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Crafts Hacks for makers; a digital vision board with clever tips, ideas, techniques and materials for DIY creations.

I Challenge You!
Hail and well met! I am Lady Eadaoin inghean Chionoidha of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). I have been fascinated with historical dress since I was a little girl. Sadly, I had few outlets for it in a small town and didn't know how to express this love to my parents. I didn't even realize that I could make it myself! It was during my senior year of high school that I happened to stumble across the SCA. I didn't think I could ask my parents to drive me up to fighter practice after working all day, so I checked to see if there was one in the college town I would be going to in the fall.
By Shauna Holmes5 years ago in Lifehack
DIY Tie-Dye Tapestry
Are the walls of your new apartment or dorm plain and boring? There’s nothing that adds a lot of colors to a dull space like a tie-dye tapestry. They are available for purchase at popular retailers, but you can also make your own customized tie-dye tapestry for half the price.
By Michala 5 years ago in Lifehack
Fit For a Princess
Scissors have been my go-to favorite crafting tool for as long as I can remember. Ever since my mom gave me my first pair of bright pink safety scissors when I was around five years old, I could not create fast enough. I made paper dolls, made my own little storybooks, cut out pictures in newspaper ads to use as food and merchandise for my Barbies, even gave myself a haircut once (I'm so sorry, Mom!) and when I started to learn how to sew as a child-- my Fiskars were invaluable to me and continue to be to this day.
By Alicia Foreman 5 years ago in Lifehack
The submarine
My whole adult life has been spent working with metal. From the very thin, foil almost, to projects of steel, inches in thickness. Most of my work you will never see. Unless of course you are in some industrial setting from salt to cullet, from concrete to gravel.
By Katie 5 years ago in Lifehack
Forgotten Love Rekindled
Once upon a lifetime ago, I loved sewing. As a little girl, I'd watch my mom sew really beautiful dresses for me--for my first day of school, for my Brownies induction ceremony, for a birthday party... until she didn't. My brothers and I were growing like weeds and Mom had to go to work to help make ends meet. The sewing machine sat curiously in a lonely corner. After some years and some really well-timed hinting, she opened up the machine and taught me to use it--just a little. I made simple Barbie clothes by recycling fabric of outgrown clothes.
By Mary Lou Nielsen5 years ago in Lifehack
Trash to Treasure.
Many crafts satisfy me, but if I were to choose a craft or project, it would be the trash to treasure project (I do not know if it is a craft or a project.) What even is a waste to treasure project? trash to treasure project is where you make different articles (a hot air balloon, stain class, a toilet, the list is endless, honest) out of scrap (primarily cans, bottle caps, leftover paper, cardboard, and textile.)
By Ceo Of Dying5 years ago in Lifehack
For the Love of Fiber Art
When friends ask me how I stay sane being a stay-at-home mom, I always tell them that fiber keeps me sane! This is true in more ways than one.
By Danielle Hall5 years ago in Lifehack
Scrap Love by Tracy 💜
Hi I’m Tracy, creator of Scrap Love. I make original textile artwork by cutting down old clothes and unwanted fabrics, then stitching them back together in unique and unexpected ways. This craft of mine started in April of 2020 as a way to pass the time during quarantine. Up until then I had been working in a costume shop that made mascot costumes and puppets for live entertainment venues. If you ever saw Sesame Street Live or Paw Patrol Live, you saw my work in action. In the shop, there were always piles of fabrics that were up for grabs as room had to be made for new inventory, and I ended up amassing a huge amount of textiles without knowing exactly what I was going to do with them.
By Tracy Schultz5 years ago in Lifehack
Five Reasons You Should Make a Pandemic Scrapbook
As we are getting to what I sincerely hope is the end of the pandemic, I have been wondering if there is anything from the past year that I want to save. The past year was a significant moment in history. It has taught us lessons about society and ourselves, that are going to shape us for the rest of our lives, and that we may one day want to share with the next generation.
By Joyce Kay5 years ago in Lifehack
Holding Something Beautiful
There is something frenzied and almost beautiful about the way I collage. I collect a stack of magazines, and then, almost as if I’m going to war against the paper with scissors as my only weapon, I attack with a vicious hunger, pulling out the images that strike me in some way. I often end up with way more images cut out than I can even use.
By Reyna Condon5 years ago in Lifehack
Every Book Needs a Mark!!!
When I craft I make bookmarks. This craft brings me so much joy because I love books, so much so, that I have turned my office into an at home library. I am currently chasing my dream of writing and publishing books so when writers block hits or I just can’t handle sitting at the computer I make bookmarks.
By Kristen Renee5 years ago in Lifehack
Show Your Jugs
Jugs. It amazes me how one 4-letter word conjures up a thousand emotions. Is it vulgar slang for a woman's breasts? A synonym for prison? For me, my jugs are a tribute to my mom whose breasts betrayed her by welcoming an enemy into the safe harbor of her bosom and swept her away in the swift current of cancer.
By Sarah Spencer5 years ago in Lifehack