom of this.  Continue reading “Jelly Bean Madness”

Handmade Vintage Valentine

The Internet is laden with a plethora of vintage Valentine cards that were popular when I was a kid.  What a fantastic journey down memory lane.   Yup, we are talking way back in the 1950’s and early 1960’s!  What a difference from then and now.

Art class was may favorite class and holidays made it extra special with all the decorations we could make. Valentine Day included making a lot of hearts for the monthly mural on the bulletin board.  Everyone’s beautiful heart creation being pinned up.  Every month we would made something to proudly put up for the public eye.   Continue reading “Handmade Vintage Valentine”