I am interested wooden toy chest and wood working. I did not see a woodworking thread but would consider this a craft. I like to make all sorts of wooden toys and have made a toy chest for each of my grandchildren.

Hi I am looking for a cat yo yo stamp. I am in the U.K, so anyone that would ship to U.K I'd love to know about. these stamps have the face, hands and feet of the character, then you make a fabric sort of puffball for its belly. Please help. Thanks...Emma.

I was interested in ashiko drums making,(Ghana)west africa as hobby only,and wonder if and what are some simple steps,I am in a farley limited market area in north central Sask. Canada so exotic woods are out until maybe I know what I'm doing.Any help or basic tips greatly appreciated Thanks

I need to coat ~100 ft of NiChrome wire with insulating shellac. This would look and act just like magnet winding wire, except it would be resistive. Can anyone point me toward a reference to apply the shellac myself? This would be easy if I had a 100' warehouse to work in, but probably need...

I need a woodburning and/or gourd guru here. Just started doing this and have a couple of questions: Are there particular pens that are better for doing gourds? Are ther special pens for gourds that helps prevent buildup? I seem to have a big problem with that. As you can probably tell, I'm a...

Hi, I have searched for nylon flowers online and couldn't find much information on it. When I visited China recently, I found out that nylon flower making was very popular. I saw some very beautiful handmade flowers. I am very interested in making them myself but couldn't find sources for...

Does anyone have experience showing thier craft in both consignment shops and traveling to craft fairs? I am looking for a venue and hoping to get some info as to pros and cons of each thank you for your time! ktty

Hello everyone - My local crafting store has seemed to turn more into a scrapbooking and packaged crafting store so I am having a real hard time finding something which I would like: clear acrylic switch plate covers and similar items usually used with counted cross stitch. I can't even...

Does anybody know if you can get a tool that will cut an large rectange approx. 9cm x 4 cm into a peice of card? or do you know of anyone how supplies Aperture cards with holes already cut to those kind of sizes. I've looked around, and noboby seems to do them that size - they are all...

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I have a boxmaker and would love new ideas on what to make with it. Does anyone out there have one as well ? We could share tips. regards from France, Joanne check out my latest downloads on http://community.webshots.com/user/frenchjoanne Feel free to join my encaustic group if this form of art...

Hello: I'm looking for a certian devide for cutting paper. I don't know whether it exists or what would it be called, but here's a rough description: - There are all sorts of presses that punch nice shapes through pieces of paper. You can think of these as extensions of the idea of a 2- or 3-hole...

Hello everyone, I was wondering what your recommendations would be as to how I should go about advertising a number of items I made that I'm selling. So far I've placed them on Ebay (see for example http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3552389102&category=357&rd=1 ) but I was...

After I have been crocheting for a few hours, I get a red rash first on my left arm about four inches away from my wrist ni a patch about 4-5 inches long and 2-3 wide. If I continue to crochet it starts to appear on my right arm in the same place, and the left arm starts to get welted. I was...

I have a Japanese pagoda made of synthetic pearls which I need to repair, but don't know what type of adhesive would work well. I've tried "Crazy Glue" which failed, miserably. Have any suggestions? -Ray

Hello, This is a message on behalf of my loving mother... She has been into arts and crafts for several years and I have talked her into her own website on which she sells her custom lampwork jewelry... Please feel free to check it out and email me back with any questions you may have... Thank...

Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone could help me. I live in Australia, so I understand some may not be willing to swap with overseas people. Basically I am looking for many things, which I have listed below. What I am asking is if anyone has any of these sorts of things that they are...

I am looking to buy colored frosted glass jars for candles. I was searching hours in the internet but couldnt find any that are colored. I bought some colored frosted tealight holders in target a while ago, but they dont have them anymore. They are really great and came in 6 different colors...

arline wrote: My garden is really blooming away, yet I don't feel like making paper right now with the petals. Can I pick and "preserve" these petals and keep them until I'm ready to make some decorative paper? If so, what is the best way to keep the petals with their colors? Dry them ...