My black shirt now has gold glitter all over it. It cannot even be tape-rollered away. Glitter is like the herpes of the craft world. – by Aaron_Sparrow (AaronSparrow)
Good News for You! There are many people who make homemade things from costumes and other items with fabric, to scrapbooks and greeting cards; from handmade invitations and knitted sweaters, to quilts, jewelry, wall decorations and more! Sometimes these folks sell their crafts at a local art fair, annual church bazaar or a neighborhood event of some sort. Others sell them through word-of-mouth advertising, to people in their neighborhood or around their town. When a friend tells a friend, who turns around and tells another friend, it’s called word-of-mouth advertising and it is very powerful!
Many people would like to sell their crafts and creations online, but they don’t want to spend too much money to open their own website if they only make a few things here and there! Well, if you are a hobby and craft person, and make something that people would want to buy, and you want to sell online, you don’t have to open your own website, if you don’t want to; you can sell your crafts through another big site, where many people gather, to buy and sell…crafts and anything that is handmade!
There is this wonderful website called Etsy.com and you can actually enter through my area… http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7721158 where you will see my profile.
By the way, my name is Father Time, and I have been writing for ages. One of the things that I enjoy writing is greeting card verses, and I have compiled an e-book of verses that other folks can use inside their own handmade cards. My e-book is listed for sale on that site, listed above, and they also have thousands of other great items made by people everywhere! Be sure to check it out, particularly if you have something handmade to sell! If you decide to join, please tell them that I referred you and Thank You in advance!
As a published writer for over thirty years, I am also getting busier these days by writing for hire, as a ghost writer, for people who have their own websites and need some good articles written for the purposes of article marketing! If you need something like that, please be sure to visit my personal website, which I call my Online SuperStore: http://www.fathertimepublishing.com/default.php?cPath=2540890
Whether you create your own website, or sell through a site such as Etsy.com, the main thing is that you can be a self-employed entrepreneur, selling your own crafts, and you can reach the world via the internet! Please don’t let the negativity of someone else talk you out of it, if it is your dream! Good Luck to you and Many Blessings!
Father Time has been a published writer for over thirty years and particularly focuses on motivational and self-help writing and speaking! He also has many years of sales experience and writes sales & marketing training and materials. His first love is poetry and greeting card verses!
He currently does a lot of writing for hire, especially article marketing pieces for folks who have their own websites to promote. IF you have a website, you should contact him for some good writing to promote your site; right away! You will be glad that you did!
For people that would love to earn some extra cash income, you can buy a bunch of pepper sprays, for way less than retail, and resell them to people that you know, or others in your community. You will have fun, make a profit, and you will be helping people to be safer, because a self defense pepper spray, can be just the thing to stop an attacker in his tracks! Find out more on the website!
Father Time has a great Online SuperStore at www.FatherTimePublishing.com and he invites YOU to PLEASE visit and find something that you like! YOU, as a reader of this website, can save 15% off of normal merchandise (not writing or bulk packages which are already heavily discounted) with the coupon code: SaveNow
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Does anyone have craft ideas using an assortment of items from various left over craft supplies?
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I have a large tub of craft supplies from 13 years of Girl Scouting. We are doing our final camp out and I’d like to use up some of the supplies. I have yarn, floss, paints, foam pieces, fabric, popsicle sticks, glue, construction paper & probably some more odds ‘n ends. The girls are 16-18. I’m looking for some ideas to use these up. Thanks in advance!
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This Easter, create egg-ceptional colorful mod-style Eaters eggs with simple tie-dye and tissue-paper techniques. Decorating Easter eggs has never been easier or less messy than with traditional food-coloring dyes. This project is perfect for art class or to do at home with the kids.
Hands-on time: About 45 minutes per dozen.
Total time: if using vanish, add two hours for drying time.
Skill: Easy, great project for children. (teacher & classroom friendly).
Cost estimate: Only pennies per egg.
Materials & Tools
•Hard-boiled eggs
•Newspapers
•Tea-lights (bases only)
For tie-dye Easter eggs:
•Wax crayons (I recommend Crayola brand, they have the best pigmentation)
•Crayon sharpener
•Small disposable paper plates
•Egg carton container
•Elastic bands (optional)
For tissue-paper Easter eggs:
•Small bowl of water
•Craft tissue paper in assorted colors
•Scissors, to cut out geometric shapes (optional)
•A flat paint brush
•Mod-Podge medium, brush on varnish
Egg safety:
Store eggs in refrigerator until you are ready to use them. Place the eggs carefully in a large pot and add cold water to completely cover the eggs. Over medium heat bring the water to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let the pot sit on the element for 15 minutes, then run the pot of eggs under cold water until the shells are cool and place the eggs in the refrigerator. (Skip the cooling step for the tie-dye egg project).
