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This talented lapidary artist and outdoorsman combines his love of natural stones with his own personal artistic flair. He creates original, handmade sterling silver jewelry using various stones including turquoise, coral, jasper, agates, and natural fossil trilobites. He also offers hand drawn pencil sketches and natural stone carvings, using Picasso marble, septarian and white Lace calcite.
http://www.silverfoxdezins.com
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Crafty Tip
Anyone working with the softer stones such as marble or calcites even alabaster, knows how difficult it is to achieve a high gloss on softer stones. But, after you have shaped and ran the stone through the polishing belts, buffing with Zamm or green rouge will bring on that high shine you are looking for.
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Build kids crafts and play kid games with cardboard and printable paper projects. Make a cardboard castle, princess party, kids furniture or create a unique baby gift project for your newborn baby. Safe, Easy and Creative instructions to build a Medieval Castle, Princess Castle, Throne, Catapult, and Medieval Knight Costume out of cardboard. You can also find Crowns, Princess Cone Hats and Princess Tiara’s as printable paper projects.
http://www.wittkitts.com
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Crafty Tip
When transferring printable paper patterns on to cardboard, wood or anything else; use a pin to poke though the patten onto the medium. You can also use a patten wheel typically used in sewing.
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Ribbon for all your crafting needs: Grosgrain, Satin, Velvet, Polka Dots and more. Wholesale Prices & Fast Shipping.
Editor's Note: Wholesale pricing is open to public with additional discounts based on total order price. Ribbon is sold on spools ranging typically from 10 to 100 yards.
http://www.lsribbon.com
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Crafty Tip
Cut 1 yard of ribbon to use to tie up pony tails. You can multiple ribbons to provide a unique colorful look.
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Wonderful tatting blog by the Tatman aka Mark Myers. Tatman generously shares his tatting knowledge and invites everyone to look over his shoulder as he shares his techniques and inspiration for his work. Be inspired by his beautiful pieces, explore a variety of tatting techniques and be sure to check out his great tatting tutorials and patterns.
http://tatmantats.wordpress.com
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Crafty Tip
To help ensure flat, untwisted thread on your bobbin, wind the bobbin around your thread rather than winding the yarn around the bobbin. It will take a bit longer but your finished tatting will look much nicer for the extra time you took to carefully wind your tatting bobbin.
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Every bride deserves to be beautiful and they shouldn't have to spend a fortune for their special day. Little White Chapel provides hand made and custom ordered jewelry for brides and their attendants. My jewelry features pearls, crystals, silver and gold colored beads and wires. Check often for great one of a kind vintage pieces too.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlewhitechapel?section_id=6540152
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Crafty Tip
Be gentle when cleaning aurora borealis beads, as they scratch very easily. Use a soft cloth instead of a jewelry brush.
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We make a wide array of wood crafts for most occasions. We offer many unique handmade wood crafts at reasonable prices and offer free shipping to boot. Come check us for your gift giving needs. Many of out items can be customized to your specifications.
http://finewoodcrafts.blogspot.com
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Crafty Tip
When cutting intricate fretwork pieces on your scroll saw there is always a fuzz left on the back of the piece. I find using jeweler type files works best to remove those "fuzzies".
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We make a wide array of wood crafts for most occasions. We offer many unique handmade wood crafts at resonable prices and offer free shipping to boot. Come check us for your gift giving needs. Many of out items can be customized to your specifications.
http://finewoodcrafts.blogspot.com
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Crafty Tip
When using lemon oil as a wood finish be sure to saturate the piece for about 5 minutes and then clean off with a rag. If you want to apply a lacquer you can do it when the piece is completely dry.
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Silver Harvest candles are handmade soy-beeswax blend for superior fragrance throw! Our American made candles feature lead-free wicks and are available in 25 different scents. We currently only offer shipping within the United States.
http://www.silverharvestcandles.com
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Crafty Tip
Avoid placing candles under strong lighting or near sunny windows as candles may fade and discolor.
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Simple step by step instructions for how to draw over 50 animals, plus advanced drawing and painting instruction. For ages three to 103.
http://www.howtodrawit.com
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Crafty Tip
Try to see what you are drawing as if it was flat, as if the shadows were just dark patches and the highlights just light spots. The image you are creating is flat, and copying "flat to flat" instead of "3d to flat" is easier.
Also try putting a "frame" around your drawing. This helps you measure the distances between things in your drawing and will keep each part of it the right size compared to the other parts.
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Variety of Hemp and Leather Jewelry made to order. Explore our site to get ideas for you next project!
http://www.ijitsa.com/
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Crafty Tip
For hemp bracelets or necklaces here is an easy formula on how to calculate length of strings depending on the size of the item. Multiply required length of item by 8. Simple! The ratio is different for thick hemp, try weaving 1 inch bracelet first and measure how much hemp is used.
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