Father’s Day Crafts that Dads Can Do with Their Kids

Matching Father-Daughter Pajama Pants

Father’s Day doesn’t have to be a day that leaves dads out of the crafty loop. You already know that the dads of the world aren’t going to be fixing the toilet and cleaning out the gutters on their special Sunday, so instead of leaving them to watch TV all on their lonesome all day, [...]

Clothing Remade: Sew a Child’s Skirt from an Adult T-Shirt

Tshirt to Skirt Tutorial

Back in the fall, I posted my tutorial for sewing a girl’s skirt from an adult sweater. And don’t forget the sweater sleeve leggings! Well, now that we’re into the heat of summer, all of my daughter’s cute sweater skirts are tucked away, but she’s still as skirt-crazy as ever. And that’s why I took [...]

DIY Garden Crafts Roundup

tea-cup-bird-feeder by capcreations

It’s garden season. I finally have all my plants and seeds in and now I just need to keep up with the weeding. My yard has an uncanny ability to grow wild overnight. It is completely unruly. The more we try to tame it the wilder it becomes. To keep the beast at bay, I [...]

A Review of Collage, Assemblage and Altered Art by Diane Maurer- Mathison

Collage , Assemblage and Altered Art

You might be wondering how collage and altered art are green. Well, many collage and altered art makers use found materials to create their works of art. Scraps of paper, old postcards, stamps, stickers, ribbon, fabric scraps and whatever else they find and put it all together to create works of art. And that’s green [...]

Craft Hope Gives Hope to Gulf Coast

As the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico wears on, the catastrophe can feel so big and unwieldy it is hard to figure out just how to help. We’ve already told you how you can donate hair and natural fibers to create oil booms, but as a crafter is there more you can do? Step [...]