Calming Doodling
The name zentangle is relatively new but the concept has been used for many, many years. Even the Mayans used this type of drawing. So did the Celts and the Native People. In 2003 Rick and Maria started the zentangle … Continued
Zen-doodles
I was recently introduced to the term zentangles at the Friday Creative Crafting sessions. I have always been a doodler, especially while on hold on the phone and when young I used to use a pencil and compass to make … Continued
A Mosaic Flower Pot
One of the Creative Crafting projects was to make a mosaic flower pot using broken china, tile adhesive, grout and of course a clay flower pot. The pieces of broken china were put onto the pot using tile adhesive. It … Continued
Clay Embellished Ornaments
This is a way to fancy up those shiny coloured ornaments. I used a cold porcelain dough, some plain and some tinted green to cut out leaves to add to the ornaments. This was a craft we made at Creative … Continued
A Mini Wreath
Christmas crafting started a week or so ago at our Creative Crafting group. Here is a little mini wreath made from a curtain ring, some twine, little bits of felt, some red berries or sequins and glue. This can be … Continued
Dendritic Painting
Dendritic painting is a technique I learned at Creative Crafting. This is a simple way to create amazing designs on paper and artist board. Dendrites are actually nerve cells and dendritic painting is creating branch like effects using glass, paint … Continued
A Pinecone Wreath
I’m a collector and can’t resist picking up pine cones in all shapes and sizes. I love to use Nature’s treasure to create projects for inside and outside our home. I have had a pinecone wreath for several years now … Continued
A Fall Center Piece
It’s Fall. Cooler weather in our part of Ontario and it’s Thanksgiving this weekend. At the Creative Crafting group we created a Fall centre piece from an old plate, burlap, artificial leaves, pine cones, acorns and a gourd. The photo … Continued
How to Make a Trivet
You can easily make your own trivet out of a 7 inch cork circle, broken tiles, tile adhesive, mod podge and coloured sand. We recently made one in the Creative crafting group that meets on Fridays. The cork circles … Continued
CD Starburst
~ This cd starburst reminds me so much of the clocks from the 1960’s. It was another great project shared with us by Gail at Creative Crafting. You need 2 cds, some bbq skewers, paint, items to embellish, paint, and … Continued
Mandala Rocks
At one of my weekly Creative Crafting sessions we painted mandala rocks. I had done several of these myself previously, nothing fancy just some practice rocks which I’ll take and hide on one of our daycations at different beaches. Gail, … Continued
Crafts: Upcycle a Solar Light
On Friday mornings I have started going to a craft session at our local Sport and Wellness Centre with my friend. Each week there is a different craft to make and you also get to meet some new crafting friends. … Continued