Painting glass just got a whole lot easier with Plaid’s new Martha Stewart Crafts Glass Paint! In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make your own geeky “tea love” mugs and a set of custom tea canisters using paints, stencils, and tools from the Martha Stewart Crafts Glass Paint line. For this project, I … Continue reading
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Make your own recycled wine bottle planter with my special Earth Day tutorial! Supplies: * Empty glass wine bottle, cleaned and dried * Thick rubber band that will fit snugly around the bottle * Wet/dry sandpaper, 1 sheet coarse grain and 1 sheet fine grain * Tealight candle * Paper towel * Wool felt, 10″ … Continue reading
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If you’re looking for a craft that’s both geeky and green, you won’t want to miss my Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-inspired DON’T PANIC Drink Set in this week’s Geek Crafts column on FaveCrafts! Geek Crafts: Recycled DON’T PANIC Drink Set Welcome to the Geek Crafts column, your weekly dose of geeky goodness with Haley … Continue reading
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On Saturday afternoon, I went to my first Craftaholic’s School of Art and Creativity workshop at Spacecraft in Brooklyn. (Update 4/26/13: Spacecraft is now closed.) We made glasses using recycled beer and soda bottles, which is something I’ve wanted to learn how to do for quite a while. Yoshi, the workshop instructor, showed us all … Continue reading
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