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Beaded Flower Plant Pots and Hanger Tutorials

My friend, Rocpoet, got me going on today's feature - how to make small beaded plants which don't die and beaded hangers! She absolutely adores making miniature botanicals.

You can make a basic pot of cascading foliage with this tutorial by @DIYJOY as shown below. You can use different colours, not just green. Consider also adding flower beads here and there.

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8 Fabulous Craft Easter Egg Tutorials | Egg Decor From Around the World

It's been a while since I featured craft egg tutorials before - see past features in the links at the end. But my word, there are new and fabulous patterns out there today. Here are some wonderful examples and not just from the beading world.
First up is the beaded egg tutorial by AjaBeads which cleverly features "candies". She is a great designer whose work I have featured many times before.

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10 Incredible Glowing Apparel, Home Decor and Accessories! | Time Limited Deals This Week

Holiday gift guides like this one can be useful for those of us who are scratching heads this season. However, I wanted to look for positively glowing handmade gift ideas which morphed into a collection of real glowing ones! Also check the end of the post for time limited 50% deals all this week!

First up is the incredibly illuminated and interactive glow in the dark t-shirts for children and adults from IlluminatedApparelGB. Robert is the inventor of the special ink. Each 100% cotton washable garment comes with a glow pen on a lanyard to charge up the canvas. The glow lasts about 5-10 minutes, after which you can draw again. Go to the listing to see the video example. Such fun!

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Gorgeous Stained Glass Style Suncatchers by BanwellDesigns

I am a huge fan of BanwellDesignss - a family of talented artists. They created many designs - I featured their masks before here.

However, they also offer gorgeous stained glass style suncatchers which can be used for windows or as wall hangings. All these original designs are by Erin Banwell. These art pieces are not made from individual bits of glass a like traditional stained glass work.

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Adorable Felt Dog and Other Ornaments by SnowFelts | Girl with the Dogs

Felt is such a lovely material to work with. Warm, soft to the touch, what's not to like? Check out the adorable felt dog ornaments by SnowFelts. She has several breeds in her shop including one (shown above) which can be personalized.
It's fun to see how the designer manages to capture the unique characteristics of each dog breed. Such dainty cutting and sewing too!

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3 Ways to Make Upcycled Dried Flower and Plastic Suncatchers

Did you press some dried flowers this summer? I have quite a few dried flower and resin tutorials on my blog - see the links at the end. But what if you want to do more than jewelry? Check out these two really creative ideas from Arizonan crafter, Sibia Torres Padilla. She instructs in the use of natural and recycled materials.
Shown here are two of her quick tutorials from her Instagram, @sibster. If you are not on Instagram, just close the sign in box (on a desktop computer), and you will be able to see the tutorials.

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8 Beaded Christmas Figures to Make for Festive Decor | Nutcracker Ballet Highlights

It's not too early for Christmas designs! Indeed, we need to get cracking as beadwork takes time. Some readers have contacted puzzled as to where they could get to the patterns I feature. Just follow the links which are underlined.

The first in this collection of beaded Christmas figures is this fantastic brick/peyote stitch Christmas animal trio tutorial from BeadwhispererPattern.

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10 Beautiful Handmade Christmas Ornaments to Inspire

Crafters are an amazing breed. Their creativity and flare for handmade designs using a variety of techniques and materials never fail to impress. Shown here are some of my favorites - a list I found incredibly hard to put together because there were so many outstanding designs to consider. Please also see the links at the end for tutorials if you would rather make your own Christmas ornaments.
Many of the designs I chose are of animals which show these creators' love of nature themes. Shown above is a beautifully painted wooden cat ornament above - the short video in the listing shows how steady and swift the artist's hand as Yuliia of UkrGiftsShop works her magic.

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Handmade 3D Mandala Wire and Bead Jewelry, Fidget Toys and Ornaments by MerakiSphere

Remember the wire mandalas from the 1990's which were fun to manipulate into many different designs? Well, they are back with the handmade work of Canadian wire artisan, Cyrus of MerakiSphere.

He makes them out of different colored beads with tarnish resistant brass and stainless steel. He is incredibly skilful at his craft. He can put one together blindfolded as you can see from his video in one of his listings. Cyrus uses dozens of lengths of wire for each design.

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Gather Around for 8 Unique Fall Thanksgiving Decor Gift Ideas and DIY Kits

Fall season is upon us! Canadian Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner - October 14. The US one is later on November 28. It'll soon be time to decorate and to gather with friends and loved ones.

These really unique fall decor gift ideas and DIYs caught my eye! But there are so much more to check out in Etsy's Fall Entertaining and Home Decor curated collection. Also look for my links at the end for Halloween jewelry and beadwork tutorials.

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Beautiful Macrame Jewelry and Home Decor Tutorials by EwiMacrame

Ewa Pliszczynska of EwiMacrame has spent many years living in Slovakia. She was initially inspired by Slovak wire craft but switched to working with threads and has not regretted it. Macrame has become her passion and it shows.

