You Can Make A Holiday Gift Basket

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Tired of trying to find just the right present for that oh so important person in your life. Or even those not so important people in your life. Making and giving a holiday gift basket could be just the thing your looking for. So your not a real creative, crafty kind of [...]

How To Do Cross-stitch - Top Ten Beginners’ Mistakes

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Cross-stitch is a wonderful, rewarding hobby that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities. Avoid these common beginners’ mistakes and soon you will be creating stunning pieces of cross-stitch work to treasure.
1. Choosing the wrong pattern
With the extensive range of charts on offer it is often tempting to start [...]

Making Punched Tin

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Punch cutting is a form of artwork that mainly uses tin as its medium. Tin is a very soft and malleable metal that is very well suited for punch cutting. Since tin is easy to shape, adding indents or perforations to tin pieces takes little effort. Tin is also very popular for [...]

The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z– Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Successful Quiltmaking (Paperback)

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

How To Make Handmade Goat Milk Soap

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

You’ll Need.
1. coconut oils 120 grams
2. palm oils 40 grams
3. olive oils 240 grams
4. Sodium hydroxide(Caustic soda; [...]

Thai Spirit House (”san pra poom”)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

When Buddhism first arrived in Thailand (Siam) over 2500 years ago, spirit worship, or animism, was already widely practiced throughout Asia. Today, many of these animistic beliefs are intertwined with Buddhism and it is here that the Spirit House makes its entrance. A spirit house (‘san pra poom’) is a small shrine usually found outside [...]