At first glance knitting may not appear to favor left or right handed people. After all, you need to hold two needles and you have two hands. However, once you start learning to knit, you'll quickly realize that most guides focus on right handed people. The first step is to hold a needle in both hands and create a slip knot. One hand holds the needle while the slip knot is slid over it; this becomes the dominant needle. The other hand holds the yarn and winds it round the first needle before … [Read more...]
Crafting With Kids: Tips for the Beginner
When it comes to spending quality time with your children, there's something about crafting that makes it a go-to. Crafting is a great way to allow your child's imagination to soar while also being able to spend time talking with your child and learning more about them. However, for the mom (or dad) who isn't an avid crafter yourself, sometimes crafting with kids can be a little less than perfect. However, if you dream of making memories with your child and building great things, then it's a … [Read more...]
6 Unique Gift Wrapping Ideas
The art of wrapping gifts happens to be one among the things having a great start but then gets worse over time. One will not only use the wrapping papers on heavy rotation but also fall short of incredible ideas in a short time. Due to this concern, many people end up relying more on gift bags than they should. Therefore, great ideas to transform the gift-wrapping lives of such individuals are necessary. This year, you expect to make even the least valuable gifts to look uniquely-sterling. … [Read more...]
Tips for Teaching Kids to Sew
Whether it's your own child or not, sewing can be a very beneficial craft for a kid to learn. It can help with hand-eye coordination, brain growth, and help improve their mood among other things. It can also be an important life skill that can go with them into adulthood. There is no need to throw out a shirt with a loose button if you know how to sew it back on! But, children are wiggle worms and often have very short attention spans. How do you even begin to teach them to sew? Well, it is … [Read more...]
Tax Tips for Your Craft Business
It is very essential for every craft business to file their tax properly within the due time otherwise it may bring them some inconvenience. However, the complex taxation low has brought more stringency to the craft business. As a craft business owner, you will always want to save your taxes so that you can maximize your profit. So, we have come up with various tips that help you to save your tax. Next time you calculate taxes for your craft business you will be surprised to see how much taxes … [Read more...]
Top 5 3D Printing Projects for Kids
With the advent of 3D printing, we now can print 3D houses, food, office buildings, prosthetics and even cars. With improvements in the technology, we might see this amazing method as the primary means of production. 3D printing is also becoming popular amongst kids. They can enjoy crafting a 3D model and then print it using a 3D printer. Find out how a 3D printer works! If you're a busy parent wondering how to keep your kid engaged in productive play, I have 5 exciting 3D printing crafts for … [Read more...]
How to Choose the Right Paper for Your Print Project
You may be wondering which paper to choose for a project you plan on undertaking. Well, to make the right decision, you will need to understand what your options are. There are two main categories of paper, coated and uncoated. Within covered, you have gloss, silk, and matte. They are all coated in clay that has been polished by rollers. The key difference is the smoothness of their surfaces, with gloss being the smoothest and most polished and matte being comparatively rougher and less … [Read more...]
DIY: Curating an Online Scrapbook Using the Instasize App
Whenever our children reach a certain milestone, it's always exciting to share memories in social media so to keep our friends and relatives updated. It's no surprise that as a mom, you may have taken hundreds of photos of your kids during quirky and important moments, and all you want to do is use all of these images and put them in a creative scrapbook that you can share online. While you can upload albums and multiple photos on Facebook and Instagram, it lacks a personal touch and narrows … [Read more...]
