Crafting is a magical way to let your creativity and uniqueness shine. It’s a delightful pastime that empowers you to unlock your imagination and bring forth something exquisite and one-of-a-kind.
Mountain folk did not have the luxury of going out and buying new ornaments. They also didn’t make a habit of wasting anything. Appalachians “up-cycled” almost everything, including paper bags and wild found treasures. Today I am going to talk about three Appalachian Christmas Crafts: paper bag angels, paper bag ornaments, and painted pine cones.
If you like sweet potato pie, then you are in for a treat with these tasty sweet potato scones. This delightful treat can be made the day before so that you wake up to a flavorful breakfast to kick off your Thanksgiving day festivities.
My daughter and son-in-law live in Texas. They are expecting their first child, our first grand-baby. Though I swore that I’d never fly, a plane trip was a bit of a necessity if I was going to be in Texas to offer assistance and dog sit during the birth. I was excited about the baby,…
If you want a craft that is Halloween-ready and yet upscale & unique, then get out your glue gun, and let’s get crafting this Dollar Tree Gothic-Romance Pumpkin, DIY craft.
I read a humorous post that made fun of crafters by saying that our first hobby is crafting, and our second hobby is buying more supplies than we could use up in a lifetime. Though it made me chuckle, I didn’t show it to my husband. I knew that he would agree with the comic, and who could blame him, our basement looks like a store room for a craft supply store. Short of intervention, my craft supplies were going nowhere. Still, even I knew that I had to find a way to organize my stockpile. The solution to my dilemma was an upcycling project using old furniture.
Dryer vent pumpkins give you the look of high-end Fall decor that you can make for under $10 each. This trendy decor is perfect for a Fall wedding DIY, a luxury gift for giving, or to use for Halloween and Thanksgiving decor and centerpieces.
There is just something so pleasing in knowing that you made those beautiful things that make your house a warm and inviting home. You can create your own unique decor using my step-by-step illustration of how to do a simple painting. The painting that I will be showing you here is suited for beginners. If you decide to paint a few pumpkins, have fun. Remember art does not have to be perfect to be pleasing.
A stack cake is a traditional Appalachian cake made from layers of ginger-flavored cake, and either apple sauce or cooked dried apples. Nothing says holidays back home like Mom’s stack cake!
Sublimation as a creative outlet offers an endless variety of possibilities. It allows the use of treasured childhood art to be made into keepsakes for gift-giving, as well as offering a means to create unique products for sale. Getting started in sublimation can be intimidatingly nerve-wrecking. Hopefully, this article will help you feel a bit more confident as you move forward into the creative world of sublimation.