Arts & Crafts Ideas, Projects, & Supplies - Arts & Crafts Classes for Crafters

Free Online Art Lessons & Free Watercolor Lessons

These free art lessons are the result of a lifetime of experience. They go way beyond the technique of handling the meduim. About Free Art Lessons & Free Watercolor Lessons. On my bio page About The Artist I talk about an obligation to help other artists along their journey. This section of the website "Free Art Lessons" is an outgrowth of that responsibility. I also offer live free art lessons in the form of free watercolor lessions, in my community. If you have an organization that would like to sponsor lessons or demonstrations, please contact me. Lessons include: Starting a painting The example is watercolor, but the principles apply to any medium; Color The lesson gives the hows and whys of - color theory - mixing colors - color effects - color schemes; Masking Fluid for Watercolor Paintings.

One Stop Macrame Shop

Offers easy to follow Macrame instructions, knot examples, patterns, materials needed, and suppliers. Discover the #1 mistake people make when following a pattern & and how to make your work picture perfect. Find the key secrets to creating beautiful Macrame pieces that pattern books so often don't let you know. And now you can receive a FREE Macrame mini course including patterns.

The Craft Teacher '50 Ways To' Series

50 'themed' step-by-step craft projects. If you need Craft Teaching or Craft Learning Materials then relax... this is the right website! This monthly craft e-zine is delivered to your inbox, FREE and includes a monthly craft project teaching tips, craft ideas, Ways to present your craft classes, crafting with all ages, creating activity programmes, regular articles, out of school hours learning, news of training courses and workshops, craft product reviews, regular 'how to' features, interviews with crafters and craft professionals and news of courses, books and magazines.

Crafts for Kids

"Hands On: Crafts for Kids" is all about celebrating the creativity of our children through three important elements: 1.) Creativity through crafts is a wonderful way to express yourself and build self-esteem. Children can be successful through craft projects designed just for them and learn that there is no right or wrong way to be creative. 2.) Learning can take place through well-designed, curriculum-based creative projects like those presented in Hands On: Crafts for Kids. Our educational review board has established a theme for each television program, themes which are supported throughout our materials. While exploring their creativity, kids also explore recycling, weather, folklore and many other topics. 3.) All kids are creative. The Hands On: Crafts for Kids Project recognizes and celebrates the creativity of kids in all aspects of life. A portion of Hands On profits have been used to establish this Project which seeks ways to provide the opportunity for all kids to be exposed to creativity. One of the foundation's initial projects was to donate craft supplies to children at homeless shelters.

Easy Bookbinding Course

Learn how to create and bind your own trade paperback books at home, easily in 6 Easy Steps with a bookstore quality results. Successful self-published author shows how anyone with a computer and a printer can publish his/her own trade paperback books at home with amazing results. Indistinguishable from store-bought books...including a laminated cover or hardcover even if you don�t know how to load paper into your printer AND using FREE software! Bind your own books - even hardcover books - or notebooks, with amazing results in the comfort of your own home... with NO SEWING at all! Save THOUSANDS of $$$ in printing costs compared to a digital Editor - with the same or BETTER results, guaranteed!

Scrap Jammies - A Scrapbooking "Class In A Box"

Imagine�a kit that is filled with more than just supplies. Scrap Jammies offers pre-designed and prepared pages with embellishments, instructions & fashionable cropwear too! "Scrapbooks preserve cherished memories, hold life still for a moment, and record our life's journey for those who will follow. Keeping a scrapbook helps us explore the meaning of our lives. We long to find ways to hold on to all that is precious, and to capture treasured experiences. We enjoy the pleasure of creativity and the delight of memories as we record our thoughts in journals, mount our pictures in scrapbooks, and collect sayings that inspire. We feel the sting of life's brevity and want our lives to count beyond the years allotted to us."

Artella

Artella is a creativity magazine, support network, and spiritual retreat resource offering an inspiring community for artists, writers, and creative spirits. Our mission is to create a play land for your creativity, full of unique services that embrace the creative uniqueness of individuals, catalyzing unawakened creative inklings and inspirations to come alive and passionately thrive.

