Artsy Fartsy Family

I had to check out RedBubble because when I first heart of it, it was described as “When flickr and etsy have a baby”
The site owners say that  ”over the last 3 years RedBubble has shipped 352,700 items of art! We take care of all the hassle. Give us your digital file and we will [...]

I always cut out words from magazines, phrases that I like from advertisements and things like that. I use them in mixed media, decoupage, collage, etc.
I used to store them in an envelope but I found myself DREADING the idea of opening it up to find that ONE word I was looking for. [...]

OK- so we ended up making unity wreaths, we had the kids pick which of the crayola multicultural papers most closely reflected their skin color, and we traced their handprints, then put them in a circle. With the scraps of paper left, we shredded them (diamond shredder) and had the kids use them in collage, [...]

On the next Artsy Fartsy Family web show.  We’ll be making hard cover journals from things you probably already have at home.
This project was popular with all of our kids, the 15 and 12 yr old managed to do it alone, the 8 yr old and 6 yr old needed a little help at times [...]

1.  Use fancy beads for making Jewelry like bracelets, earrings or even decorative phone chains
2. Design T shirt graphics to sell on cafe press, like the girls at KremeCheezeShirtz
3. Sharpen chopsticks with a pencil sharpener, then paint or lacquer them for homemade hair sticks
4. Make denim purses out of old blue jeans
5. Braid strips of [...]

If you are leading a group at this Summer Vacation Bible School but are short on ideas for crafts, we have an idea that has significant value and is fun to make!
A wooden cross, is a simple project for children ages 6 and up and involves little supplies. When your childs project is finished they [...]

I just wanted to share a bunch of paper plate projects that I came across.  In my opinion, paper plates are the most versatile and inexpensive crafting item on the planet. The dollar store in my town sells packages of 100 plates for, well, a dollar.  You can also order an entire case [...]