Arts & Crafts: Page 16

Traditional bookbinding can be a complicated job requiring specific tools and crafts. But when you're making a personalized homemade journal or diary at home, anything goes. This video will show you the basics of making a simple, small book using easy methods with materials you likely have around the house, like index cards (for the folios), a cereal box (book cover), paper, duct tape, scissors, dental floss (binding), glue, Sharpie marker, and an awl or sewing needle.

There will be times when you've finished a project, such as a scarf, that you've already bound off, when you will realize it's not quite as long as you want it to be.  You will have to unravel the bound off row, add more yarn, and then start knitting again.

Are you a fan of the wonderous creations of Tim Holtz? Would you like to make your own Holtz inspired see through book? This video is your guide to making a beautiful see through book full of the kind of magical decoration Tim Holtz is famous for.

The Skunk is a model by Nick Robinson. Due to the use of a sink fold I rate this model's level low intermediate.  If you're new to origami, be prepared to encounter some difficulties.

My passion to apply beautiful mehandi design to be BRIDE is to see their smiling faces with their choice of design. It's dream to every young girl to apply prettiest design on her hands with the name of her spouse hidden in between the design. Mehandi designing is very much popular in Arabian countries, India and Pakistan. It is a kind of herb. In olden days the green fresh leaves paste used to be applies on palm and feet for coolness effect during summer. Gradually, it became populer due to...

In this article, you'll learn how to create deconstructed roses in less than five minutes with your leftover fabric scraps. It's a great way to recycle your leftover fabric! Follow the instructions below and watch the videos for a demonstration.

Some rings cost two months salary, others, not so much. Learn how to make a fun, cute, flower ring out of duct tape. This video explains in easy to follow step by step instructions how to make a duct tape flower ring.

This is a very nice HEADBAND that can be used plain or decorated with a FLOWER. I made mine wide (4 1/2 inches), but you can make yours as wide or narrow as you want.

A wallet is meant to keep your money safe, so it doesn't really make sense to spend a whole lot on one. Get creative and make your own wallet out of duct tape! This video will show you how to make a stylish Tri-Bifold (that's right- both!) out of duct tape that you can decorate however you like.

Give your mom a Mother's Day gift she will really enjoy with these homemade bath bombs. Not only will she be happy to get a gift you've made yourself, but she'll love using them... (try not to think about it too much.)

Last week, a waiter showed me something pretty neat. A habitual customer had made a tradition of leaving behind an impressive tip—not so much in terms of dollar amount, but in the presentation. Next to the check sat an amazing pyramidal structure, folded with multiple single dollar bills, and a tightly folded moneygami shuriken (AKA ninja star).

Make a cute keepsake that you can give as a gift or keep for yourself by watching this video that shows you how to make a ballerina figurine our of polymer clay. Your adorable little ballerina is easy and fun to make, a perfect way to spend an afternoon.

Learn a fun and easy way to decorate your clothes with these iron-on freezer paper stencils. This video will show you how to create stencils perfect for personalizing aprons, tote bags, or t-shirts. With these stencils you can make thoughtful gifts for all of your loved ones.

Visible jogs become frequent when you don't know the secret to knitting the perfect stripe. But just because it's a secret, doesn't mean it isn't easy to do! In this video demonstration, Judy shows you the secret to knitting jogless stripes. Basically, you knit the first row of color the way you normally would, then slip the marker off when you get around to the end. Next, instead of knitting the next stitch how you normally would, you just slip it off and then start knitting all the way around...

Sounds like an anomaly, right? When I was a kid folding frogs, my mother gave me origami paper that was most certainly dry. But the works below by Vietnamese-American artist Giang Dinh were folded with one *wet* piece of paper. It's a technique called "Wet-Folding", invented by the great Japanese origami master Akira Yushizawa (pictured right).

Knowing how to knit a picot hem is a good technique to learn.  Usually, at the bottom of a garment you will have a ribbed edge.  A picot hem, as pictured below, is a nice alternative.  It's quite easy and here's how to do it.

There are different kinds of knitting needles to choose from for different projects.  You will find wooden, plastic or aluminum in different lengths and shapes.  There are straight, circular or double pointed.

There are two basic stitches in knitting.  One is the Knit Stitch.  The other is the Purl Stitch.  All knitting patterns are based on these stitches, so you'll want to know how to do both of them.  The Knit side of your work is generally called the Front or Right side, whereas the Purl side is generally called the Back or Wrong side.  This is important to remember when you're following a pattern.

The two basic stitches in knitting are the Knit Stitch and the Purl Stitch. Once you know how to do both of them you can put them together to make RIBBING.   RIBBING is usually, but not always, used at the bottom of a garment, as well as at the cuffs and at the neck. It's also a good stitch to use when you want both sides of the fabric to look the same like for a scarf or a blanket.  RIBBING is usually K2 P2 (knit 2 stitches, purl 2 stitches) but it could be K1 K1 (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch)...

Some people think that knitting is difficult, but it really isn't. All knitting is actually based on only  two simple stitches, the knit stitch and the purl stitch. The Stockinette Stitch is the most common of all the Knitting Stitches. It's very simple.