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Crafting Hints and Helps

Tidy Up Your Toolbox: Professional Crafters Share Their Organizational Hacks

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Tidy Up Your Toolbox: Professional Crafters Share Their Organizational Hacks. Are you constantly digging through tangled threads, scattered beads, or misplaced sewing notions just to get started on your next project? You’re not alone! Every handcrafter knows that clutter can put a serious damper on creativity.

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Summer Is Filled With Handcrafting Opportunities

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Summer Is Filled With Handcrafting Opportunities. Summer’s here, and with it comes a slower pace and (hopefully) some downtime for crafty creatives like you. But don’t let those lazy days lull you into a lull in productivity!

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Getting Inspiration From Pinterest

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We get inspiration for our projects from a wide variety of sources but one I like the most is Pinterest. There is nothing quite like scrolling through all those lovely pictures of what people have already created to inspire you to create things of your own

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From Seed Beads to Gemstones: How to Choose the Right Beads for Your Jewelry Projects

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Are you ready to take your jewelry-making skills to the next level? Whether you’re a seasoned beader or just starting out, selecting the perfect beads for your projects can make all the difference. From delicate seed beads to stunning gemstones, there are endless possibilities to explore. Join us as we…

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Make Treasure out of Trash

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Make Treasures out of Trash – is a very worthy endeavor for artists of all kinds. Why not take something that people have thrown away and change it into something else that is useful or just pretty? Those little pieces of trash you find along the way or even consciously…

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Crafting Aint For Sissies

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Crafting ain’t for sissies. You have to have patience, perseverance, and persistence. You will also need to keep an open mind and have a willingness to learn new things. Yes, most crafts are steeped in tradition. As in, a traditional way of creating some things.

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Stabilizing Crocheted Totes

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Stabilizing crocheted tote bags of any size can be a challenge. After researching online we found a couple of solutions including creating and sewing in a liner into the bag, crocheting actual crochet thread with the yarn when creating the strap and crocheting around a double length of cotton clothes line.

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Craft Business Start Tips

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We are all looking for ways we can make money from home. Crafty people would much prefer to make craft items than to learn how to run a business and get people to buy those same items. The trouble is what we love to create may not be what people…

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Spend Your Downtime Wisely

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Spending your downtime wisely right now would be a great use of all your workday energy. If you are one of the many of us who are self-isolating at home right now would be a great time to get all those “honey-Do’s” done and even clean up all your partially…

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Getting Ready for New Year of Crafts Fairs

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Now is generally the time you want to get out the old calendar and schedule your upcoming vendor festivals you wish to participate in this coming spring. In Florida you might want to get them scheduled from February until the end of May when it just is too hot to…

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Upcoming Holiday Crafts

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Coming up with different ways to decorate your house and tables for the upcoming holidays is almost always a challenge. My favorite place to do that has got to be the Dollar Tree Store. They have such a wide variety of of items to use in decorating tables, windows, front…

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