Cut your child’s initials from a large piece of cardboard gleaned from a box before you place it in your recycle bin. Decoupage the initials with pictures cut from magazines and/or family photos. Hang on your child’s bedroom door, bedroom wall or playroom wall.
Make sure to check all pieces given to children to play with for rough or sharp edges and do not give children anything that is small enough or of a shape that could be inserted into their mouths, ears, noses, etc. That said an old appliance can be a treasure chest for a crafter! Continue reading
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Antiquing allows you to age a surface to produce a time-worn appearance thus saving an item that might have otherwise ended up in a landfill. Even your antiquing agent can rescue something that you might otherwise have thrown away such as an out-of-date eye shadow, the last bits of a watercolor set, a used tea bag … Continue reading