Arts & Crafts Ideas, Projects, & Supplies - Arts & Crafts Classes for Crafters

Free Online Art Lessons & Free Watercolor Lessons

These free art lessons are the result of a lifetime of experience. They go way beyond the technique of handling the meduim. About Free Art Lessons & Free Watercolor Lessons. On my bio page About The Artist I talk about an obligation to help other artists along their journey. This section of the website "Free Art Lessons" is an outgrowth of that responsibility. I also offer live free art lessons in the form of free watercolor lessions, in my community. If you have an organization that would like to sponsor lessons or demonstrations, please contact me. Lessons include: Starting a painting The example is watercolor, but the principles apply to any medium; Color The lesson gives the hows and whys of - color theory - mixing colors - color effects - color schemes; Masking Fluid for Watercolor Paintings.

One Stop Macrame Shop

Offers easy to follow Macrame instructions, knot examples, patterns, materials needed, and suppliers. Discover the #1 mistake people make when following a pattern & and how to make your work picture perfect. Find the key secrets to creating beautiful Macrame pieces that pattern books so often don't let you know. And now you can receive a FREE Macrame mini course including patterns.

The Craft Teacher '50 Ways To' Series

50 'themed' step-by-step craft projects. If you need Craft Teaching or Craft Learning Materials then relax... this is the right website! This monthly craft e-zine is delivered to your inbox, FREE and includes a monthly craft project teaching tips, craft ideas, Ways to present your craft classes, crafting with all ages, creating activity programmes, regular articles, out of school hours learning, news of training courses and workshops, craft product reviews, regular 'how to' features, interviews with crafters and craft professionals and news of courses, books and magazines.

Crafts for Kids

"Hands On: Crafts for Kids" is all about celebrating the creativity of our children through three important elements: 1.) Creativity through crafts is a wonderful way to express yourself and build self-esteem. Children can be successful through craft projects designed just for them and learn that there is no right or wrong way to be creative. 2.) Learning can take place through well-designed, curriculum-based creative projects like those presented in Hands On: Crafts for Kids. Our educational review board has established a theme for each television program, themes which are supported throughout our materials. While exploring their creativity, kids also explore recycling, weather, folklore and many other topics. 3.) All kids are creative. The Hands On: Crafts for Kids Project recognizes and celebrates the creativity of kids in all aspects of life. A portion of Hands On profits have been used to establish this Project which seeks ways to provide the opportunity for all kids to be exposed to creativity. One of the foundation's initial projects was to donate craft supplies to children at homeless shelters.

Easy Bookbinding Course

Learn how to create and bind your own trade paperback books at home, easily in 6 Easy Steps with a bookstore quality results. Successful self-published author shows how anyone with a computer and a printer can publish his/her own trade paperback books at home with amazing results. Indistinguishable from store-bought books...including a laminated cover or hardcover even if you don�t know how to load paper into your printer AND using FREE software! Bind your own books - even hardcover books - or notebooks, with amazing results in the comfort of your own home... with NO SEWING at all! Save THOUSANDS of $$$ in printing costs compared to a digital Editor - with the same or BETTER results, guaranteed!

Scrap Jammies - A Scrapbooking "Class In A Box"

Imagine�a kit that is filled with more than just supplies. Scrap Jammies offers pre-designed and prepared pages with embellishments, instructions & fashionable cropwear too! "Scrapbooks preserve cherished memories, hold life still for a moment, and record our life's journey for those who will follow. Keeping a scrapbook helps us explore the meaning of our lives. We long to find ways to hold on to all that is precious, and to capture treasured experiences. We enjoy the pleasure of creativity and the delight of memories as we record our thoughts in journals, mount our pictures in scrapbooks, and collect sayings that inspire. We feel the sting of life's brevity and want our lives to count beyond the years allotted to us."

Artella

Artella is a creativity magazine, support network, and spiritual retreat resource offering an inspiring community for artists, writers, and creative spirits. Our mission is to create a play land for your creativity, full of unique services that embrace the creative uniqueness of individuals, catalyzing unawakened creative inklings and inspirations to come alive and passionately thrive.

Inspirational Realms Greeting Cards & Gifts

Unique handmade card and gift sets. Special Fairie Collection, 6 cards each with 16 fairies and original poems. Nature & Note Cards for the inspiring moments of everyday life. "Soul Dancer" Necklace in silver, a symbol gifted from Spirit.

