Make your own Xerox transfer.Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, photocopy of an image, water spritzer bottle, paintbrush, card stock, craft sheet and heat tool (optional)Complete instructions at The Technique Zone via Dude Craft

The thing I like about wine is that it turns me into a fun animal. Corkers push pins transform your wine corks into fun animals to keep you company when you are getting blotto. Cute.Via NOTCOT

This week’s craft over at Canadian Family uses beans and latex.

Artist and former urban planner Kathryn Clark created a series of graphic quilts based on maps of home foreclosures. They are meant to illustrate the affect of the financial crisis. Foreclosed lots are shown as holes in the quilts. The lot locations ar…

Make your own colourful rainbow “icicles”! It’s an easy little activity for kids of all ages. All you need is water, and winter (pretty much).

[ Friday, January 20, 2012; 8:00 pm to 11:55 pm. ] Spins & Needles – Craft + DJ Party
*bringing you the best in DJ + DIY goodness*
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First event of 2012! POST-NEW YEARS PARTY!!
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DJs Jason Pelletier + special guests:
*Chris International (Raw Sugar / Stars on Vinyl)
*Meterman
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Start off the new year right: design a nifty DIY 2012 Calendar OR create a Collaged Resolutions Canvas to keep your goals [...]

This is the perfect craft for a champagne aficionado like me. Link Via Fancy

I like scrapbooking — or at least the idea of it.  I love seeing all the beautiful layouts that my friends make, with the cute embellishments, stamps & pretty fonts.  They come up with these wonderful layouts, colors and set ups.  I am NOT…

Well, Christmas is over and we have MANY beautiful cards kept in a box. What to do with those cards? Reuse them for lacing cards! Your children will love looking at the photographs of their families, friends, and winter images while exercising fine mot…

Sadly, I often find myself digging around for blank greeting cards: a Christmas card for the bus driver, a thank you for a dinner or gift received, a birthday card for a little friend… gah! Let’s just say I am consistently unprepared in t…

I know I said I would probably stay in and watch Dracula or at least skim the book. Well it wasn’t on Netflix, wouldn’t you know.
Instead I watched to the end of season two of Life. Oh man I wish there was a season three!WHY!?!I mean, it ended but did …

Here is a new Christmas Craft I’ve put together for our annual craft morning at school.”We Three Kings”It’s a quick and easy project for one of our 12 craft stations.MATERIALS REQUIRED:- 3/4 by 3/4 cedar trim (nail strip)- sandpaper- felt- acrylic…

I’m not much of a baker, but every holiday season I whip up some simple sugar cookies that can be cut into holiday shapes and decorated with the kids.  I’ve sampled a number of recipes but this one from Canadian…

michele made me illustrates how to cut unwanted junk mail into these beautiful snowflakes. Creative recycling!Via Quiddity

When I pulled out our Christmas decorations last week and proudly displayed the school artwork and crafts that have come home over the past 12 years, my sister (a teacher) mused, "I wonder whether the kindergarten teacher who helped out…

Toronto DIY extravaganza City of Craft is back for a fifth year to celebrate all things handmade.

City of Craft The Great Hall/Theatre Centre (1087 Queen Street West) and Thrush Holmes Empire (1093 Queen Street West) Saturday, December 10, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, December 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $2 admission; FREE for children younger than 12 ‘Tis the season for holiday present purchases, and, this time of [...]

The Woodshed Orchestra will throw an unforgettable party with great hats at Raw Sugar on Saturday.
So the holidays are coming quick, and festive party calendars are filling up. If you’ve got time between all of your December commitments, make sure you check out some of the events below – you won’t be sorry, even though [...]

In which we make a Christmas tree.

[ Saturday, December 10, 2011; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Crafts & Treats from Local Vendors!
Saturday, December 10, 10am-5pm
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, 217 First Street (just two blocks from Bank St.)
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Gourmet Goodies & Treats * Prints & Cards * Glassworks * Knits * Jewellery* Photography & Art * Baby & Kids items * Hockey Art * Magnets & Pins * Ornaments* Bath & Body Products [...]

[ Sunday, December 4, 2011; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Join us SUNDAY DECEMBER 4th – 10am – 4pm -ish.
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The Daily Grind Coffee Shop
Shanghai Restaurant
Raw Sugar
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PRESENTS :
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This one off, independent CRAFT WALK through CHINATOWN ! Three locations within three blocks of each other! Over 50 local Crafters .
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Indie Crafters . jewelry . clothing . fine art . plush items . kids crafts . housewares . [...]