Jewellery making needs very little space and only a small outlay. What’s more you can use innovative techniques to make your creations look more expensive than they really are! This post features three jewellery items, a brooch, earrings and a necklace, which will show you the techniques used to create these popular pieces.
Outdoor living needn’t cost a fortune. Here are a few ideas to transform your garden into an outdoor room….
Scooters have come a long way since I was a kid. Nowadays they are shiny chrome with an electric motor. When I was growing up they were made of wood and you had to provide the foot power. This is the style of scooter I’m going to describe today……a retro scooter for a small child.
A swing, featuring a biplane, will bring a smile to any child’s face. This post provides a cutting list and step by step instructions to make a swing which you won’t see anywhere else.
Pinterest is so cost effective and user friendly. It ranks third behind Google and YouTube as the most popular search engine. It can take a long time to rank highly on Google, especially for popular market sectors. You will see much faster results with Pinterest for less input. My aim with this post is to introduce you to the benefits of Pinterest, whilst passing on some tips on how to generate more traffic. My Top Ten Tips So here are my top ten tips….. 1. Many people use Pinterest to gain inspiration for their hobbies, their home decor or lifestyle….
Scrap Wood Can Be Recycled Into Useful Gifts Scrap wood is usually piled in a corner of the workshop, or, in my case, in the roof space of the garage. There are so many useful things you can make for around the house, in the garden or for gifts.
Whittling…..an age old pastime that goes back to the time of our distant ancestors. If you are feeling creative but have little space, no tools, no budget and little time, then whittling could be for you. The craft of whittling, the baby brother of carving, involves shaping a small piece of wood into an attractive design using a pocket or craft knife.
Marquetry can be traced back to Mesopotamia in around 2600BC, where ivory was inset in bitumen to create a picture of daily and royal life. The first recorded use of different wood veneers and semi precious stones to decorate furniture dates back to the court of the Pharaohs in Egypt.
Intarsia uses different shapes, thicknesses and species of wood to form a mosaic like design with a 3D effect. The grain and colouring of various woods are used to create the picture or pattern. The pieces of wood, which are cut out with a scroll saw, interlock tightly together.
Before you start scroll sawing you will need to choose or create some patterns to work to. There are three principle ways to source your patterns…. Purchase a pattern book Search online sites like Pinterest for free patterns Design them yourself using software such as Inkscape and Canva A Selection of Pattern Books All of these books are available on Amazon. Big Book of Scroll Saw Woodworking More than 60 projects and techniques for fretwork, intarsia and other scroll sawing crafts. Puzzles and toys, beginners patterns, inlay and relief, baskets and boxes….. 185 pages Big Book of Christmas Ornaments…
