What Is A Reverse Painting? By Mayanne Mackay

Welcome to the world of Reverse Painting on Glass. Reverse painting on glass has been considered a popular 'art of the people' for many centurie

A Brief History Of Reverse Painting On Glass By Mayanne Mackay

Reverse painting on glass has been a form of art expression since extremely ancient times. It is difficult to precisely date a number of much mor

Family Fun on the Rails By Susan Robinson

Imagine your are five years old. As your family arrives at the train station, your hand slips free of your Mom’s and you dash over to the tracks.

Choosing The Right Mat Board Colour For Your Art Work By Gary Leete

The framing industry has no books, no set theory, not hard and fast rules on how to pick colours. There are some personal opinions from various w

Functional Pottery Makes a Great Gift, Plain and Simple By Robert Gravestock

Are you looking for something unique to give a friend or family member for an upcoming birthday or holiday? If you really want to wow that specia

Antique Delft and Very Collectible Tiles and Ceramics: Beginners Start Here By Joy Pearson

So you fancy starting a collection but you're not sure what to collect? How About . . . ?Every home will contain at least one example or m

Hollywood Gets Crafty - Knitting And Crocheting Not Just For Grandma Anymore By Randae Radford

Sometimes it’s hard to imagine that the stars who shine so brightly on cinematic screens are people just like the rest of us. We often think that

Step-By-Step Guide For Creating Collages and Other Unique Picture Frames By Antigone Arthur

So you want to make a collage or perhaps you are interested in creating a unique shadow box to hold your valuable photographs and memorabilia. No

Fun with Origami! By Jeremy Hansen

Storing origamiThis is a great question. Many people want to hold on to their special crafts for years to come. While there is no specia

Robotic Vacuum Cleaners: Perfect for Cleaning Pool Tables By Terry Weadock

A friend of mine bought a robotic vaccum cleaner as a gag. It's actually pretty fun to watch it semi randomly roaming around the room. It seems t

Easy Crafts for Kids - Help with Learning By K. Perry

According to the research on child cognitive development, making use of basic easy crafts for kids can stimulate their mental growth and enhance

Cleaning Silk Bouquets In 3 Simple Steps By Peta D'Silva

How To Clean A Silk BouquetA Silk bouquet can last a lot longer than a bouquet made of real flowers, but it will still droop, and get dus

Comic Book Collecting, Oh What An Enjoyable Past Time It Is! By Dave Gieber

Have you ever read a comic book before? I imagine just about everyone, at some time in their life, has read at least one comic book. But do your

Comic Book Supplies, Necessities of the Serious Collector By Dave Gieber

If you want to keep your comic book collection in tiptop shape, comic book supplies will become part of your collecting life. As soon as a magazi

Rare Depression Glass Pieces By Murray Hughes

Depression Glass - The Rare PiecesDid you know that if you happen to have a crystal (clear) and pink Depression Glass refrigerator bowl i

Depression Glass Companies By Murray Hughes

Just before the advent of the Great Depression, more than a hundred companies manufactured glassware in the United States. At the end of the Depr

The Top Five Morgan Silver Dollars By Daniel Goevert

Why waste everyone’s time? Let’s skip the appetizers and get to the meaty stuff right now: The Morgan silver dollars poised to increase the mos

Organize 1000’s Of Photos Easily By Vera Raposo

The easiest way is to start right from the beginning, your pregnancy. Chronological order is an easy way to organize your photos, that's if you r

Embroidery Stabilizing for Machine Embroidering By Sandy Carter

Here are some tips to get good results with your embroidery designs sewing.1. When it's possible, run your outline stitching first, this w

Embroidery Thread Tips for Better Machine Embroidery Sewing By Terry Carter

I have some tips for you to get better results with using your embroidery threads in machine embroidery sewing.1. If you're experiencing t

Embroidery Designs and Thread Colors for Machine Embroidery Sewing By Sandy Carter

I wish that I had a nickel for each time I've been asked for the "exact" colors I used in aan embroidery design or for a conversion chart for spe

Embroidery Digitizing Software By Sandy Carter

Embroidery Magic 2 software is very easy to use to make lettering, it is also easy to learn to use the digitizing part of the program but to digi

Embroidery Basting Frames Use for Stabilizing Designs By Sandy Carter

Using a basting frame around designs can do a great deal to help prevent fabric puckers around a design, aid in positioning multiple or split des

Embroidery Sewing Quality of Machine Embroidery Designs By Terry Carter

Many new to embroidery have experienced numerous problems because of the inferior quality of free embroidery design files that they downloaded o

Embroidery Machine Use by New Owners for Good Results By Terry Carter

Many new home embroidery machine owners have to learn on their own with little instructions and thus have to resort to the "trial and error" meth

Sewing Embroidery Designs in New Ways By Sandy Carter

How many of you are always looking for new ways to use your embroidery designs - always, or never? If never, you are overlooking wonderful oppor

Embroidery Designs Digitizing Software By Sandy Carter

Embroidery Magic 2 software program was created with multiple function lettering, editing and digitizing features for embroidery designs and was

Embroidery Designs Sewing By Terry Carter

Denim is a twill weave and runs diagonally and any diagonal weave is difficult to control, whether you are attempting construction sewing or mach

Scrapbooking Tips And Tricks For Photos And Images By Nigel Patterson

When you're incorporating pictures of any kind into your scrap book, why not set them off with an unusual finish? This could be an original idea

How to Make Your Civil War Uniform Shirt By Paula McCoach

Your own shirt designed and made by you for your own Civil War Uniform Impression is easy and economical. Follow these simple directions, and yo