Welcome to my curated selection of product reviews and advice on all things handmade! Whether you are a beginner crafter or have tons of experience, I hope we can learn and inspire each other.
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Whether you want to create a beautiful watercolor background or try your hand at more intricate watercolor paintings, these are the essential craft supplies you need to consider. They will have you achieving professional looking results from the start.
Creating dimensional objects from embelishments to use on scrapbooking and home decor pieces to little containers and trinket dishes, is such a fun activity and one of those things that requires next to no skills. The key thing is understanding how the different types of material work and how to use them. In this article I’ll also cover some of my favorite basic tools that make the processing of creating 3D items so much easier.
In a world where so much is digital, physically holding a beautiful pen and watching the ink flow onto the paper is something that brings me great joy. Whether it’s taking my first baby steps at calligraphy or simply jotting down a shopping list (yes, I am a hand written lists kinda gal), I am totally in love with these pens.
Whether you’re new to paper crafting and wondering which to pick, have a restricted budget, or want to declutter your craft supplies and stick to just one machine, what is the best value for money and versatile die cutting machine? Read on and find out
If you’re new to die cutting and are feeling a little overwhelmed with the many options available, I’ve simplified your choice process in my step by step flowchart below. Just follow each question and you’ll see which machines fit your requirements
Embossing tape is one of those vintage products that has made a huge come back into the world of craft recently. Here I’ll review the different options available and show how you can use it even if you don’t have a label maker tool. You will find links at the end of this post for the exact models I found to work the best when combined.
If like me you have been left baffled and confused when trying to shop online for a good printer you can use for both regular printing and for your photo printing and other art projects, find solace in knowing I was there once. After many years of trial and error ending up with models that drove me crazy and frustrated, hours of online research and asking for the opinion of techie friends, I finally found the two perfect printers for my needs. Read on and I’ll explain why these two options are so great, and check out the video at the end to see them in action.
I have been swooning over this product for so long I squeeled when I was finally able to get one (it was so popular it was sold out for ages). I’m taking about Heidi Swapp’s Memorydex Spinner, an engenious little devive that has reinveted the retro Rolodex card systems so popular in the pre-computer era and taken it to a whole different height of practical beauty.
In the videos below I show you how I created this gorgeously sparkly Autum wreath, including how to create the individual embelishments themselves.