Articles on: craft & maker

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 fewer than 10 minutes?

[caption id="attachment_6470" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Madeline Trait on Pinterest.

From building furniture to sewing quilts, crafting is a pursuit as old as time. And while making our own everyday items is much less necessary than it once was, crafting still remains a popular hobby -- and, in many cases, a full-time job -- though it looks quite a bit different than it did in the days of quilting bees.

"Done is better than perfect," was just one of the many pearls of wisdom that was dropped during Kari Chapin's CreativeLive class, Start a Handmade Business -- but there were so, so many more. From insightful quotes to the handmade goods our community has been inspired to make, we've been thoroughly enjoying the artistry and ingenuity of this audience.

Crafting with paper can be a whole lot of fun — as long as you're careful about cuts — but many people don't know that the realm of paper crafting goes way outside of origami and other clever folding techniques. Robert Mahar, who has the envy-inducing title of "arts and crafts professional" shows us this cool paper craft idea, which leaves you with a beautiful paper succulent that will last much longer than an actual potted plant.

[caption id="attachment_6020" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via kozumel on Flickr. [/caption] If you've considered getting into scrapbooking, you've probably had the chilling experience of sitting down in front of an open book, with a blank page staring back at you, and thought, "Oh no.