Linoleum Block Printing

Have a gander at this instructable to find out how the intricate linoleum print shown above was made (presumably with a whole lot of patience!)

Screenprinting Tutorials

There are lots of screenprinting tutorials on the web, and below are some of the best:

Print Your Own Fabric
(as shown above)

Stencil a T-shirt

Screen Print Your Own T-shirts

Cheap Screen Printing

Different Ways of Printing T-shirts

DIY Plastic Stencil

Photo Stencil

Another Photo Stencil

Printing Using a Thermofax Machine
(as shown above)

Freezer Paper Printing

Economical Screenprinting

Acetate Stencil

Silk Screen T-shirts

Printing with Freezer Paper

Parchment Paper Printing

Bleach Printing

Mushroom Print Project
(as shown above)

Silk Screening Poster

More Freezer Paper Stencilling

Contact Paper Screenprinting

Etsy Screenprinting How-To

Stencilling Tutorial

Bleach Printing

Home Screenprinting

Another Freezer Paper Stencil

 Photo T-shirt Stencil

Making a Plaster Mould

Another great tutorial from Art Mind.

This time, you can learn how to carve plaster to make your own mould, which will allow you to make an originally designed pendant (or whatever you feel like making) out of clay (kiln-fired or polymer clay).

Papier Mache Bowl

This cute little bowl is made from strips of tissue paper, and the sweet little details are pressed flowers...lovely!

Go here to see how you can make the same.

Sewing Techniques

BurdaStyle has a great list of instructions on all kinds of different sewing techniques, including how to sew a placket cuff, and how to sew pin-tucks.

Raggy Flowers

Cute little corsages you can make with just your fabric scraps - click here for the how-to.

Ruffle Necklace

This is a very fashionable style of necklace at the moment, and it's so easy to make too! Plus, you can make it out of all sorts of materials and colours - very versatile. Have a look at the tutorial here.

Embroidered Tie

Adding embroidery to a boring men's tie really transforms it into a classy designer-esque item, and I really love the 'cogs' design used in the tutorial.

Customise Wood Shapes

Click here to see how you can apply a printed design onto wooden shapes, as seen above.

I think you could use this technqiue to make cute necklace pendants (especially on Scrabble tiles), or special business cards.

Shrink Plastic Buttons

I have used shrink plastic in the past, and it's very satifying when the thin piece of plastic you've drawn on ends up as a unique piece of solid plastic - fabulous!

To get more details on how to make the buttons shown above, go here.

Branding Iron

I love this idea: you make a shape out of stainless steel wire, heat it up and 'brand' a piece of meat with it. It adds a special touch, and for valentine's day dinner, you could use a heart shape...awww!

Go here for the how-to.

Stamping Polymer Clay

These cute labels have been made by using letter stamps on polymer clay, before adding acrylic paint. Find the instructions over at Art Mind.

Ladder Shelf

This is a great idea from Dude Craft; using a ladder as shelves...genius!

Faux Agate

These faux agate slices are actually made from polymer clay, yet they're so realistic. They look fantastic as necklace pendants, and you can see how they're made here.

Novelty Tea Bags

These novelty tea bags made me laugh so I thought I'd share them with you :-)

This website sells a range of character tea bags with members of the Royal family, leading politicans and a set of strippers!

Bird Cage Light

I love the whimsical style of this bird cage light, and for such a pretty focal piece, it sounds pretty easy to make. Go here for details.

Magnetic Knife Rack

This how-to tells you how to tranform a normal boring knife rack into something so pretty!

Street Art

I love street art, whether it's graffiti (the creative type, NOT tags!), paper shapes, 3D sculptures, or pavement illustrations.

And a particularly ingenious form of street art is showcased on the Little People website, where little figures in different poses and situations are left in random places in the city. I love this art, it's like a whole different world you could walk right past and miss completely. I would love to do this kind of thing, although how you make such intricate little models I do not know!

For some, erm, interesting street art which involves making poo look prettier (!), you can have a look at the hilarious, but a bit gross, photos here.
To see the making of some street art, have a look here.

