Arts and Crafts
Published: 29/08/2008
The word lapidary refers to a person who masters the art of cutting and polishing stones. Apart from the mineral and gem stones he also works on the materials like glass, horn, bones, corals, copal, shells, pearls, jet etc. These are durable metals and they can carve designs on them. These items...
Published: 27/08/2008
Bookbinding is an art that might be more of a hobby than a trade for many nowadays, but it is still a fantastic skill to practice. There are many styles of bookbinding, some more prevalent in the past, but many styles of bookbinding are very modern.
Coptic bookbinding was first used by...
Published: 27/08/2008
Personal die cut machines have become very popular tools among scrapbookers and paper crafters. However, if you are in the market for one, it may be difficult to sift through the different available models to find the machine best suited for your needs. There are a few features that you will...
Published: 26/08/2008
The Metropolitan Museum featured enough of John Townsend's work to fill four galleries. One item was his earliest known creation, a drop-leaf dining table from 1759. Following not far behind was a mahogany card table, dated 1762, as well as many other items. The signature blocks and shells...
Published: 26/08/2008
Hull Pottery produced desirable, high-quality pieces for almost eighty years, despite many obstacles. Originally creating lines of stoneware, the company eventually expanded to include kitchenware, pots and tiles. As the economy fluctuated, tiles became the focus of Hull Pottery. Later, as the...
Published: 25/08/2008
Scrapbooking is growing in popularity, and with scrapbooking comes stamps. Whether you have a rubber stamp or you make your stamps yourself out of potatoes, there are many more ways to use baby footprint stamps other than just in a scrapbook.
Here are five fun baby footprint stamp ideas that...
Published: 25/08/2008
Creating a unique and creative party theme for a baby shower or a baby's first birthday can be tough. A great way to get ideas is to go through your scrapbooking stamps and see what you can find. If you have created baby pages you probably have a baby footprint stamp. This one stamp can create a...
Published: 22/08/2008
Did you know that anyone can learn how to sew? If you have the desire to sew you can, it really is that straight forward and simple! When you begin you may feel a little overwhelmed, but if you are willing to find the information and get the guidance that you need to get started, you'll be...
Published: 21/08/2008
There has been some serious debate over the issue of individuals who use books, whether they are used books or not, to create altered books, which several feel is actually defacing books. However, the majority of the used books that these individuals are using would be ultimately destroyed or...
Published: 21/08/2008
Individuals starting out in the craft of altering used books may also have a prior interest in collage or other types of paper arts. There are several techniques and ideas that these individuals may follow or they may choose to simply experiment with several types of material in used books and...
