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Ready to experiment, learn something new, or try a fresh creative project? This section features hands-on tutorials, artistic techniques, and practical ideas across a variety of mediums including painting, mixed media, crafting, and upcycling. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced maker, these guides will help you explore new skills and bring your creative ideas to life.
If you love collecting old book pages, handwritten letters, vintage sheet music, maps, greeting cards, and other forgotten paper treasures, there are countless creative ways to give them a new life. Vintage paper crafts can turn even the smallest scraps of vintage...
Kim White of Switzerland shares this heartfelt and creative tutorial on how a simple handkerchief can become a meaningful piece of art. Inspired by nostalgia, vintage finds, and a touch of serendipity, Kim walks you through creating a handkerchief collage on canvas,...
An Easy Mixed Media Project Using Thrifted Frames I’m always ready for spring this time of year, but this winter has been especially brutal with polar vortexes, snowstorms, and all-around frozen tundra vibes here in America’s heartland. Two things that reliably get me...
Curating memories through personal symbols is about discovering the objects, mementos, and tokens that hold meaning. At the start of the year, after the intensity of the last couple of years, many of us are finally slowing down enough to notice what has been coming...
If you love a Christmas tree filled with personality, handmade charm, and a little creative chaos, you’re in the right place. These easy DIY assemblage Christmas ornaments are the perfect mix of quirky, nostalgic, and joyfully imperfect—ideal for anyone wanting to add...
Looking for an easy way to use leftover paper scraps from your creative projects? Making handmade art cards is a beautiful way to transform magazine pages, book paper, gel prints, watercolor experiments, and mixed media leftovers into one-of-a-kind greeting cards....
Every week when that estatesales.net email hits my mailbox I scroll through all the local sales and my heart pounds seeing all of the incredible antiques and vintage goodies that are being offered for sale. Over the last several months, my daughter, Elizabeth, and I...
Looking for a way to bring a bookish, upcycled vibe to your decor? Try making folded book ornaments! Thrift Stores all across the country are overflowing with obscure paperback titles that eventually get tossed into the trash when no one is looking. Most charity shops...
If you've ever opened your art journal only to stare at a blank page, you're not alone. One of the most common questions artists ask is, "What should I paint in my art journal?" Whether you're just beginning an art journaling practice or looking for fresh creative...
I don’t know about you but I have a sizable collection of furniture hardware. I’m mostly a furniture painter so I tend to collect this sort of thing. I also have a tiny and not-so-manageable hardware addiction. I buy pieces of hardware (pulls, backplates, key covers,...