Messenger Bags

Messenger bags are so useful for carrying books, files, laptops and almost anything around with you, and the following 8 tutorials are the best on the net:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 

Beaded Tights

These instructions show you how to glam up some thick tights to make them into WOW tights!

It takes patience and care, but the result is worth it I think.

Journal Making

I've always loved the look of a professionally made journal, and this comprehensive tutorial shows how you can achieve the same result.

Photoshop Techniques

Here is a load of tutorials and ideas for enhancing your photos in Photoshop, and producing professional and unique results:

16 Photoshop Actions

Adding Polaroid Effects

22 Professional Techniques

Fantasy Landscape

Weathered Effect

Colouring Techniques

Cartoon Sketch Effect

9 Cool Techniques

Dynamic Lighting

Sunlight Through Clouds

Intensify Dull Sky

Watercolour Painting

Sunlight Through Trees

Add a Rainbow

Smooth Waterfalls

Selective Sepia

Half Sepia

Dreamy Photos

Ray of Light

Adding Rain

Morning Glow

Realistic Puddles

Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop Elements Tutorials

Huge List of Tutorials

More Tutorials

Polaroid Effect

Create an Extraordinary Photo

Creative Photo Manipulation

Vintage Paper Roses

Beautiful roses made from crumpled patterned paper with edges distressed with ink.

Click here for the how-to.

Handmade Fabric Envelope

You can follow this tutorial to make the above gorgeous fabric envelope, complete with adorable sewn postmark, and then you can add a lovely letter inside to show how much you care . . .very romantic :-)

Knitted Bangle

This bangle looks so cute and cosy!

I would personally wear a couple of them together in contrasting colours for a more stand-out look. AND it's easy (as long as you can do basic knitting), so to see how it's done, go here. 

Pineapple Slice Post-Its

These pineapple post-it notes are so cute and clever, plus they are 'served' in a pineapple tin! I think they would make a perfect gift for a crafty type.

Wedding Cake Toppers

These adorable and whimsical little cake toppers have been individually made, and the idea behind these particular ones was to hand them out as wedding favors - how sweet!

Go here to see the making process.

Wooden Wax Seal

I've always loved calligraphy and handwritten letters (SO much better than an e-mail!), and a wax seal just adds a bit of striking luxury to it, so now is your chance to design and make your very own monogrammed wax seal!

I am definitely doing this one, wax seals are so beautiful.

To see how it's done, click here.

Mohair Shoulder Embellishments

This tutorial outlines a cute way of adding some interesting mohair shoulder decorations to a top to make a fabulous unique garment :-)

Argyle Sock Vases

I LOVE these vase coverings simply made from argyle socks - so quirky!

Go here to see how it's done.

Watermelon 'Sherbet' Slice

Heck, I don't even care whether this tastes good, it is the most fresh and glorious looking pie slice I have ever seen - It's absolutely genious! 

I have also learned something today, because if you look at the recipe here, you'll see that it is made of sherbet. This will make complete sense to any American readers (hi here!), but to us British, sherbet is actually a sweet sugary powder that rots teeth. Hence my utter confusion. But, thanks to my friend Google, I found that the American sherbet is a fruity frozen puree, sort of like British sorbet but it melts slower:

 "Sorbet can be made into sherbert if a beaten egg white and lowfat milk is added to the mixture after it is partially frozen."

Hmmm, well it seems us Brits have a choice of what to use, including making our own from sorbet, egg and milk, or experimenting with ice-cream, sorbet or frozen yoghurt. Personally, I think I'd try frozen yoghurt :-)

I hope you all learned something today!

Ruffle Pillow

Pretty and luxurious decoration created by adding felt ruffles to pillows - to give them that 'wow' factor.

Go to Etsy for details.

Memory Box Table

This little table is a great way to show off an arty themed display, your family photos or your travel souvenirs, just by using a table and photo frame from IKEA.

Find the how-to here.

Entrelac Scarf

I love the look of this unusual knitting technique - and I bet the texture is lovely too. Go here for the tutorial.

Sugar Crystals

Sugar crystals, or 'rock candy' as it's known in America, is a very interesting (and tasty) scientific experiment, plus it's very fun to watch the crystals grow.

