All articles from: April, 2009

Wood Crafts for Country Living

One of my favorite wood crafts (and you can even do this with school aged children if you cut the wood pieces out ahead of time), is to make bird houses.
This is a great country craft that you can do with kids, teaching them about measuring, wildlife, co-operation and more in the process.
On the other [...]

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Buy Scrapbook Supplies Wholesale – Save $

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This is a quick page just to show off some of the current products available in our Country Store within the wholesale scrap-booking supplies category.
I placed this page here as an extra resource for readers coming from other scrap booking pages, for readers who were interested in crafting but were a little timid due to [...]

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Scrapbook Photos

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Photographs are key pieces in home made scrapbooks, but there is much more that you can do with a photo than most people realize!
Don’t stifle your creative juices when creating a personal scrapbook for a friend or family by pasting in perfectly square or rectangular photos straight from the printers into ready made paper frames!
That’s [...]

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Introduction to Scrapbooking

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"Presenting a homemade scrapbook to a friend or family member is one of life’s most touching moments." – Laura Childs
If you’ve heard about the scrap-booking craze, seen all the products available at the craft stores, or perhaps even seen a few of these hand-made treasures – you likely understand what all the fuss is about. [...]

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Paper Crafts – Scrap Books

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If you’re into scrap booking at all you likely found out fast how expensive this hobby can be! This is especially for the truly beautiful designs available in the paper craft section of your favorite store.
The art of scrap booking has now officially captured the hearts and wallets of the crafting community. But many equally [...]

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Crafting with Rubber Stamps

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Rubber stamp craft designs can be as simple or complex as you’d like to make them. Crafters who are ’stuck’ on stamping are some of the most creative type of hobby artists I’ve seen.
Sure, you can buy some rubber stamps, pick up some fancy inks and embossing powders, and make some pretty neat designs, but [...]

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Making Your First Quilt

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Many experienced quilt makers will have made quilts by both machine and by hand. Some may have a preference, while others are happy to switch between the two methods intermittently. Although machine quilting is popular for quick results, it can be difficult to handle the material and may or may not provide the effect [...]

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Quilting Terms Explained

Anchor Fabric – The piece of fabric used during the piecing process. Used to hold all fabric pieces together when machine piecing.
Appliqué – Not specific to quilting, this term describes using smaller pieces of fabric in a decorative way that is stitched to the face of a quilt. Sun Bonnett Sue’s quilts are fine examples [...]

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Quilting – Crafting with GoodByeCityLife

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Quilting designs vary quite specifically to a country, or a society, but the traditional American patchwork designs have become loved world wide. Understand that I am not saying this as some prideful Yankee – I am Canadian, yet recognize the world’s passion for American handiwork.
Although quilting has it’s roots in Europe, the beloved American designs [...]

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Make Country Paper Crafts

Are you a crafter or someone thinking about taking on a hobby in paper crafts?
By paper crafts I mean scrap-booking, card making, specialty folding or even personalized artwork made from a variety of papers and treatments.
In a few days I’ll post some of the designs I’ve made or found that are considered to be country [...]

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