Inspirational Realms Greeting Cards & Gifts

Unique handmade card and gift sets. Special Fairie Collection, 6 cards each with 16 fairies and original poems. Nature & Note Cards for the inspiring moments of everyday life. "Soul Dancer" Necklace in silver, a symbol gifted from Spirit.

Calligraphy Centre - The Written & Hand-Lettered Words and Creative Letterforms

We do calligraphy and we teach it. A love of the written word and its power to connect viscerally and spiritually is what drives us. This site contains info on classes and the twice yearly, week-long calligraphy retreat known as Cheerio Calligraphy Retreats. The studio of Joyce Teta features calligraphic services such as wedding invitations, certificates, envelope addressing and other social & business types of calligraphy & special commisions. John Stevens offers a complete graphic design studio for logos & lettering for identity, packaging & book jacket design. Galleries of both artists' work appear here. If you would like to learn calligraphy, visit our resources page. We also have a thorough links page for you to find more info on calligraphy and related bookarts.

Calligraphy, Illustration & Antique Paper, Acorn Arts

Acorn Arts specializes in calligraphy with whispered illustrations that are reminiscent of days gone by. Days of grace and gentleness, when kindness mattered and little touches meant so much. It is our belief that those things still matter, now more than ever. We believe that faith, inspiration and respect for people's differences remain important qualities. Our work strives to reflect these qualities. In these pages you will find words of wisdom and hope from many inspired teachers and from our world's great faith traditions. Each faith offers a different perspective on our road home. It is our hope that we can walk that road together.

Card Making World

Resource for card making ideas, techniques and inspiration: digital freebie downloads, parchment craft, dry embossed cards, 3d decoupage, Paint Shop Pro Tutorials, digital card making, craft classes/video demo links. Section devoted to craft business ideas.

Chameleon Jewels - Unique Glass Jewelry

Experimental Sculptural Jewelry. Through experimentation with glass her color and design skills have been applied to jewelry. Mixing colored glass by hand in a flame has given her a gateway to seek many variations of color and shape. Conceiving each piece as a unique wearable sculpture is her goal. Most recently her work has elevated to express these emotions through intuitive design elements with exciting and touchable jewelry.

Chameleon Masks Handcrafted Venetian Masks

Colette Elcock - Your venetian style papier mache mask uniquely handcrafted in England by Colette Elcock. Craft learnt in Venice, each mask by Colette is unique. Have you been invited to a masquerade event or masked ball? Chameleonmasks are the leading independent fine maskmaker in the north west of England.

Chiangmaicraft-the best shopping site for crafts, gifts & home decor in Thailand.

Thai-English company offering a variety of traditional Thai handicrafts, gifts, souvenirs and home decor all handmade in Chiang mai Thailand.

Collage Art

A website dedicated to collage art and those who make it. Various resources including bibliography, exhibtion opportunities, workshop opportunities, and links to the websites of collage artists. Classes, lectures, training, collage links, collage exhibits, collage painting and drawing.

Colored Pencil Originals by Nikki Fay

Colored Pencil Originals - Real Deep Changes. She calls herself a surrealist. Be sure to explore Fay Studios Gallery Rooms; "Somewhere between planning and unpredictability, within the variance of time and timelessness lies the art of image transfer. Surfaces may be satin smooth or weathered, colors may be sepia or rainbowed. The discovery remains the same --a not too perfect image reminiscent of watercolor that reminds us of forgotten dreams and barely remembered times and places." ~ You can also find Polaroid Transfers -- Process, Image Galleries and Resources.

The Complete Guide to Creative Thinking

Creativity is the key to success in everything you aim to achieve. This detailed Creative Mind Power Course shows you how to use your mind more effectively to produce creative, original ideas. This comprehensive �Creative Thinking� course � divided into fifteen instruction modules - explores the mystery surrounding the ability to think creatively. The Course reveals dozens of effective ways and unusual techniques with detailed instructions how to become more creative.