I always used to get excited at restaurants when my parents got these sugar crystal sticks to stir their coffee/tea with!

To find out how they're made, go here.

Placemat Purse

This is a great idea for a shortcut purse - by using a pre-made quilted fabric placemat!

Go here for the how-to.

Hidden Door Bookcase

bookshelf hidden door 1 @ Yahoo! Video

When I went on a tourist's tour of Edinburgh, the famous Jekyll and Hyde pub was pointed out, and the tour guide told us that the toilets are hidden behind a bookcase - how cool!

Now, this type of quirky thing is definitely up my street, so naturally I had a look for a tutorial on the internet, and found a guide here and here. For more inspiration, have a look here too.

This project has lots of scope for imagination and ingenuity - I personally would have to have the bookcase door opening by pulling on a funny-titled book, and perhaps to make it easier to make, I would put castors on the bottom of the bookcase and diguise them somehow. Either way, in my dream world, this bookcase would lead to a library :-)

Spring Table Centrepiece

I'm a little late for Spring perhas, but I don't see why this can't be an awesome table centrepiece all year round!

The tutorial is here, and I especially like the technique for making the yarn bird's nest.

Thanks Guys!

This is just a quick note to say I found out yesterday that I'm on the first page of Google for the search 'Craft Tutorials', and so I'm absolutely delighted with that - a year well spent!

So I just want to thank all my readers and visitors, commenters and tutorials writers because you made me a v.happy blogger :-)

And also, a special thanks to my very first regular visitor from Grande Prairie who kept me going when they were the only reader! Thank-you!

I feel like I'm accepting an Oscar.

Doll House Jewellery

I love this style of whimsical jewellery, and to find out how you too can create great jewellery with doll house miniatures, click here.

Bird Cage

I really LOVE this hanging bird decoration because it looks so cute and shabby chic, plus it looks like it cost a fair bit, yet literally ANYONE can make one....can it get much better?!

Go here for the fabulous how-to.

Teacup Doodles

Even though this decoration is made up of simple shapes, this one-of-a-kind teacup looks just like a genuine designer piece. And you can do it too, just by using a special porcelain pen!

Go here for details.

Tin Can Decorations

This project is part of a DIY weddings series, where the pierced cans are used for quirky table numbers - buy really, any shape can be made in them...so let your imagination go wild!

Pearl Earrings

These fabric and pearl earrings are cheap and easy, but are so cute!

Find out how to make them, here.

Photography Tips & Tutorials

Here is my collection of photography tips, techniques and tutorials, to help you take the best photos:

Adding Steam to Food Photos

Camera Tossing

Newbie Guide

Lots of Tutorial Links

Photograph a Water Drop

Brilliant List of Tips & Tutorials

Photography Instructables

Photography Techniques

Composition Rules

Action Photos

How to Capture Movement

Through The Viewfinder here, here and here

Photographic Tricks

Night Photography here, here and here

Amazing List of Tutorials

Portrait Photography here and here
More Tutorials
Macro Photography here, here, here and here

Cooling Neck Ties

This is a great idea for the Summer months - you make a simple neck tie and then insert some water absorbing crystals (what a great product!) to keep you cool!

Of course, if you live in the UK like moi, you may be interested to learn that Summer is an event which is supposed to occur during the months of June, July and August, and consists of something called 'sunshine'. No, I didn't see any evidence of that in England either ;-)

Felted Pebbles

You've probably seen many felted pebbles in the houses of crafty types, and now you can make them too with this fab tutorial. You can make them in all different colours - even grey and marbled to look like real pebbles - but my favourite arrangement is rainbow coloured pebbles in a wooden bowl :-)

Giant Pom-Poms

Easy peasy pom-poms for any occasion! Click here for the tute.

Awesome Lunch Bags

I love the 'back-to-school' theme of this lined fabric lunch bag with a personalised message - it's so cool! And the tutorial can be found over at Design*Sponge.

And this vintage style lunch bag was made by the ingenious use of photo fabric sheets. Go here for the how-to.
You can find printable sheets of fabric here.