Organize your long handled watercolor paintbrushes in old oatmeal cartons or the tall boxes in which liquors are packed. They are perfect for storing the paintbrushes. Store them with the brush hair...

For those who sew, you know that a large, smooth, padded surface to work on when cutting fabric, pinning, and pressing is wonderful. Those premade surfaces are very costly to buy. You can make your ...

To organize spare buttons so that you can easily and quickly fine buttons of a certain size and color, you can thread them onto pieces of yarn (you can color coordinate the yarn to match the color of ...

When cutting tracing patterns and cutting fabric to make clothes, instead of using those expensive chalk markers, use the leftover soap slivers. Their sharp edges give a much truer line than chalk. ...

Stainless steel needles and pins can rust if left in fabric which absorbs moisture. To get rid of the rust, poke the pins and needles through a ball of steel wool and that will get rid of the rust. ...

If you sew in a room with hardwood or tile flooring, the foot pedal of your sewing machine has probably given you the "run around" sliding on the floor while your foot chases after it. To p...

If you have children around your house and you sew, your organized supplies need to be childproofed so that little ones won’t accidentally swallow a button or get poked by a needle. Use childpr...

Keeping knitting needles organized so that you are able to find two matching needles within a reasonable time can be a challenge. One way to keep the needles together is to use twist ties. Wrap a tw...

When knitting multicolored items, different colored yarns have a tendency to get tangled together resulting in more time spent untangling yarn than knitting! To prevent yarn tangles, place each skein...

My daughter and I started a story when she was 5. Every month or so we would write a chapter. Sometimes, we would re read the previous chapters as part of the bedtime story routine. Some chapters...

Does every young artist want to draw on the walls? Mine did. I solved the problem by designating a special wall space for my budding artist. I kept construction paper tacked to the special wall spac...

This is a hobby that anyone can do. Even young kids can learn to start taking photos. They have kid cameras these days with different characters, but they can also be allowed to use old digital came...

I discovered this hobby many years ago and have loved doing it. It is something you can learn to do with ease. I learned just by getting the supplies and a little book at a local crafts store back w...

HOW TO PICK A PUMPKIN TO CARVE: It’s good to pick a pumpkin that is slightly misshapen. This will add character and personality to its face. DO NOT PICK A PUMPKIN WITH SOFT SPOTS - soft spots...

I have been a polymer clay artist for 20+ years. Here are 10 of the lessons that I have learned through trial and error. I hope you can use some of them! 1) Always work and bake your clay on alum...