Quilling is one of the easier crafts to begin and one of the least expensive. Nevertheless, quilling produces some of the most ornate and beautiful designs a crafter can produce. Quilling is papercraft which involves taking thin strips of coloured paper and rolling, shaping and gluing them together, separately or in sets, to form decorative […]
Make Your Own Christmas Cards for All Craft Levels This is an ongoing tale of my journey into Christmas Card Making 😀.I’m busy right now preparing crochet work for Christmas Fairs I’m attending, but one of my grandchildren reminded me that I was supposed to help her this year making Christmas cards. Now, I’ve made […]
Selling Craft Items Online – Tips In my previous post on selling your crafts, I posted about selling at craft markets and fairs. But of course many crafters sell online as well as or instead of selling at craft fairs. The following post is about selling online, but mainly about selling on one particular site […]
Being Creative with Scrapbooks, Journals and Planners Scrapbooking: Scrapbooking is a creative way of preserving memories; to celebrate a special occasion; to keep fond memories of a journey; or even to keep small ‘scraps’ as mementoes, or just because you like them! Scrapbookers add photographs, notes and a range of decorative embellishments to their scrapbook […]
A few things to be prepared for when you start selling. You have grown your craft hobby and are now ready to take things a step further. Perhaps you want to do some craft markets, or school fayres. Perhaps you want to run a charity stall, or sell a few items online. Now, you may […]
An Advent Calendar That The Whole Family will Love! Did you know that it’s only 6 weeks before the children begin opening their advent calendars! Yes, I know that 6 weeks may seem a while away, but… if you want to make them something special, or even better, make something along with them, then it […]
Fat Quarter Quick Makes Has So Many Great Ideas! I am busy designing a new sewing pattern for a small bag, and it made me think about the way we can use fabric top make really unique items. As someone who likes to sew mainly small items, I use a lot of fat quarters in […]
ESD Crafts is my venture into writing and sharing help, advice, ideas and images about crafts. I already make items and post pictures of them to Instagram, Facebook and to my other websites. and I sell many of the items I make at markets, fairs and online. But the process of crafting and what it […]
Elephant Sun Dog Posts Teddy in a Bag
