Turn on your heart light!! Watch this instructional arts and crafts video to make a fabulous heart shaped lamp shade for Valentine's Day. You will need a heart shaped box of chocolates, a beaded curtain, duct tape, string, ribbon, and a lamp shade. So what are you waiting for? Craft this handmade heart light and impress the one you love.
This is a great little project for beginners and shows how to make a simple knotted bead bookmark. They also make thoughtful handmade gifts! You will need some waxed cord, a selection of beads, some scissors, and glue. Learn how to make this bookmark by watching this video beading tutorial.
This video will teach you how to make your own very cute greeting card that pops up. Your family and friends will love getting this adorable handmade card from you.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating fun shapes. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to create a small star with five points. Crochet several of them, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.
Create fabulously fruity motifs using the traditional art of shaded cross stitch. These shaded strawberries bring the craft bang up-to-date. You can embellish all kinds of handmade projects with shaded cross stitch motifs.
This beautiful geometric box, which reminds us of midcentury abstract expressionist paintings, is a wonderful handmade way to showcase a Valentine's Day gift for your sweetheart.
You will need one pair of cute, funky socks for this tutorial, as well as some stuffing for the doll. This is an easy craft to do - turn some socks into something cute and clever! A fun little gift for anyone.
Upcycle your old T-shirts into a classy and fashionable corset top! All you need are some basic sewing notions, in addition to eyelets and eyelet pliers. Embellish your corset top with ribbon, appliques, rhinestones or any other accessory you fancy.
This video represents a union between two spheres of crafting - sewing and cardmaking. You can create some decorative stitching on your handmade greeting cards by using your sewing machine. Here's how you can sew on paper without ruining the paper or cardstock.
Lip plumpers can sometimes get expensive, but you can make your own at home! A great handmade gift, or just to use for yourself! This shows you how to create your own lip gloss or lip plumper using cinnamon and peppermint oils.
Spring is baby season, so if you know a friend who's expecting rather soon, make sure both she and her baby are welcomed with a fond, handmade sentiment.
Make a pop-up Christmas card this holiday season and impress your friends and family with your creative skills! For this project, you will need double-sided tape, craft scissors, decorative hole punch, decorative stickers and construction paper. Keltie Colleen from Mahalo gets in touch with her resourceful side and shows you how.
Make some fun Christmas tree ornaments for this holiday season and impress your friends and family with your creative skills! FOr this project, you will need styrofoam balls, pipe cleaners, scissors, glue gun and snowflake stickers. Keltie Colleen from Mahalo gets in touch with her resourceful side and shows you how.
We'd never turn down a beautiful Christmas card from Papyrus or Hallmark, but Christmas cards that are handmade are truly something special. Give your friends and family a personalized greeting this year by making this traditional Christmas card with a scalloped embellishment.
You may not have Katy Perry's handmade Swavarski crytal-incrusted booty shorts or cupcake bra from her cheeky music video for "California Gurls," but at least now you can dance and shake your bootay like her.
This is a lovely idea that allows you to celebrate the whole year on your Christmas tree! These cute handmade paper ornaments feature a tiny calendar surrounded by flowers, beads, accents and symbols of the season the month falls in.
These crafts are ideal handmade gifts, especially if there is a belly dancer on your list. You will need a needle, sturdy thread, scissors, small pliers, clear nail polish and craft glue. And, of course, the medallion you want to use!
All you need is some stiff paper, like craft paper or card stock. Then follow this video to fold two pieces (make sure they are roughly the same size) into a lovely and easy gift box. Then wrap it and stick it under the tree!
This tutorial shows you how to make a lovely Christmas wreath out of cardstock, a few gems and some ribbon. You can include this as an embellishment to your handmade holiday cards, or include it in one of your scrapbooks.
It's winter time, and Christmas is coming up. What better gift than a warm, handmade hat? This tutorial shows you how to crochet the darling shell cap, an easy and attractive hat. It has been specially designed for left handed crocheters.
This is a unique idea you can use to make a card for a dear friend - or anyone you want to express your admiration for. Make a handmade card which features beautiful butterflies and pansies. All you need is some basic crafting supplies.
When it comes to staying safe, we all know that dish detergents, spray cleaners, and any sort of bleaching cleaners are bad for our health, since they distribute potentially cancer-causing toxins into the air.
Looking to crochet something special this Christmas season? Give your loved ones a handmade gift from the heart with help from this crochet tutorial presented by Crochet Mania. Learn how to crochet a left-handed Christmas holiday tree using this video as your guide.
Cathie and Steve from the DIY Network are here to show you how to make handmade hardware jewelry sure to wow passersby! In this segment, learn how to paper a washer and use it as a necklace pendant to create a unique piece of jewelry for cheap. Customize the washer with paper colors & prints that fit your own personal style... Impress others with your new jewelry piece, do it yourself spirit, and creativity!
Katinthehat4883 is a very stylish, and resourceful girl. She knows that not everyone can afford LUSH products, so in this video, she shows us how we can make our own natural, handmade body scrubs. Body scrubs are great for exfoliation. You'll look beautiful without having to drop a lot of money.
Learn how to make this fun Christmas craft! To make a candy cane Christmas tree ornament, wrap red and green pipe cleaners around criss-crossed candy canes, curl the ends of the pipe cleaners and glue small bells to the front. Hang up a handmade candy cane ornament by one of the candy hooks with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.
This how-to video demonstrates the process of making a handmade stocking, which might even make a nice Christmas present in and of itself. You will need a red 4-ply worsted weight yarn, a white 4-ply worsted weight yarn, and a size H crochet hook.
This video shows aspiring jewelry makers how to make a simple wire loop using round nose pliers. This essential and fundamental wire working technique is one of those jewelry making tricks that you must master in order to make almost any kind of handmade jewelry.
Help your avian alliances dwell in style with this handmade mid-century home. You may never be able to afford one for yourself, but watching the birds in your yard dwell in one of your making is the next best thing. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to build mid-centruy modern style birdhouse.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating granny squares. This how to video is a tutorial that will show you how to crochet a half granny square. Crochet several of them, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.
Improve you crocheting skills by learning the basics. This how to video is a tutorial that shows you how to crochet a quadruple crochet, abbreviated QC. Crochet several rows of them to create large handmade projects.
Improve you crocheting skills by learning the fundamentals of crochet. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to do the slip stitch. Crochet several rows of them to create larger handmade projects.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating granny motifs. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to create a five sided granny motif. Crochet several motifs, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.
Add on to your crocheting skills by learning more stitches. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to do the half double crochet stitch. Crochet rows of them to create large handmade projects.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating fun shapes. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to create a large star with five points. Crochet several of them, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting small stuffed animals. Add personal touches to your handmade items with Amigurumi. This how to video is a tutorial on how to crochet a small ball that can be used to create a small head. Watch and learn.
Add even more personal touches to your handmade crochet items. This how to video is a tutorial on how to make a crochet beanie cap into a beanie handbag. Watch and learn.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating granny motifs. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to create a six sided granny motif. Crochet several of them, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating granny motifs. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to create a three sided granny motif. Crochet several of them, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.
Improve you crocheting skills by creating solid motifs. This how to video is a crocheting tutorial that will show you how to create a five sided solid motif. Crochet several of them, bind them together and create larger handmade projects.