Crafts, Scrapbooking, and Home Deorating

There are a whole lot of "The Latest Craze" ideas out right now, but, from what I see, everything is being embellished. A good amount of the "new" craft ideas that are coming out, are basically a new or reworked idea on an old idea. Some of the latest things I have seen are: altered wall clocks, home albums, tole painting, wood crafts, decoupage projects, doodling, sewing, felt crafts, bandaid tins, shadow boxes, picture frames, stamping, handmade cards, handmade gift wrap, needlework projects, scrapbooking, etc. These "new" crafts are, in my opinion, a step up from the ones that were "cool or rad" in the past 15-30 years. One really great things about these crafts and hobbies is that if you have projects or have inherited some older items or project pieces from the past, you can alter them or if it is an unfinished piece, you get the best of both worlds! There are a whole lot of thrift and antique stores that carry these projects. I have an untold number of unfinished or never began projects that if I had enough time, I could really whip up some great crafts! There are a lot of crafts from the 1980's that I don't care to ever see, but, there are a few that have come back that I really like!

Adorn It! has some really fantastic wood projects that remind me of the 80's. I loved their Halloween Candy Shakers, Treat Bags, Wood Letters, and all of their Spring and Easter Papers! Oh, I should also mention, that they always have great wood kits and their wonderful papers to go along with them. I also love their craft ideas, scrapbooking ideas, and I loved their neighbor gift ideas from their Winter Idea Book. Some of the most common ways of altering any item today, is by painting, decoupage, ribbon, flower petals, paper clips, buttons, chip baord pieces, paper, eyelets, brads, sewing, staples, jewels, clothing tags, movie tickets, ribbon tags, clips, metal rim tags, book plates, fibers, fabric, rub-ons, decorative tape, glitter, plastic letters, and the list goes on…I have been trying to think of something you couldn't alter, and quite honestly, I haven't come up with much! There are definitely things that I personally wouldn't alter, or use in a craft, but, that's just me.

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