Articles for category: Crafts & Hobbies

Mason Jar Goblet Instructions

Add a flare of country to your table by making an interesting drinking glass or goblet using a mason jar and a tapered glass candlestick holder. Pint jars work the best for this project but go all out and make a very large goblet using a quart jar. The process is the same no matter ...

Website Review: Etsy.Com

I joined Etsy (www.etsy.com) – an online artist community website – in March of 2008. I found this site because I was googling some hand made beaded jewelry I wanted to buy for myself. In order to buy the item I wanted, I had to set tup an account and add my Paypal information. It ...

Free Printable Animal Embroidery Patterns

For those who are looking for something different to embroidery, try these free printable animal embroidery patterns. The free animal embroidery patterns can be used for more than a kid themed room. Tips for Using the Free Printable Animal Embroidery Patterns Tea Towels – Make some fun tea towels for your kitchen, cabin or RV ...

DIY Project: Family Photo Coffee Table

This Family Photo Coffee Table is perfect for furnishing your home. This simple family photo coffee table would look great in a family room, living room, or even a home office. You can make it for your own home over the weekend. Working with wood and MDF can sound a little intimidating, but you will ...

An Easy to Make & Decorate Dinosaur Cake

Wilton offers a tremendous number of cooking and baking tools; their selection of juvenile cake pans is equally impressive. The Dinosaur Cake Pan (2105-1022) is a very cute mold that you can use with cake or brownie mixes, for ice cream molds or Rice Krispie styled treats. It is part of a small dinosaur theme ...

Soap Carving: A Clean Hobby

Irish Spring, Dove, Ivory and countless other brands have taken whole aisles at local mega markets that it is hard to imagine that at one time soap was made by hand. With so much soap, what can be done with it other than washing and cleaning? How about using it for carving? Although this is ...

Pumpkin Patch Pumpkins Vs. Craft Pumpkins

Last Halloween my boyfriend and I took my niece and nephew around to a few homes with my sister. While trick-or-treating we came upon a house that had his door steps lined with pumpkins. These pumpkins had carvings on them that obviously were traced from one of those pumpkin carving kits. Ray and I knew ...

Stripping Antique Wood Furniture

For antique aficionados who are do-it-yourselfers stripping antique wood furniture is both creative process and a chore which begins with some uncertainty. Experience is usually the best teacher when it comes to furniture stripping. Whether you are a novice or a pro each new piece is a challenge which has the potential to yield beautiful ...

Birding Texas: Big Spring State Park

Located in the city of Big Spring, in the Panhandle Plains of Texas, Big Spring State Park is a birder’s paradise, with many great areas for spotting interesting and even rare birds. Bird watching habitats here include mesquite trees, shin oaks and juniper forests, and even a mountain range (the Conococheague Mountains.) There is a ...