Contact A Creative

Contact A Creative, a global network for illustrators, photographers, designers, image libraries and suppliers of creative services. www.contactacreative.com is the home of the Contact Creative Club. It provides a one-stop meeting point for the international media community of photographers, illustrators, creative services, picture libraries, ad agencies and designers. Here the World can see digital portfolios, get contact details of creatives and clients, find links to Web sites, see images offered for sale and more. It's networking the modern way, and on a Worldwide scale.

The Country Seat, Inc. - Basket Making & Chair Caning Supplies

The Country Seat, Inc. Basketry & Chair Seating Supplies Info- Newsletter, How to Order Online, Discounts, Guilds & Weaving Groups, Links, Reed Charts & More!

Craft fairs, Craft Shows, Craft Festivals!

Tired of hangin' out at the wrong art and craft shows? Looking for detailed information? We provide more detailed information in each show listing than any other regional publication to help you choose the right shows for your particular product. Each issue of Art & Craft Show Yellow Pages offers tips and articles to help you with the business side of creativity. Our Mission: To help you sell your work and become more professional in every way .

Craft Forums - That Home Site! Forums

Craft Forums for EVERYONE! Here you will find Craft forums for Cross-Stitching, Embroidery, Fiber & Needle Arts Exchange, Knitting & Crocheting, Quilting Sewing, Crafts & Hobbies, Clay and Ceramics, Computer Crafts, Crafts & Decorations Decorative & Tole painting, Dollmaking, Gardening @ GardenWeb, Electronics, Holidays, Paper Arts, Photography, Scrapbooks, Soap & Candle Making, Stained Glass & Mosaics Trash To Treasure, Woodworking and more!

Crafts and Decorations Forum

This is the place to share various ideas for crafts, decorations, ornaments, and what to do with those 200 boxes of styrofoam balls you have down in the basement. Find Craft Forums & Discussions on; Home Decorating,Soap & Candle Making, Computer Crafts, Scrapbooks, Clay & Ceramics, Paper Arts, Decorative & Tole Painting, Dollmaking, Holidays and Garden & Flower Crafts.

Crafts For Kids - Craft Supplies - Free Craft Projects - Crafters Community

Craft Supplies - Free craft projects! Free craft projects, instruction, patterns and ideas for crafters, parents, teachers, scouts, and kids.

Crafts Forums - AllCrafts.net Free Crafts Forum & Network Message Boards

We find the best free projects and cool craft products everyday. Browse the craft categories in our FREE Craft Forums. AllCrafts.net offers information on all of the crafts you can imagine from Quilting to Jewelry, Halloween Costumes to Rubber Stamps. Each page includes links to sites specific to that craft, book reviews and trade magazine information, and free projects to do at home. And if that isn't enough, you can subscribe to get free updates regularly by email. Whatever your craft might be, it will only be better after a visit here! AllCrafts supplies pages and pages of craft ideas -- all at your fingertips. You can keep the kids entertained and the house looking pretty with all the ideas you find on this craft site.

Craftsnsilver

Manufacturer and exporter of wood and silver handicrafts. Offer elegant collection of wood crafts like wooden god statues, marble god statues, wooden ganesh, wood carving buddha, carved wooden elephant and also manufacturing silver jewellery, silver handicraft and silver articles on wholesale price.

CrashBonsai

Providing the bonsai gardener with unique accessory 'car crash sculpture. CrashBonsai is the creation of John Rooney, an artist who is torn between the desire to create and destroy. Recently, he has been making bonsai plants, and combining them with model cars and trucks which he has creatively smashed and melted, to create "CrashBonsai," little living car crash sculptures.

Custom Portraits in Wood

Scroll Saw artist Linda Butterfield can turn a favorite photo of your loved one(s) into a unique, detailed portrait in wood. Your wooden portrait will last from generation to generation. Please visit her website for samples of work and information on how you can order your custom portrait.

The Daily Scrap

A digital scrapbooking community dedicated to creating, inspiring, and remembering. We offer daily inspiration, freebies, games, a friendly family oriented community, and so much more.