Source: Simply Kierste Create this lovely serving platter with meaning – use your children’s thumbprints to create the heart shapes on a serving platter you can use all the time! You will need: A white serving platter – choose a size and shape...
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Create this heart thumbprint platter: perfect for Mother’s Day
Rocking all over the world: the painted pebble trend crossing continents
By Emma Featherstone for The Guardian If you go down to the beach today, you may get a surprise: a smooth pebble painted with a colourful picture (cartoon characters and animals are common) or uplifting message. Pebble painting, or “rocking”, is a craze that seems to...
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The 1 200 pencil mural
By Kristen Stephenson for Guinness World Records Julian Martinez was told by his own art class that crafting a mural using just pencils was impossible – but he’s proved them wrong by creating the largest pencil drawn mural. While no one seemed to have...
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Colour-tinted skeleton leaves: an autumn craft
Source: The Kreative Life Find some big sturdy leaves, that are waxy and veiny because they work the best. Here is my step-by-step tutorial on how to make skeleton leaves. You will need: Waxy leaves Large pot Water (12 cups) Super washing soda – also called...
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DIY coffee candle
Source: Crafting News At the end of a long day, all I can think about is to unwind in front of my fireplace with a good book and a tall glass of wine. And the mood is always set with a beautifully scented candle that fills the room with the aroma of relaxation and...
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Paper notebook goes high-tech
You’ve probably seen a few of these smart paper or smart pen things over the years — write in this special notebook and it gets saved to an app, that sort of thing. A new entrant to this niche space is the Everlast notebook, which obviates the necessity of restocking...
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Hobby-X 2018
Sponsored content There’s a new energy and positive feeling to 2018! And nowhere is this more apparent than at the offices of Hobby-X, the well respected and highly anticipated expo for the hobbies and creative crafts industries, where I am chatting to Elizabeth...
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Hobbies have poor shelf lives
The shelf-life of a hobby is one year and two months, according to Brits. Researchers who polled 5 001 UK adults found almost half have taken up a hobby only to give it up. Twenty-eight per cent level the blame at work commitments, while 27 per cent said a busy family...
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Paper perfect
Artist Yulia Brodskaya is a highly regarded paper artist and illustrator who uses two simple materials – paper and glue – and a technique that involves the placement of carefully cut and bent strips of paper to make lush, vibrant, three-dimensional paper...
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The rise of kids stationery chain Smiggle
Brightly coloured children’s stationery chain Smiggle, the profit powerhouse ready to roll into Europe, has grown rapidly in just 14 years. The first Smiggle store opened in Melbourne by founders Stephen Meurs and Peter Pausewang in 2003. Apparel retailer the...
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The writing tool renaissance
Here’s a fact you have to write down to believe: Over the past 10 years, during which the world has adopted smartphones and social media, sales of fountain pens have risen. Retail sales, in particular, have grown consistently. In 2016 they were up 2.1 percent from the...
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Why paper won’t die
Boxes. Labels. Books. Your child’s first report card. A tissue for their first heartbreak. All made from paper; a renewable, recyclable material that is an inextricable, often invisible part of our lives. Think about it …from the moment we wake up to when we nod off...
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