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Craft Forum Celebrating 6,000 Members!

Rasha — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:17:10 +0000

Congratulations Craft Forum! 6,000 members and growing

If you haven’t already, you should join CraftForum.com and be part of a community of fellow crafters just like yourself. Share ideas, show off your craft projects, and make friends with similar interests.

Also, “Like” Craft Forum on Facebook.

Clutches and Diaper Bags

Rasha — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:13:06 +0000

35 clutches made as favors for a baby shower.

Bonus! The gift to the mom-to-be, this super cute diaper bag.

Thanks Amylouwho!

Wooden Turtle

Rasha — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:21:51 +0000

Thanks Angela!

Masquerade Glitter Mask

Rasha — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:58:44 +0000

I usually don’t do a variety of crafts but this weekend I’m going to a masquerade event so I got to play, *happy dance*. I popped into Michaels and spent more then I should have for supplies, but worth every penny! I think my favorite purchase was a 24 pack of Martha Stewart glitter, it was more expensive then other glitter but the shades that she has are fabulous!!!!

Thanks ambersmith59!

Drawstring Bag Embellishment

Rasha — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:07:32 +0000

We received some free samples in a little green drawstring bag. I thought it was too neat to throw away, so I gave it a second chance at life. It worked out perfectly for this months challenge, since it was green! I have strawberry stuff in my kitchen, and have had strawberry material for probably years, so finally I put it to use.

I trimmed the material and pressed the edges under. Then I stitched it around both sides of the bag. This hid the stuff that was printed on the other side of the bag. Then I decided to use hot glue to add a burgundy ribbon on the edge and a bow with a button.

I hung it on a shelf with hooks in my kitchen. It turned out pretty cute.

Thanks Trud!

Easy Fleece Scarves

Rasha — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 03:02:13 +0000

Sewing the 2 pieces of fleece together.

Cutting the scarves ‘fringe’.

4 of the 10 finished scarves! I mixed all the colors together so none of the 10 scarves are the same.

Thanks msbecca!

November Craft of the Month – Winner!

Rasha — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:57:42 +0000

The November Craft of the Month Contest on CraftForum.com was “Preparing for the Holidays.” Crafters begin their holiday preparations well before December and we thought we’d take a look at what they were making. The winning entry was selected via Random.org and the winner received a $50 Amazon Gift Card! Make sure you enter the next contest for your chance to win!

Congratulations Downrightart!

Victorian Boot Ornaments

1. Cut out shoe pieces with your boot template
2. Embellish the shoe with lace and buttons
3. Inside out the two pieces, front/back and leave an opening at the top
4. Stuff batting and hand sew the top

Contest! Craft Forum at Craft Fairs – $150 Amazon Gift Card Prizes!

Rasha — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:49:23 +0000

Holiday craft fairs are the best! It’s the season of crafting, buying, selling, giving, and especially appreciating homemade wares at this time of year.

Will you be participating in holiday craft fairs this year? Will you be a seller, a buyer, a browser, or an enthusiast? Take this opportunity to spread the word about Craft Forum and you could win a $50 Amazon gift card!

Contest: Promote CraftForum.com at Craft Fairs

Prizes: Three (3) Winners will each receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card

How to Enter:

Make your own t-shirt, button, sign, flyer, card, etc. and take it to a craft fair.

Then take a photo of you wearing/sharing your CraftForum.com item.

Post the photo in this thread on CraftForum.com for your entry to win!

Rules:

Photo must clearly show evidence of an item with either “Craft Forum” or “CraftForum.com” having been at a craft fair. This may be a photo of you with the item, the item with craft tents in the background, the item next to the craft fair’s main sign, etc.

Up to 3 entries per person.

Only entries posted in this thread on CraftForum.com will count. Entries posted in this blog’s comments will not count.

Winners will be selected on December 20, 2010. Random.org will be used to select the winners among all valid entries.

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Share our wonderful forum with your fellow crafters! They’ll get in on the best crafting community, we will all gain new friends, and you could win a gift card to stock up on new crafting supplies.

Good Luck and thanks for sharing CraftForum.com!

October Craft of the Month – Winner!

Rasha — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:09:10 +0000

The October Craft of the Month Contest on CraftForum.com was “Costumes.” Halloween, theater, playtime, any costume. The winning entry was selected via Random.org and the winner received a $50 Amazon Gift Card! Make sure you enter the next contest for your chance to win!

Congratulations Angela!

Hermione Granger Costume

I finished my daughter’s Hermione Granger robe today.
(Who is Hermione Granger? She is the girl in the Harry Potter movies)

I started with a generic black halloween costume that I got at a thrift store for $4.99 and a fleece scarf.

I removed the hood and cut part way down the front of the “robe”. I kind of made binding using the fleece scarf and covered my raw edges with that, which also added the Gryffindor-burgundy colour to the robe. I added buttons to try to create the illusion that this was holding the robe closed. I also printed out a Gryffindor crest onto a piece of iron-on transfer paper and created a patch with that. When my daughter tried it on, the sleeves were super short so together we decided to add some burgundy fleece to the sleeves for length, even though real Gryffindor robes don’t have colour on the sleeves. I wanted to add a strip to the bottom as well to just finish off the costume, but naturally, the store has no more scarves of that colour.

She will wear this with a white button up shirt with a collar and black pants. My daughter bought the “Official Harry Potter” tie herself, and we bought a wand to complete the outfit. She plans to put her hair into lots of little braids the night before Halloween so that she will have Hermione’s wavy, unruly hair. I think she is going to look great!

Fall Wreath Tutorial

Karina — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:51:41 +0000

As I walked thru the Dollar Store the other day, I challenged myself to come up with a fall craft that would cost me around $5.00 dollars. That’s when I decided to make a Simple Fall wreath to go outside my door.

Materials:

1.Wreath

2.Fall Foliage

3.Ribbon

4.Hot Glue Gun or Glue Dots

5. Scissors

Instructions:

1.Gather your Fall Foliage and pull everything apart so that you only have leafs left. Just Like this:

2. With your Wreath, start positioning the Leafs around the edge and gluing them with your hot glue gun, (You can overlap them if you would like).

3. Flip your Wreath over, Then Tie a ribbon on top.

4. Hang it up and you are done! Simple but pretty and the total for this project was only $5.00!

Thanks,

Karina