Ewa is very active on her Youtube channel . However, as many of you know, videos are sometimes hard to follow so having transcripts or PDF tutorial versions on hand are helpful. Ewa's shop contains PDFs, transcripts and a combination of photo tutorials and transcripts based on her free Youtube design tutorials.

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7 Lovely Guardian Angel Macrame Tutorials for Christmas

I was amazed how popular macrame angels were when I first wrote about them. So here are more beautiful angel tutorials to inspire. They do make really calming and peaceful ornaments and wall decor to gift or to have in the house. You could use thinner threads and attempt some of these for small jewelry or keychains.

First up is the macrame angel pattern above which is from Italy based designer, Tatiana of MacrameSphagettiP.

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Beautiful Art Resin Home Decor by SummerGirlArt | Gift Ideas

Many designers create lovely resin work but the designs Croatian artists, Nadia and her mother, of SummerGirlArt, are refreshingly different. Their designs often display that something extra. The iridescent real flower resin coasters above are great examples. The brown resin geodes below look like sliced tree trunks to me!

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Romantic and Elegant Beadwork Christmas Bauble Ornament Tutorials by AndreaCatherineJewel

Not overly fond of the plain round Christmas baubles? Then dress them up with beadwork! Some really romantic and elegant beaded Christmas ornament tutorials you should see are those by Michigan based bead artist, Cathy Andrews of AndreaCatherineJewel. I have featured this talented designer before here.

She uses pearls, crystals, rivolis, and other beads to great effect. She often creates swags and netted effects. Some of them use specific stitches like the double St Petersburg or RAW. Cathy also offers tutorial sets.

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Whimsical Halloween Home Decor and Crochet Craft Tutorials | Hot Halloween Trends

I can just see you saying ; "For goodness sakes Pearl, it's August! Why Halloween stuff now?" That is because people have already seriously started shopping for Halloween and have been since June and July!!! Most Etsy searches for Halloween products actually happen in August!
Everything has been earlier this year. Normally Easter is in April but this year it was in March. So once that is over, people start thinking about summer. By summer, their attention shifts to fall events like Halloween.
So let's have a look at some hot picks for Halloween decor as well as some awesome crochet craft tutorials at the end. Be sure to check the video at the end for more ideas on hot Halloween trends and links at the end for Halloween jewelry tutorials.

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10 Stunning Koi Inspired Jewelry and Home Decor | Watch this Incredible and Beautiful Aerial Koi Dance

Carp fish were originally domesticated as a food source in China. But for the last couple of hundred years, the Japanese have pioneered the breeding of and popularised ornamental carp like the koi. Today, there are many enthusiasts worldwide.

The koi also feature in many artistic designs. Shown here are my favorites from talented artisans. First up is the koi stained glass suncatcher (above) by Ukrainian artist, Kateryna of VitrageArtSouvenirs.

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Easy 3D Flower Resin Trinket Bowl Tutorial

My first thought when I saw this easy 3D flower resin trinket bowl tutorial was to assume the designer used large pressed flowers! Not at all. Nadia on the Summer Girl Designs Youtube Channel, shows how to make these entirely from clear and colored resin.
She offers a couple of tips on how to mold the shapes. You can do it when the resin has cured for about 6 -8 hours - long enough not to leave fingerprints but still pliable. You can still bend fully cured resin by gently heating it.

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Adorable Miniature Beaded Tea Pot Set Tutorials | Why There are Only Two Names for Tea

Tiny miniature beaded tea pots and cups are adorable and here are more tutorials to help you make them! You can use them as little pendants or display them in the home or perhaps a dollhouse! Some of the featured designs here are small enough for earrings.
First up is the beautiful Miyuki beaded teapot and cup (not shown) tutorial by Diane of DianeFitzgeraldBeads. A headpin inserted from the centre of the bottom and exiting at the top can be wrapped into a bail for a necklace charm.

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8 Awesome DIY Craft Kits for the Winter Months!

For most of you reading this blog, crafting is not just about expressing your creativity or killing time. It is about promoting your own sense of well being and happiness. Crafting has been shown to reduce anxiety which is why crafting features in therapy environments for healing and calming. It also improves gross and fine motor movements. A sense of accomplishment is also a good thing for self esteem.

My mother is mentally alert even at 91. She still crafts every day - usually tatting, crochet and hand quilting. This makes me a firm believer in crafting as one of the means to reduce cognitive decline. After all, she is always counting, figuring out patterns and learning new things from Youtube.

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Ocean Inspired Resin Jewelry Trinket Bowls and Wall Art by TwoSeasArts

Courtney, the designer and maker behind TwoSeasArts lives in a perfect location for her ocean inspired resin jewelry trinket bowls, wall art and so on. That perfect location is Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu!

She is so good at creating resin ocean and beach scenes in small wooden containers, shells and wall canvas. Her special touch is the addition of tiny creatures, pulmaria (frangipani) flowers, pebbles masquerading as rocks and even surf boards and slippers. So much to remind one of the sea!