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Why send the kids out to collect Halloween treats in a tacky plastic pumpkin, when there are more attractive treat containers to be found — like these cheerful reusable buckets in felt or painted metal?
Reusable and durable items means that you won’t be shelling out for new treat containers, year after year. [...]
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Serena Smith, glass artist of Oregon, caught my eye on Etsy with her gently rounded feminine figure beads, all earth mothers and goddesses, and floral beads that are tiny fantastical garden gems — but I think it was really the sinuous perwinkle-blue-tailed mermaid who made me an instant fan.
Serena’s been making beads since 1991, [...]
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This free printable paper craft is for our American friends, but with a federal election looming north of the border, here, too, you’ve got to wonder how long it can be before a Canadian version hits the ink jets…
You know how the old curmudgeons down at the coffee shop have been known to call [...]
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Who says that dogs don’t appreciate art?
Bodhi’s homage to the art of Matisse — the elegant Henri dog toy — is crafted in toothsome polyester canvas-backed suede, a dog-pleasing texture for hours of playful pleasure.
A durable noise-making squeaker inside will amuse the dog, while your more sophisticated friends can admire the [...]
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The crafter known as Waterrose and I met online fairly recently (over at BenBarden’s place, I think). The embroidery felt cuffs she sells in her online craft shop grabbed me right away! So of course I roped her in here to tell a bit about how she got started with her unique craft — and [...]
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