I'll start this post by saying that I love anything with rhinestones. I also love the look of ice covered trees in the winter. So, I decided to comb...
Is your shopping list bigger than your budget? Here are some gift ideas that are free and yet very meaningful. They may even be the most precious and well-received gifts of all.
The students in After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles Green and Recycled Arts programs are learning that artistic expression can exist in a variety of forms and are taking random household materials to create reusable items and wonderful works of art.
When I was little, my mom made an advent calendar for me and my sister. Hers was similar to this one expect the tree was made out of felt, she cross...
Photo by Juneberry Lane In Random Recast, I find more stylish uses for the ordinary items in our lives. This week, it's all about coffee filters. T...
In Random Recast, I find new ways to upgrade the ordinary things in our lives. This week, it's all about coffee filters. This wreath offers a new ...
Huffington Post editor, Brie Dyas, had the idea for this project one day while we were lamenting the fact that people today are more prone to buy the ...
Flickr photo by Vicky TGAW In Random Recast, I find new ways to upgrade the ordinary things in our lives. And this week, it's all about coffee filt...
In Random Recast, I find new ways to upgrade the ordinary things in our lives. And this week, it's all about pumpkins. This has to be one of the easi...
The Common Ground Fair is a celebration of agriculture, organic methods, livestock, crafts, and old ways with an abiding respect for the earth and humanity.
This is an easy tutorial for finger puppets. Supplies 1) Finger tips from old gloves ...
People often ask me how a crafty person survives in such a tech-driven world. For me, there's a simple answer: step away from the iPhone/Pad/MacBook. I spend at least an hour a day creating something.
Defined as the 'Andy before Warhol', Sir Peter Blake is an icon in pop-art. While he's best known for designing the cover for The Beatles' album Sgt. ...
Creating, crafting something that comes from our own hands, ignites creation within, defeating the self-attack that is grabbing hold. Something Prozac and Celexa just can't do.
My recent purchases have helped an artist in a distant land feed his or her family and sustain, in a small way, an artistic and cultural heritage.
I've said it before but I'll say it again: mess is fine by me. I like a tidy house but I also know that one of the keys to relaxed fun is letting ...