Crafts Carnival #5

Come take a look at the most recent craft carnival hosted at Keiki Gifts, Crafts and Activities. Here is a peek of incredibly creative crafts that have been posted.

• More Kitty Cat…and a Little On Layouts
• Make Drink Coaster from Scrap Fabrics
• Turn a Man’s Shirt into a Cushion Cover
• Crochet a Recycled Easter Egg Basket
• 10 Ways I Greened my Home for St. Patrick’s Day
• Make Removable Cushion Covers
• Seeds Place Cards Craft for Spring Garden Tablescape
• Making monoprint background papers
• Needle felting. So good, so easy...
• Garden Party Paper Lantern

Stop by soon!

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Crafts Carnival #4

Welcome to the March 4, 2009 edition of crafts carnival. Here are a bunch of terrific articles. Please be sure to visit the links for more great crafting ideas.

Vera Lang presents Making Fabulous Paper Flowers with Tissue Paper posted at Fine Craft Guild .com, saying, "This is a tissue paper flowers craft project that is so simple, it can easily be done by children 6 years and up. You and they will love it, as each flower takes only minutes to produce and looks stunning! Easy Pro Results! Excellent illustrated tutorial."

Matthew Paulson presents What to Do With Your Worn Out Jeans posted at American Consumer News. Lots of great ideas from making it into a pillow (as shown in photo) to passing it on to organizations that may need materials for crafting.

Shen-Li Lee presents How to Make Your Own Soft Toy | Babylicious posted at Babylicious. A great video tutorial accompanies this post so you too can make one of these soft toys for your tot.

Stephanie presents Quick and Easy Handmade Burp Cloths posted at Make It From Scratch. It's great to use what you make and these burp cloths will surely be used with a baby around.

A Keeper's Jackpot presents Making a Blanket Without a Sewing Machine posted at A Keeper's Jackpot. I've always wanted to make one of these blankets and now is the time especially with this chilly Hawaii weather!

Take a look at these Printable Mothers Day Cards posted at Home Life Weekly. "Make your own printable Mothers Day cards. Its really quick and easy all you need to do is download the free Mothers Day Card design of you choice then print and fold."

Linda Mundy presents Quilt Squares From Photographs posted at LJM's Studio: The Blog, saying, "Printing direct to fabric to create a quilt". These are so beautiful...imagine the possibilities!

Condo Blues presents How to Make a T Shirt Quilt posted at Condo Blues, saying, "When life gives you too many t-shirts - make a quilt!". A great way to make use of all of your favorite shirts that are too precious to toss out.

Marika presents Making sterling silver headpins without a torch posted at Marika's handcrafted jewellery. Wonderful tutorial with great images so you can follow along.

That concludes this edition of Keiki Gifts Craft Carnival. Thank you very much for being a part of carnival #4. Please submit your blog article to the next edition of crafts carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Crafts Carnival #3

Oh my! February 4th has come and gone. I scheduled that date for my Crafts Carnival #3. For all those who have submitted links and ideas, I apologize for the delay!

Here is a late welcome to the February 4, 2009 edition of Keiki Gifts Crafts Carnival.

• Nancy McCarroll presents How to Make Japanese Knotted Bags (borrowed instructions)Nancy's Arts, Crafts and Favorites, saying, "minimal skills required". I actually saw Nancy's post earlier this year and made a bag that my children still use. This is a great sewing project and the finished product is very nice.

• candy presents The Perfect Gift for a Friend: Intuitive Beading posted at Carrie and Danielle. Candy reminds us that intuition is an important muscle to use when making creative projects. Read about Candy's bead making tips and how she uses her intuition to make wonderful gifts.

• Not necessarily a crafty post but for those opening an online store or for those who want to learn more about web design, this post provides great information. Fiona King presents 50+ Free Open Courseware Classes for Web Designers Perfecting Their Craft posted at Distance Learning Net.

• Awwww...these are cute! This is something I would buy or hope someone would make for me. PDF instructions are provided to make vintage plant holders out of wood. InfoChick presents Plant Holders to Make With Your Jigsaw posted at The Vintage Info Network, saying, "A bunch of cheerful plant holders to make & paint - a Peasant Girl, a Chef, a Donkey, a Sail Boat, a Mexican and a bird for flower pot holding. And there are a few to hold individual flowers - a butterfly, a lady with flowers in her hat and hoop-skirted maiden."

• We always seem to be buying napkins for our messy household but that doesn't need to be the case if we can convert to cloth napkins. For "sew" and "no sew" instructions Condo Blues writes How to Use and Make Cloth Napkins and it is posted at Condo Blues.

• I found this post very helpful! Vera Lang presents 6 Ways to Use Stamps in Scrapbooking at Fine Craft Guild .com, saying, "A discussion of different stamping techniques and types of ink to use that of course is of use for card makers as well as scrappers! btw Lots of Valentine craft ideas on this blog this February..."

• Bath Salts would make great Valentine's Day gifts. Easy to make, pretty and many different varieties too! Bath Salts How To posted at Home Life Weekly, saying, "Making bath salts is quick, easy and simple and won’t take a lot of time out of your day"

• What a fabulous idea! Who knew cookie cutters could be used to make patterns for felt ornaments...certainly not me! DeeDee presents Things Your Grandmother Knew: Things To Do With Cookie Cutters #7 (Felt Ornaments) posted at Things Your Grandmother Knew

• Here is a tutorial on how to make practical as well a thoughtful handmade gifts for all those who need calendars (that would be just about everyone). Vera Lang presents Craft a Simple, Marvellous Desk Calendar posted at Fine Craft Guild .com, saying, "This calendar idea uses 100% recyclables. There is a page for each month, and of course, February will be a LOVE-FILLED themed page. I hope you like my sample project and I look forward to receiving pictures of calendars you've made."

• I am so touched whenever I receive a handmade quilt because I know a lot of hard work and love went into making it. Belle shares her quilt making ideas and project with us at Making Quilts from Old Clothing posted at Homesteaderbelle's Blog, saying, "This is a post about the quilts I make from old clothing. "

• Wow! This is tasty and beautiful. Wouldn't you love to give or receive a chocolate bouquet for Valentine's Day. I sure would! Josanne Anthony presents Another Chocolate Bouquet to Make! posted at Delightful Domestications, saying, "making a chocolate bouquet for Valentine's day"

• For machine and hand knitters, this one is for you...knittsings presents Free Stitch Design Software For Hand and Machine Knitting - Win_Crea posted at knittsings, saying, "Wincrea is a freeware program originally designed for the Passap E6000 knitting machine. However, it is a wonderful program that can be used by any craft requiring a grid layout, such as hand knitting, beading, etc."

• Nice job using the photoshop program. santoshi presents Black 31 posted at Black is beautiful, saying, "Creating art works using photoshop is my favourite hobby. Hope u like my works."

Thank you everyone for your crafty submissions. That concludes this edition of Keiki Gifts Craft Carnival #3. Submit your blog article to the next edition of crafts carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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