Tie-dye Easter eggs:
Cover your work area with newspapers. Choose two to three wax-crayon colors, and then sharpen shavings over a small paper or foil plate. (Plastic or Styrofoam plates will melt when they come in contact with the warm eggs). Make a separate plate for each color combination. For example, make a plate with yellow, green, and blue shavings and another plate with pink, purple and orange.
When the hard-boiled eggs are still warm, roll them into the crayon shavings, turning them around a few times. To cool, place the eggs on a tea-light stand or back in the egg carton. The colors will continue to blend and melt together; watch the display of colorful swirls unfold.
Placing elastic bands around some of the eggs before decorating them will create stripes. The unique results will simply amaze your family and friends.
Tissue paper Easter eggs:
Place a small bowl of water (jar lids can also be used) and several squares of tissue paper on your work area. Place eggs on tea-light stands. Scissors can be used to cut out assorted geometric shapes (hand-torn pieces are just as effective).
With a paint brush, dampen the egg and then place many tissue paper shapes over the egg, one at a time, overlapping and moistening as you go. When the egg is fully covered, let it stand for a few minutes.
You now have two options:
1. Remove the tissue paper before it completely dries and you now have enchanting marbleized eggs with the look of egg-dying without using egg dyes.
2. Apply Mod-Podge medium with a paint brush directly onto the still-humid, tissued eggs and let stand to dry. You can apply vanish if you wish once it is completely dried.
You now have very groovy colorful Easter eggs ready for a hip décor theme.
Tips
•You can also decorate the above Easter eggs with hollow eggs. Poke a small hole with a clean pin or small nail, in the narrow end of a raw egg, make a slightly larger hole at the other end. Hold the egg over a bowl and blow through the small hole. The egg’s liquid should slowly seep out of the opened end. Rinse the eggshells carefully and set aside to dry. Make scramble eggs or a quiche with the egg-yolks.
•Be sure to keep the decorated eggs refrigerated until you are ready to hide them or make your centerpiece decorations. These are decorative eggs, they are not meant for consumption.
•Should you dye your eggs with traditional or natural food dyes, I recommend wearing plastic gloves to avoid dying your fingers. Eggs decorated with non-toxic coloring dyes are the only eggs you can eat, but not if they are cracked or have been out of the refrigerator for more than 2 hours.
Variations:
•Other egg-cellent ideas and variations: marbleized, striped, sponge painted, speckled, mosaic, pearlized, glazed, decoupage, waxed, batik, antiqued or crackled. Try to decorate some with basic items you can find around your home: sequins, rubber stamps, ribbon and lace remnants, sparkles, glitter glue, tiny seed beads, pasta bits, metallic and regular and felt pens. With a wax crayon, draw a picture like a flower or bunny, write names, or words on the eggs before dying them.
•To keep eggs as decor accents throughout the year, try painting wooden, plaster, rock, or paper maché eggs. To give them an aged look, sprinkle with a dash of salt or flour and squirt with water, let dry, then seal with varnish.
To view more make-it-yourself colorful photos of these Easter egg creations and for more Home and Garden decor projects by Madeleine M Langlois visit www.miycreations.com
maddy@maddylane.com
www.maddylane.com
www.miycreations.com
About the Author:
Madeleine has over 25 years design experience. She studied fashion merchandising and design. The fist part of her career was spent in the fashion industry designing ladies and children’s wear to fashion accessories. Maddy then went on to design giftware products, Christmas decorations, packaging concepts as well as illustrating for Canadian companies. She has even published a bilingual children’s book that she both wrote and illustrated. Maddy’s designer talents, from fashion to decor and her love for crafts has directed her to produce and write ?how-to? step-by-step d?cor articles. For the last five years, Madeleine has been creating innovative home decorative d?cor items for her weekly syndicated ?make-it-yourself? Miy at home articles. Maddy work has is presently featured in Magazines and newspapers.
For more ?Miy? articles and a more detailed artist bio, I invite you to visit my; www.maddylane.com
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This Easter, create egg-ceptional colorful mod-style Eaters eggs with simple tie-dye and tissue-paper techniques. Decorating Easter eggs has never been easier or less messy than with traditional food-coloring dyes. This project is perfect for art class or to do at home with the kids.
Hands-on time: About 45 minutes per dozen.
Total time: if using vanish, add two hours for drying time.
Skill: Easy, great project for children. (teacher & classroom friendly).
Cost estimate: Only pennies per egg.
Materials & Tools
•Hard-boiled eggs
•Newspapers
•Tea-lights (bases only)
For tie-dye Easter eggs:
•Wax crayons (I recommend Crayola brand, they have the best pigmentation)
•Crayon sharpener
•Small disposable paper plates
•Egg carton container
•Elastic bands (optional)
For tissue-paper Easter eggs:
•Small bowl of water
•Craft tissue paper in assorted colors
•Scissors, to cut out geometric shapes (optional)
•A flat paint brush
•Mod-Podge medium, brush on varnish
Egg safety:
Store eggs in refrigerator until you are ready to use them. Place the eggs carefully in a large pot and add cold water to completely cover the eggs. Over medium heat bring the water to a boil. Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let the pot sit on the element for 15 minutes, then run the pot of eggs under cold water until the shells are cool and place the eggs in the refrigerator. (Skip the cooling step for the tie-dye egg project).
