Bamboletta creates amazing dolls- full of life, character and fun and made with love by Christina Platt and her gifted employees. Bamboletta care about their material choices, their workers, their cu...
At Living Crafts, we love Sally Mavor and her work. We are so excited to hear that she is making some of her designs available as posters. Detail of Sally Mavors "Self Portrait" Poster Thes...
Felt flowers are fun, fresh, and best of all super simple to make. Even very young children can make the most delightful blossoms. These are an ideal craft for young children because they don’t...
My friend Carrie and I decided to take a small hand-sewn project with us when we took our girls to Florida in February. Each of us grabbed a few pieces of felt scraps, needle and thread, and made a n...
Years ago, I learned from a nutritionist that the raw dried almonds I was proudly snacking on every day contain phytic acid in their skin, which makes digestion difficult and can rob the body of nutr...
Our Living Crafts Friday Gallery winner for this week: Kristen Kristens Hand Dyed Play Silks“I’ve been wanting to dye playsilks for a year or so now, I just wasn’t sure if my kids w...
I hope you enjoyed the photos from yesterday. Here are some more! Stay tuned for more tomorrow morning. Here’s the l...
Here are a few of my fairy garden photo collection. I will share more with you tomorrow! love the painted box on this one Stay tuned for Part II tomorrow! there are so many...
In the Fall 2011 issue of Living Crafts, we shared some beautiful resources for Pencil Rovings and some projects for inspiration on how to use them. Here is another wonderful project that uses penci...
Next time you buy celery, just cut 1.5″ off the bottom, put in water for 24 hours or more, and then plant it in the garden with the top of the celery level with the soil. Watch it grow! I saw...
Knitting at Knoon produces beautiful, timeless knitting patterns for the whole family. Imaginative patterns for everything including shawls, hats, bags, sweaters, coats and a very fun line of toys. J...
Our Living Crafts Friday Gallery winner for this week: Katja Magus Katjas Gnome Hat and Cape “What I love about this craft is that it keeps him warm and happy! He hates “crunchy” co...
I make this simple quiche often, but specially for the Spring Equinox as well as for Easter events I’m invited to. Last year I took it to a friend’s house with an herb garden. Read the ...
The art and craft of bookmaking creates a special space to hold our words, drawings and ideas. Here is a wonderful book binding craft to share with the children in your life, compliments of Oak Meado...
In the Fall 2009 Issue of Living Crafts we featured an article on dyeing wool yarns with food colorings. Here is link to a great website offering Kool- Aid formulas for mixing 135 shades by combining...
This is a super cute, super simple craft to make for or with children to welcome Spring! Click here for the full pdf tutorial…Felted Wool Egg and Chick These little chicks can be used as finger...
This week’s Friday Gallery Winner: Heather L. Jacks This is the most perfect photo of the most perfect little gnome! The gnome hat was created using our sewn Gnome Hat pattern from the Fall 201...
Our Living Crafts Friday Gallery winner for this week: Jamie MacKenzie Jamies Rag Rug “What I appreciate most about making this craft was reusing materials. I bought quite a bit of fabric for t...
Living Crafts provides craft enthusiasts with the information, ideas, and inspiration they need to support their desire for self-sufficiency, sustainability and a natural lifestyle. Each issue focuse...
Winner: Spring Garden Wren by Nancy Nancys Spring Garden Wren “What I appreciate most about making this craft is being able to replicate in an evening what my children are interested in at t...
Winner: Deer fawn by Wendy Trevorrow “What I appreciate most about this craft is how the form and personality of the animals, fairies, forest folk, etc. arise out of a tuft of soft wool in a w...
We want to celebrate the beautiful crafts you make each week! We know our readers make amazing crafts- and it’s time to share them and get inspired! Every Friday is going to be Gallery Day at o...
How much fun we had this past weekend at Stitches West in Santa Clara, California! We had the pleasure of meeting so many of our readers- some subscribers from the very first issue! And some very tal...
We’re heading for Santa Clara and Stitches West this week! We’d love to have you join us at our community craft table! We’ll have felt flowers for you to needlefelt, and Chrtisti...
by Natalie Weeks Materials: Several sheets of wool felt, available from Bear Dance Crafts Sewing Thread Small amount of wool roving for stuffing (optional) Yarn or string for hanging Th...
By Katja Magus “I truly believe that anyone who has basic hand and machine sewing skills can successfully complete this doll with these detailed and photo-rich instructions. If you feel you’re ...
Such a perfect craft to make for a classmate or friend! After featuring the beautiful friendship bracelet designs from the Purl Bee earlier this week, we were inspired to find some more ideas. Here...
Beautiful Valentine’s Friendship Bracelets tutorial from Purl Bee. We loved making these friendship bracelets as children but have never made any with patterns like these, especially designed f...
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