July 26th, 2019
Inside: get an early start with your Christmas card making! It’s only 5 months away… Every year I plan to send holiday cards to all my friends around the world who celebrate Christmas and every year it doesn’t happen. I always procrastinate and think I have lots of time and then it’s already too late. But not this year…this year I’m embracing the Christmas in July tradition and I’m starting early! You might not think about it but Christmas is only 5 months away! Time flies so fast and before you know it winter will be here (I wish) and you’ll have many preparations and so little time (I know… trust me). So here’s my plan: make a cards every day (I need about 50-60) and be done by fall! WHAT IS CHRISTMAS IN JULY? Apparently this tradition started in the US in a girl’s camp and then spread across the world. It is mainly …
July 19th, 2019
Inside: how to alter a milk carton into a masterpiece instead of throwing it away I don’t know how the four of us can generate so much trash. I try to minimize our amount of trash but somehow it keeps mounting. So I wanted to come up with ways to recycle or up-cycle some of the things we usually throw away and I came up with a few ways to make a masterpiece out of a milk or juice carton. ALTER A MILK CARTON Instead of throwing away your milk or juice cartons you can use it as a base for an altered craft project. A carton like this is good for recycling or altering because: It has thick walls that can “carry” mediums, paint and paper without wrinkling or degrading. The carton has the perfect square shape and even sides to add embellishments,photos or other 3D items. Its shape resembles a shape of a …
July 12th, 2019
Inside: how to use buttons in craft projects in a fun and easy way! I was lucky to have a grandmother until I was in my thirties. She was an amazing sewer and I remember her making me and my sister fabric toys and dolls. When she passed away I only asked my dad for one thing: I wanted to have her button collection. As a sewer she had a LOT – color organized in empty pill containers and small boxes. What a treasure! Until this day I use her collection in my craft projects and I just know she’s looking down on me and she’s really happy. Buttons go back to prehistoric times and are around since men have started clothing themselves. Over the years they changed from animal bones to gold and ivory and from a necessity to a status symbol. By the 20th century they could be mass produced and buttons began to …
July 5th, 2019
Inside: how to take photos to match any scrapbook or mini album and how to make sure your photos turn out the best! I have been making scrapbook pages for a long time and lately I find myself “directing” the photo to match a scrapbook page I have envisioned in my mind. Instead of capturing the moment I create it… that doesn’t feel right. After all the purpose of a scrapbook page is to document what’s happening right? TAKE THE BEST PHOTOS FOR SCRAPBOOK PAGES Now a days with a camera in our phones and no film in it we take so many photos, but how many really capture the moment and the story we want to tell? How do we make sure we take good photos that document what we want but will also look good on a scrapbook page? HOW TO TAKE PHOTOS FOR SCRAPBOOK PAGES We are not professional photographers …
