Crafters Medley: 28 Neat-O Projects To Make (January)

1. How to Make a Patterned Vase: If you plan on putting fresh flowers inside, you’ll need a smaller vase or container to fit inside and hold the water.
2. Tutorial: Jewelry Wrap: Really nice zippered wrap with all kinds of places to hold jewelry.
3. Fabric Bookmarks: Super easy how-to for pretty bookmarks from How About Orange.
4. Bound Books: Book binding can seem intimidating because it usually requires specialized tools and costly supplies. This is an easy and inexpensive way to bind books—and it requires minimal specialized tools. Plus you can make these books any size you want.
5. Letter Writing Without Envelopes, Cutting or Glue: The letter is the envelope! It holds itself closed, secured by the stamp – so it doesn’t even need any glue. You use the entire sheet of paper, so there’s nothing to cut either.
6. Tea Time Party Napkins & Cozy: Pattern for two napkins and a reversible tea cozy. Pattern available via pdf download.
7. DIY iPod Cover: Make a customized iPod cover with a plastic snap case (that you pick up at the dollar store) and some pretty decorative paper.
8. How-To: Easy Eyeglass Case: This case won’t protect your expensive specs from being crushed under extreme conditions, but it does provide some padding and will prevent scratches. These cases take about 15 minutes to make.
9. Mini Photo Album: Take a business card holder and turn it into a beautiful photo book to carry in your purse.
10. Start Weaving Magazine Coasters: The woven magazine coaster is something easy to make and cheap too since you’re just recycling magazine pages.
11. Dish Soap Apron Pattern: (pdf download)
12. Make a Yardstick Nic-Nac Shelf: Slide the yard stick through the ribbons. you can glue it underneath if you want. voila! you’re done.
13. How To Make A Pinata: Making a pinata is a combination of art and engineering, with a whole lot of improvisation along the way. Part of the fun of pinata-making is using your creativity to find new ways to decorate the pinata or finding creative solutions to the unexpected problems that arise.
14. How To Make Photo Popouts: Great step-by-step instructions and photos are used in the tutorial. All you need for materials are 2 copies of a photo, foam core, photo mount spray (or two sided tape), x-acto knife and a ruler.
15. How To Make Canvas Photos: Good pictures and instructions are found. Very nice idea for gifts I think!
16. How To Make Lighted Color Spheres For The Yard: This project uses strands of mini-Christmas lights and plastic colanders. Won’t look like much during the day, but at night–wooohooo light show!
17. How To Make A Paper Bag Scrapbook: The first post in the thread shows a few pictures of what one looks like so you can see what they’re all about, and the sixth post gives the instructions
18. Yoga Mat Bag Patterns: Shavasana Bag, Knitty.com Namaste Yoga Bag – Knitted Pattern, Taunton’s Yoga Mat Carrier – Fabric Sewn, Fig And Plum Yoga Mat Bag – Fabric Sewn.
19. Fabric Tissue Holder Patterns: Tissue Holder Tutorial, Travel Tissue Holder Tutorial, How To Sew A Tissue Holder Tutorial, Pretty & Feminine Purse Tissue Holder (Crochet)
20. iPhone Cover: Tutorial for making a felt cover for an iPhone.
21. Passport or Book Cover Tutorial: You can use this tutorial to make a passport cover or any other book covers. It’s all hand sewn, no machine involved.
22. A Drawstring Bag Tutorial: Reversible bags that make a perfect tote for needlework projects.
23. Box Bag Tutorial: This pattern can be tweaked to create a bag of any dimension you want.
24. Window Star Tutorial: Waldorf-style window stars using square kite paper.
25. Fabric Covered Floss Bobbins: Here’s an idea for a great embroidery or cross stitch starter kit.
26. Tutorial: Sketchbook Cover: Learn how to make a zippered sketchbook cover.
27. Craft Project: Princess Wand: For the princess in your life .
28. Napkin Set Tutorial: This tutorial is for a set of 6 napkins with a matching linen pouch to store them in. They would make a lovely wedding, engagement, housewarming or hostess gift. The napkins are double-sided and rectangular in shape and they fit neatly into the soft linen pouch when folded into quarters.

Crafty Tutorials:

• Recessed Zipper How-To
• Tutorial: Hand Sew Felt Using Blanket Stitch
• Tutorial: How To Create A Hand Rolled Hem
• How To Paint A Mural – Easy!

Crafty Tip: DIY – Crepe Paper Raffia

Materials Needed:

Strips of crepe paper cut 2″ – 3″ wide
Thread Spool

Take one end of the crepe paper and stick through the spool. Twist the crepe paper as you pull it through the thread spool. It’s that simple and easy to form your own crepe paper raffia!

*Some projects & tutorials were previously published as individual features, all bookmarks will forward here.

Don't Miss These Tips:

• Crafters Medley: 20 Neat-O Projects To Make
• Crafters Medley: 25 Neat-O Projects To Make (March)
• Crafters Medley: 21 Neat-O Projects To Make (June)