Easy Organizing Craft Supplies
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April 1, 2009
Do you find yourself looking at a room with bits everywhere, let alone a house with knitting in one room, Painting gear in another, card making supplies in another? Does this sound like you? If so lets look at a 3 step plan to get you and your craft gear organized….
1. Start by collecting all your craft supplies into one room, I mean everything! If you have the space then at the same time, put like with like ie Paint brushes with your paints and canvases. Wool and needles together with patterns. Card, cutting pads, embellishment’s and the like for card making all together and like wise with scrap booking supplies and any other craft that you par take in. Whilst doing this, take time to get rid of things that you don’t use anymore. If you haven’t used it in six months, out it goes. If you have a lot of magazines on crafts that you enjoy, keep them together as well.
2. Now that you have all your craft supplies in one room and organized into piles, its time to look at what you have around the house to tidy them into. If you can afford it, then maybe its time to go and have a look at Target or Walmart for some storage containers. If your like me and have a lot of little embellishment’s then a lot of small plastic containers is perfect. What you can do is put all like small supplies into these containers and then keep them together in a larger container (this can be a shoe box). Keep all your scrap booking papers together (I have an open file that I keep all of mine it, makes it easy to see what you have too) The other option is if you have a filing cabinet, you can use one draw for papers, patterns, cutting pads, and even canvases and another for all the other more bulky supplies. The idea is to keep it simple, but all together and easy to access. You don’t need to spend a lot of money doing this, you can even cover a few boxes with pretty paper and keep supplies in these.
3. Lastly, make sure you keep your craft supplies where you can access it easily. After all, its really not worth it to put these things that you use at least once or twice a week on the top shelf of a storage cupboard. If you are lucky enough to have a room that has space then make the most of it. I have a desk in the spare room, and under it I have a plastic wheelie bin, with the things I use lest often, on top of that I have my canvases so they are easier to get hold of. Next to the desk I have a set of plastic coated baskets, which hold all my main craft supplies in shoe size boxes, and a few other containers I found around the house. It really does work, because you come to learn where everything is. It also means that if you run out of something its easy to see that its not there….you don’t find yourself running around looking for the particular item for days on end, swearing you had it the other day.
Good luck with sorting out your supplies.
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March 20, 2009
Thanksgiving List
It might seem obvious, but the main objective this Thanksgiving season should be to actually give thanks. It’s sad how distracting our lives can be, that we forget to remember how blessed we are. There are many ways to show gratitude to our Lord and Savior this season. You can spread paper across any surface, a table, refrigerator, or wall. Then, equip your homeschoolers with crayons. Each day, have them add something for which they are thankful to the list. On Thanksgiving, you can have each child read his or her contributions aloud in order to share them with the rest of the homeschool family. You can cut out leaves in construction paper instead of writing on a list or draw pictures instead of writing out words. Be creative!
Leafy Fun
For most families, fall means leaf-raking time. Have your homeschoolers help out with the lawn care this year by making it family endeavor. Let them run around and jump in the leaves. At night, you can even burn up the leaves in a brilliant bonfire. Don’t forget to bring the hot cider and hot chocolate!
Family Football
For a lot of dads, Thanksgiving is a time to settle down in the living room and stretch out for a few hours of quality football. Don’t just watch football this year. Get outside and get that blood pumping! It will be a great opportunity to throw the pigskin around with your family. You can even plan for a halftime mini-game, inviting other homeschooling families in the neighborhood.
Play a Thanksgiving Party Game
Think about ways to attribute Thanksgiving imagery to existing games. Consider Mayflower Memory:
Everyone sits in a circle. The first player says, “I am sailing on the Mayflower and I am taking Apples. The next player repeats the phrase, only instead of apples, thinks of something that begins with the letter “B”. The game continues this way until players can no longer think of words. If a player can’t contribute an item, he or she must leave the circle. The last person in the circle wins!
Use your imagination! Give Duck Duck Turkey a try!
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Create Fancy Box Project
Posted by craft on
March 1, 2009
After finished your fancy box inspiration and prepared the craft material need, now let’s create your dream box being come true. Here the following homemade steps project:
1. Cruise for Cardboard
Peruse your trash can or recycling bin, any good-looking piece of cardboard will do. Cereal and toy boxes are excellent choice, as are packages from medical and feminine hygiene products. Just make sure it will be large enough box to hold your gift.
2. Open and Trace
Use your X-Acto to open up all box seams and lay the package facedown. Cut in half. These 2 pieces will be your top and bottom. Place your dream box in the center and trace. For those who like a challenge, lay your inspirational craft material onto the cardboard and trace an even rectangle around it. Use a ruler to draw the lines. Make each side and equal length.