Sparkle Craft

Here you'll find tons of awesome hand made accessories like belts, vegan guitar straps & wristbands. I custom make each item to suit your sassy self by offering a bunch of different styles and a zillion neat fabric options....gosh, I have polka dots, stripes, florals, animal prints, stars, mods, checkers, paisleys, solids, you name it! Click the categories above to get shopping! I also have a clothing project called Tina Sparkles. I make fancy, sweet, flirty clothing. I use a lot of bright candy colors (especially pink!) and am a big fan of lace and ruffles. I love designing clothes...it seriously makes me happy. If you want to snag a one-of-kind Tina Sparkles piece, my clothing is exclusively available at local indie boutique, Parts & Labour (1604 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704). You can peep some of my designs from the Stitch 2003 fashion show by clicking below. I'll have new pictures from Stitch 2004 up soon!

Stained Glass Windows and Panels by Jacquetta Balla

All Stained glass windows and panels made are unique. Techniques used for my windows and panels include leading glass, fusing glass, etching glass and staining glass. To make my stained glass windows I mainly use antique glass. Stained glass windows and panels are made on commission basis and can be ordered by also clicking my logo at the top of the page. My stained glass studio is based in North Wales in the UK but international orders are welcome. Fused, etched and leaded stained glass examples can be seen in windows and panels.

Stained Glass, Boston MA by the Pompei & Co. Stained Glass Studio

Custom stained glass, custom beveled & leaded glass windows, elegant wood & fiberglass entry doors by IWP, Jeld-Wen, Southwest Door, Architectural Traditions, fireplace & privacy screens, cabinet door inserts, bullseye glass, crown bullions glass, Pinecrest wood mantels, Quoizel tiffany lighting, and more!

Stretch the Balloons Dude - Balloon Twisting and Face Painting

Stretch the Balloon Dude and Stretch & Company provide top quality balloon art and face painting in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. Stretch is the balloon artist and Mrs. Stretch and Sean are the face painters of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team.

Sun Catchers by SunShine Glass Works

Unique hand painted glass sun catchers of many designs: celestial, angels, flowers, fruits, farm animals, teapot bouquets, birds, hex signs, holiday designs, cars, wedding, baby, and goddess and pagan sun catchers. Custom work and wholesale available.

The Switchboards

The Switchboards began when a group of indie business women decided that there needed to be a place on the web where they could talk "shop"...creative shop, that is! Eventually their idea grew to encompass a forum in which to meet and share information with others, an Articles section that would provide helpful tips from seasoned business women, a Links page to other crafty shops and a Gallery to show off indie wares. The Switchboards is a non-profit organization founded in March 2004 to support and publicize creative women in business through the use of an online community forum, product displays, mutual links and joint advertising.

Tanela. com - Arts and Crafts Online Shops and Store Front Directory

Online Stores and Store Front Shops providing supplies, equipment and accessaries for all types of arts and crafts hobbies. For Crafts like Scrapbooking, Quilling, Beading, Cross Stitching, Rubber Stamps, Stickers, Needle Arts, Candle and Soap Making, Ceramics, Quilting and Painting, Wood Working.

TKGA:The Knitting Guild of America

Communicate and share with knitters on-line!! Visit the national association of hand and machine knitters: The Knitting Guild of America. Convention news, contests, Cast On Magazine, message board, chat. Free patterns for members!

Tramp Lamps

NO - there is NOT an invisible woman in the lamp! Tramp Lamps are the original one of a kind illuminated lingerie created individually by hand in Nashville Tenessee. Each lamp has it's own name and is as uniuqe as the vintage shop that it came from. With overwhelming support from family and friends, the studio that once housed paintings, was transformed into a dangeling bordello of unmentionables.

VAROTOYS Pinocchio and animal wooden collectibles. Executive toys

"Pinocchio" and animal models: sculptures for grown ups to admire, not toys. Handcrafted after a process of laminating selected woods with non-toxic adhesives; not containing metallic elements. No one is identical to another one, handcrafted by our artisans. They are not of mass production.

Vogue Knitting

Vogue Knitting is the premier magazine in the rapidly growing hand-knitting market. With a focus on up-to-the-minute fashion, each issue features more than forty inspiring projects by both Seventh Avenue designers and the leading talents in the international hand-knit design arena. Inspiring articles�drawing from important topics in the knitting world and from the editors' wealth of technical knowledge and expertise�as well as the latest news, products and yarn information are featured in each issue. Complete instructions for creating the sweaters are included. With exclusive articles, tips and techniques, Vogue Knitting is the ultimate magazine for today's hand crafter.

