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The Easy Way to Make a Special Crafts Present
 by: Catherine Calder

We all know someone who is difficult to buy a present for. Someone who has everything they need and would not appreciate ‘normal’ gifts. Often this will be your parent or an older relative or neighbor, and they can be a problem to buy something for.

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Well, this is a simple way to make a unique gift that they will be happy to accept. When you take the time to produce something that relates only to them and their interests it will always be happily received. Learn to Bead

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The idea is to make a picture that includes something that they are especially interested in. This could be a hobby or any other interest they have.

This is a quick and easy technique. You simply choose your theme (their hobby or interest), paint a silhouette of it onto a colored background and frame it.

You could paint a colored background onto a canvas panel or use already colored paper. I noticed my local art store had colored card that had a range of colors merging into each other, this would be ideal for this technique.

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The theme of your silhouette is really the creative part. The easiest thing would be to use their hobby as the theme.

Look through some copyright free clip art until you find an image that you could use for the outline of the silhouette.

If they like fishing it could be a fisherman/fish/fishing fly. For a golfer it could be a set of clubs/golf hole with flag. For someone who likes to cook it could be related to cooking. If they are keen church-goers a silhouette of their church may be appreciated.

A lot of people like to receive a silhouette of their home. For car enthusiast a silhouette of their car is a good idea. In which case you could use a digital camera and take a picture of their church, home or whatever you have decided to include in the picture. 40,000 Art and Craft Supplies

You really can use your imagination for this. When using clip art you have a huge range of options (probably too many!) to choose from. You don’t have to be great at drawing!....more inside

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How-To: Make Yarn Fireworks

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Make and Takes has a great tutorial for making these fun yarn fireworks, perfect for adding a little safe spark to your 4th of July celebrations!

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Author : Rachel Hobson
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0800

How-To: Chic T-Shirt Wedding Dress

Threadbanger has taken on the $10 wedding dress challenge with a modern strapless number constructed from 2XL white t-shirts. It looks so comfortable! Make it in a different color for a cute summer party dress.

If you love the concept but would rather have straps, try our t-shirt wedding dress by Donna and Lauren Kroiz.

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Author : Becky Stern
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:30 -0800

How-To: Homemade Stickers

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Here's an interesting technique for making your own stickers at home, with things you probably already have around.

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Author : Becky Stern
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:00:11 -0800

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