3. Measure the box sides
Phranc use the width of a yardstick as her magical measuring guide for depth of the box. For a shallow box, increase to 2 or 3 widths to achieve the desired box depth. Placing the yardstick against your traced rectangle, use a pencil to outline the sides of the box.
4. Cut and Score
Using the metal ruler and X-Acto, cut along the outside lines. Draw an X in the 4 squares at the corners of this shape. Cut along these corner lines and remove the little squares marked with the X.
Very lightly score along the inner 4 lines, folding and creasing each side toward the center to begin to form your box.
5. Tape the box corners
Cut a piece packing tape the same width as the sides of the box. Pinch together each of the 4 box corners, using small pieces of tape secure them. For a fancier box, use clear cellophane tape but for an everyday box, brown packing tape is the best.
6. Make the box top
Using the bottom of your box as a guide, turn it upside down and trace. Make sure you out-line the box loosely; this will give your top a snug but comfortable fit.
Repeat the step 2 through 5, except make the sides of the box top a little shorter to show off the bottom of the box. Your nifty box is complete.
7. Get Fancy
For an added touch of glamour, cut out a rectangle from the top and fill from the inside with clear acetate. Feel free to enhance your box with point, a gold cord, or colorful ribbon.
8. Make some storage
To make large, industrial sized boxes, follow the same basic procedure using large pieces of recycled cardboard.
In the land of the Cardboard Cobbler, your boxes and curtains, gifts and shoes, album and books are all made to order from the same material that made your childhood forts, robots, caves, and dolls’ accessories cardboard.
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what is the recommended size of enclosures for 10″ subwoofer and tweeters? I am planning to DIY?
Posted by craft on
February 23, 2009
i am planning to DIY because i am on a thight budget…
pls give the exact measures of the lenght, width and height of the enclose.
I am just a newbie in setting up car audio so pls. help me out.
any answers will be highly appeciated.
thanks in advance.
tags: Budget, Car Audio, Measures, Newbie, Subwoofer, Thanks In Advance
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Can a person learn how to remodel their home just from the internet, books, and TV networks like DIY?
Posted by craft on
February 19, 2009
Since you only do it once, maybe twice, can a person just rely on learning repair and remodeling tips from the internet, books and TV networks such as DIY Network?
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DIY Question: Please tell me a little bit more about ur skills and experience will a hardware company?
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February 18, 2009
i want to go from asupermarket job to a DIY job. what can i write about the skills they would benefit from me?
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tags: Diy, Hardware Company, Job, Little Bit, Ur
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Has anyone bought a kitchen from DIY-Kitchens (AKA DIY Soultions) based in Pontefract if so what was it like?
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February 17, 2009
I am looking to replace my kitchen and came across www.DIY-kitchens.com on the whole they look good but I cannot not find independant reviews for quality and the overall experience of buyers from them. Can anyone shed any light on the quality of the kitchens?
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I need some help with a DIY project. I have ever built anything before, can you help me out?
Posted by craft on
February 17, 2009
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ca_playground/article/0,2041,DIY_13723_2270320,00.html
i am very interested in the project in the link above.
main question: how much do you think all these materials would cost?
I’m in California and I’m looking to buy from Home Depot, or Lowes if that makes a difference.
Also, are there any other links to similar projects?
thanks!
btw– I have all of the tools already, i’m just talking materials.
Tour guide
tags: Diy Project, Home Depot, Lowes, Playground, Tools, Www Diy
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What is the best way to drill a hole in a craft made of polyresin?
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February 17, 2009
I have a craft item that I need to drill a small hole in. I have a fairly small drill bit that I will be using to drill a hole in it. Is there any special tips that I should keep in mind when drilling through this polyresin craft? Do I need to soak it or do anything to prepare it? Is there anything I need to do afterwards to ensure its structural integrity?
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tags: Drill Bit, Integrity, Polyresin Craft
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How do I make a wooden jewelry or shoe box?
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February 12, 2009
I was wondering how I can make a wooden jewelry box. I wont have access to any machines or anything like that, Im plannin on getting the materials just at my local home depot. A list of materials would also come in handy, if anyone can add suggestions. I want the box to be about the size of a regular shoe box, and nothing fancy, just a box with a lid that opens up, used for storage of keepsakes that include photos, letters, etc. I also plan on engraving something in the front, maybe with a knife, any suggestions to this would also be appreciated.
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