Collage

Book Review and Giveaway: Collage Fusion

February 3rd, 2010 at 12:04am Under Book Reviews

This intermediate craft book by Alma de la Melena Cox is designed for those with an interest in collage using wood and fabric techniques. North Light Books delivers a book with 10 projects and inspiration galleries. Learn more and enter to win a copy here.

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Book Review and Giveaway: Fabric Art Collage

August 25th, 2009 at 03:31am Under Book Reviews

A well-respected artist and crafter, Rebekah Meier presents an innovate book with 40 mixed media projects. Learn to use fabric in a brand new way and really unleash your creativity. A section on tools is very helpful and if you are an avid crafter, you likely own many of the tools already. We are giving [...]

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Paint Swatch No Longer for Painting

May 5th, 2009 at 04:17pm Under Cards+ Collage+ DIY+ Painting+ Paper Craft+ Valentine's Day+ Wedding+ scrapbooking

So my fiance and I are looking at getting our first home together. We haven’t gone to any open houses yet, but we’ve been looking online. Our friend has his own house and is re-doing his bathrooms. So we went into Home Depot the other day and came across the paint area. Of course I [...]

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Tags: Cards, Collage, DIY, Holiday, Painting, papercrafting, scrapbooking, unexpected crafts, Valentine's Day, wedding decorations

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How to Make a Great (Cheap) Valentine’s Day Gift

January 15th, 2009 at 09:48am Under Collage+ Holiday

Deciding on a good Valentine’s Day gift for your partner can be tough. It may be that you want to avoid those cheesy cards and lacy hearts in Walgreens, it may be that you don’t have the money to spend on something extravagant or it may be that you’ve just started dating and you aren’t [...]

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Tags: Collage, Holiday, picture frame, Valentine's Day crafts

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Biased Etsy Pick

December 15th, 2008 at 07:01am Under Etsy Picks+ Green Crafting

Since Kelly mentioned Chicago’s beloved Renegade Craft Fair, I thought I would mention a major contributor to this fair and a Chicago artist I know quite a lot about, Dolan Geiman. I’ll quote the website about his work in collages, original paintings and constructions. “Produced from salvaged wood, found objects, and other recycled materials, Geiman’s [...]

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