Best Books for Beginning Quilters — Picks From Diane Gilleland
Picking up a crafty hobby like quilting has been shown to ward off memory loss, and can even make you a happier person. That is, assuming the stress of trying…
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DIY Gold Letters: A Sweet Reminder to Hang On the Wall
Bonnie Christine is a surface pattern design and author of Going Home to Roost - the blog dedicated to everything handmade and anything homegrown. Her CreativeLive class, Designing Surface Patterns…
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DIY: Turn Your Instagram Photos into Adorable Wall Art
After discovering how cool it looked to see someone's vintage 3.5x5" photos on painted woodblock planks at a recent art show, I thought I'd try to apply the technique to…
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DIY Project for Dads and Kids: Giant Bubbles!
Boing Boing founder and Cool Tools editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder is about the coolest dad on the planet. Need proof? Check out his new book, Maker Dad, which is all about…
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5 Clever Ways to Upcycle Vinyl Records
There's a record store near my house that has an insane Record Store Day sale, plus a Vinyl Saturday once a month. The shop usually has a few bins of…
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Six Easy, Last-Minute 4th of July Craft Projects
Not only is the 4th of July a fine time to reflect on America's heritage, it also offers us workaday folks the sheer, unbridled joy of a long weekend. For us…
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3 Summer Scrapbooking Tips — Plus, a Contest!
Whether it's a summer trip you never want to forget, or endless days of Little League and swim lessons, there's a pretty good chance you're snapping lots of pictures during…
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9 Smart DIY Storage Solutions for Crafters
With the frequency that your scissors go missing, you'd think they'd become sentient and grown legs. And finding the right color of yarn (or thread, or paper, or ink) in…
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Celebrate Summer with Dave Asprey’s DIY ‘Bulletproof’ Ice Cream
As the weather heats up biohacker and CreativeLive instructor Dave Asprey wants you to eat some ice cream. That’s right, even health-conscious eaters can celebrate summer thanks to Dave’s “Get…
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InDesign Tutorial: Junior High Flashback
Remember way back (or maybe not so far back) in junior high, when the bell would ring and while shuffling from one class to the next, a friend would hand…
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