Water Crafts: for Kids and Parents - National Wildlife Federation

Fun things to do with your child as you teach them about water and the animals that depend on water for survival. Download water curriculum and incorporate them into your lessons. Read more about water in National Wildlife� magazine�s June/July 2004 water issue. Make a difference!

Wildlife & Nature Art - Miniature Paintings by Wes & Rachelle Siegrist

"Tiny Treasures of the Natural World" Miniature paintings of wildlife and landscapes by Wes & Rachelle Siegrist. Wes & Rachelle Siegrist are a husband and wife team that started their painting careers together back in 1990. Actually, it started in 1989 when Rachelle was one of Wes's students at the Highlands Art Museum. Wes was smitten with her from the start and made promises of "teaching her how to paint" if she would simply marry him. (it's a long and fun story but it will suffice to say that the two are crazy about each other and completely hooked on their careers as wildlife artists!)

William Laberge - Bedroom Designs, Cabinetmaker, Mission Style Furniture

Vermont furniture handcrafted in the Shaker and Arts and Crafts Traditions. William creates furniture in the Shaker and Arts-and-Crafts traditions, Colonial reproductions and custom designs. He recently completed furnishings for the Presidential Suite of the renowned Equinox Hotel in Manchester Vermont. His furniture can also be found in the Yale Law Library in New Haven, Connecticut. William Laberge of Dorset has been named one of the top 200 traditional craftsmen in the country by Early American Homes magazine, a national publication that has been influential in defining period of style for the past 30 years. Laberge, maker of handcrafted furniture, was listed in the magazine's Directory of Traditional American Crafts, in the August 1999 issue.

Wool Works: The Online Knitting Compendium

Welcome to Wool Works! This is a noncommercial, volunteer-run site full of information for handknitters. The Web's first collection of knitting information. Listings of more than 2000 knitting suppliers worldwide, free patterns, reference material, and lots more.

The Work*Shop - Walk-in Arts and Crafts, Classes, Events, Parties

The work*shop is basically a walk-in arts and crafts studio. You may already be familiar with a paint-your-own ceramics store � well, the work*shop offers that, plus much more. Co-founders Cynthia Burrow and Lisa Maxwell are long-time Austinites who have been friends since they attended Westwood High School. Their vision for The work*shop is to create a home away from home for diverse members of the Austin community�families, professionals, businesses, nonprofit organizations and artists. The work*shop offers you a unique and memorable environment in which to discover and develop your creative abilities and provides vendors and teachers with an outlet to develop and promote their own individual interests and products. The work*shop strives to be a responsible corporate citizen, because we believe it is our duty to give back to the community which supports us.

The World Artist Directory's Art Teacher

Likely the most comprehensive on-line art lesson and tutorial directory. Also, Ask the Experts ! Also, Home of the World Artists Directory, and (art) Kids Rule! Find arts, crafts, education, art lessons, art tutorials, activities, ask the experts, directory, artists search engine, teacher, teachers, Europe, USA, e-zines, magazines, visual, performing, dance, music, Galleries, books, chat, shareware, graphics, associations, museums, and lesson plans!

World Wide Quilting Page

Welcome to the ... World Wide Quilting Page. Serving the World's Quilters since May 4, 1994. The World's Oldest & Largest Quilting Site. Information Center for making quilts with famous quilt artists.

The Worldwide Nature Artists Group - WNAG

World leading, not-for-profit organization dedicated to nature art, wildlife art and conservation. Browse thousands of wildlife and nature artworks including western, african, and more, by leading painters and sculptors at the Worldwide Nature Artists Group. Find information on conservation and endangered species and habitats.

www.indianshop4u.com

Offering the finest blend of information and shopping in all articles representing the finest in art and crafts from India, complete and comprehensive treatise for the business and general buyer about crafts, carpets, comprehensive catalogue on all kind of handmade crafts.

Yarn Lover's Room

If knitting or crocheting are your passion you'll love what we've found for you. Come see our baby to adult free knitting or crocheting patterns. We also have many FREE PATTERN'S for the home. We hope you'll find the free patterns you've been looking for. Oh, and please share.