I LOVE Thanksgiving! It is a time of year when gratitude and thankfulness are front and center of most peoples’ minds and being a huge thankful sap like me is okay for a few days at least! But if you’re anything like me, that empty journal page can be daunting, so here are some prompts …
Adult Crafts
If you have ever wondered how to make one of those cool pieces of art using magazine clippings, this is the post for you! Tips, ideas and inspiration for using cutout images to make neat combined artwork. Mixed media collage tutorial. Magazine Collage How To Video What Is Magazine Collage? When I started doing this …
I was at the Back To School sales this week with my son and I saw pocket folders for 20 cents. I started thinking that for that cheap, I could figure out some way to use them to organize my magazines and ephemera for junk journals and altered books. 2 Pocket Folders, Letter Sized, Rainbow …
I have dabbled with dying paper and a few cloth pieces, but I wanted to find out ways to get different colors for my junk journals and altered books. Check out my research using pink tea, brown tea, coffee and even avocados to make vintage style craft supplies! The Tea and Coffee Dye Experiment I …
If you are looking for an easy way to do little die cuts for your scrapbooking or junk journals, I can’t recommend anything more than the Sidekick. As an adult craft junkie, this tool fits perfectly into my small craft room and works great! The Sizzix Sidekick History Isn’t it funny when you find out …
Here is my review of those cute little instant printers that are good for taking to crops or on vacation to print out pictures on the fly right from your phone. All my best tips and ideas for picking the HP Sprocket printer for travelers notebooks or journals! Other Printers I Considered I researched a …
I LOVE experimenting with making my altered books and one of the things that fascinated me was how to make flip out pages for extra interest and storage. These tips and ideas will work for junk journals too! This walk through tutorial will show the materials and how to make the flips fast and easy. …
Here are my best tips and ideas for using mason jars for storage and organization around the house. From your office, to your craft room, kitchen and bath, there are so many places you can use these amazing little (and cheap) storage jars! We’ve all seen them, those glass jars with threaded lids. Originally called …
I am on a mission to find the perfect way to make clear pockets for envelopes for my altered books and junk journals! Here are my best tips and ideas for using self laminate sheets from the office supplies store. First off, let’s get this out of the way, there are LOTS of ways to …
Here are my 7 favorite vintage tools I use for my junk journals and altered books. Tips and ideas to recycle old tools and supplies (most of which are better than brand new ones today!) 1. Vintage Box Cutter Okay, this first one is going to make you super jealous! I found this amazing box …
These decoupaged envelopes are perfect for your junk journal or altered books! They are reinforced and sturdy, but still super cute vintage embellishments to add to your project. I am using mine as an ephemera folio to hold all my decoupage supplies. Picking Your Envelope The first thing you want to do it pick an …
A fun way to start spiffing up your creative journalling, note taking or doodling! All my best tips and ideas for how to let your creativity flow and impress your friends and kids with your amazing “drawings”. I never knew I was weird until years ago I was in class “taking notes” my normal way, …
As an adult crafter I don’t always have a bunch of extra money to spend on my projects (okay I am a little cheap too!) Here are my best tips and easy ideas for finding cool free craft supplies for women who want to make fun and unique crafts projects. please note :: I often …
I made these tissue paper prints sheets for when I was doing my decoupage boxes project! I couldn’t find any good ideas or vintage templates so I did my own. Please free to use any collage sheet for your personal projects, just do not resell in whole or as a finished project. All rights reserved. …
I have been doing Etsy and Ebay for a while now and honestly my husband and kids are right to complain that my inventory is getting a bit out of control. I have stock in the garage, two offices and it was starting to creep into the upstairs closet. There are affiliate links in this …
Today I want to talk about what being creative means! Some people seem to know about creativity from a young age… they decide that they are going to be an artist, writer, dancer or anything else they want to be early on and their parents and the world seem to conspire to make it happen. …