Tie-dye Easter eggs:
Cover your work area with newspapers. Choose two to three wax-crayon colors, and then sharpen shavings over a small paper or foil plate. (Plastic or Styrofoam plates will melt when they come in contact with the warm eggs). Make a separate plate for each color combination. For example, make a plate with yellow, green, and blue shavings and another plate with pink, purple and orange.
When the hard-boiled eggs are still warm, roll them into the crayon shavings, turning them around a few times. To cool, place the eggs on a tea-light stand or back in the egg carton. The colors will continue to blend and melt together; watch the display of colorful swirls unfold.
Placing elastic bands around some of the eggs before decorating them will create stripes. The unique results will simply amaze your family and friends.
Tissue paper Easter eggs:
Place a small bowl of water (jar lids can also be used) and several squares of tissue paper on your work area. Place eggs on tea-light stands. Scissors can be used to cut out assorted geometric shapes (hand-torn pieces are just as effective).
With a paint brush, dampen the egg and then place many tissue paper shapes over the egg, one at a time, overlapping and moistening as you go. When the egg is fully covered, let it stand for a few minutes.
You now have two options:
1. Remove the tissue paper before it completely dries and you now have enchanting marbleized eggs with the look of egg-dying without using egg dyes.
2. Apply Mod-Podge medium with a paint brush directly onto the still-humid, tissued eggs and let stand to dry. You can apply vanish if you wish once it is completely dried.
You now have very groovy colorful Easter eggs ready for a hip décor theme.
Tips
•You can also decorate the above Easter eggs with hollow eggs. Poke a small hole with a clean pin or small nail, in the narrow end of a raw egg, make a slightly larger hole at the other end. Hold the egg over a bowl and blow through the small hole. The egg’s liquid should slowly seep out of the opened end. Rinse the eggshells carefully and set aside to dry. Make scramble eggs or a quiche with the egg-yolks.
•Be sure to keep the decorated eggs refrigerated until you are ready to hide them or make your centerpiece decorations. These are decorative eggs, they are not meant for consumption.
•Should you dye your eggs with traditional or natural food dyes, I recommend wearing plastic gloves to avoid dying your fingers. Eggs decorated with non-toxic coloring dyes are the only eggs you can eat, but not if they are cracked or have been out of the refrigerator for more than 2 hours.
Variations:
•Other egg-cellent ideas and variations: marbleized, striped, sponge painted, speckled, mosaic, pearlized, glazed, decoupage, waxed, batik, antiqued or crackled. Try to decorate some with basic items you can find around your home: sequins, rubber stamps, ribbon and lace remnants, sparkles, glitter glue, tiny seed beads, pasta bits, metallic and regular and felt pens. With a wax crayon, draw a picture like a flower or bunny, write names, or words on the eggs before dying them.
•To keep eggs as decor accents throughout the year, try painting wooden, plaster, rock, or paper maché eggs. To give them an aged look, sprinkle with a dash of salt or flour and squirt with water, let dry, then seal with varnish.
To view more make-it-yourself colorful photos of these Easter egg creations and for more Home and Garden decor projects by Madeleine M Langlois visit www.miycreations.com
maddy@maddylane.com
www.maddylane.com
www.miycreations.com
About the Author:
Madeleine has over 25 years design experience. She studied fashion merchandising and design. The fist part of her career was spent in the fashion industry designing ladies and children’s wear to fashion accessories. Maddy then went on to design giftware products, Christmas decorations, packaging concepts as well as illustrating for Canadian companies. She has even published a bilingual children’s book that she both wrote and illustrated. Maddy’s designer talents, from fashion to decor and her love for crafts has directed her to produce and write ?how-to? step-by-step d?cor articles. For the last five years, Madeleine has been creating innovative home decorative d?cor items for her weekly syndicated ?make-it-yourself? Miy at home articles. Maddy work has is presently featured in Magazines and newspapers.
For more ?Miy? articles and a more detailed artist bio, I invite you to visit my; www.maddylane.com
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I just started working at a daycare and I am solely in charge of 15 Elementary aged children. I have to come up with curriculum, crafts, and games to do with the children by tomorrow to do with them this whole week. The subject for this week is “Going Global.”
Does anyone have any ideas of games, or crafts that I could do with the children? I am limited on resources since I have to provide everything out of my pocket and I don’t have time to pick up supplies before I have to work in the morning.
I was thinking of having the kids create their own towns or villages. I’m not sure exactly what that entails though.
Please help! I’m desperate!!
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