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Crafts Hacks for makers; a digital vision board with clever tips, ideas, techniques and materials for DIY creations.

How Marie Kondo And The North American House Hippo Reignited My Passions
Artistic blocks in any medium are bound to ensnare us eventually. They lurk in the shadows, waiting to pounce on a moment of self-doubt.
By The Creative Chimera 5 years ago in Lifehack
Scrap-Less Crafting for a Waste-Less World
Crafting is my happy place. It’s both a creative outlet and a source of income, and the ability to combine the two is a joy and a fount of motivation. The materials provide the inspiration. It’s a very happy place.
By Maria Shimizu Christensen5 years ago in Lifehack
CREATING HAPPINESS BY USING WHAT I’VE GOT
I have a confession to make… For a phone video stand, I have been propping my phone video camera up onto the slot of a cup base with a handle for a couple years now… because I am somewhat old fashioned; using what I have on hand already… you know, I am one of those Baby Boomers that was taught how to make-do-with-what-you have, and not going out to buy stuff all the time, because after a war – you’d best know how to make do.
By Shakeenah K Fentis5 years ago in Lifehack
Wrapper’s Delight!. Top Story - June 2021.
When Maria Von Trapp (through the beautiful prism of Julie Andrews) sang about brown paper packages tied up with string in ‘The Sound of Music’, I knew she was my people. I get an obscene amount of pleasure from wrapping - gifts, parcels, cards, I don’t care - if it sits still long enough, I will wrap it.
By Kate Holderness5 years ago in Lifehack
Color Therapy
COVID19 has found many of us with tanking mental health. The uncertainties, the isolation, the complete disintegration of "normal." What happens next? I have been on a mental health journey from a very dark place which includes flashbacks and complex PTSD to a place of stability and hope. This is a journey of Self-love and Divine Love. It is a journey full of creating either life or sadness. My past can be left in the past, and my today can be full of beauty. What does beauty mean to you? Not the beauty of a human smile, but life beauty? Peace, fulfillment, contentment - how do they appear in your life?
By Jamie Lynn Wilson5 years ago in Lifehack
The Joy of Dreaming
When I weave a design into the center of a wreath with hemp cord, I feel connected to both myself and others. I feel like I'm dreaming with and for a loved one when I design a wreath. Moreover, I feel like I'm bringing forth all the goodness that I see in myself and someone else into a visible, tangible form. It brings me immense joy to work on a wreath, behold the finished product, and then see my loved ones' reactions when I gift a wreath to them.
By Megan Saunders5 years ago in Lifehack
Life challenges and imperfect pieces
I love to paint, and some mediums are more forgiving to the beginner artist than others. I am still finding my way of expressing my world through colours. Watercolour is one of the most challenging mediums for me as it requires a solid basis, which I haven't got just yet, started only in my late forties. But I am obsessed with it, especially the brilliant colours.
By Irina Gladushchenko5 years ago in Lifehack
Upcycled T-shirt Cushions: capturing memories
There is nothing more satisfying that creating something, especially indulging in a new project and making something unique and personal. I particularly enjoy crafting homeware (such as display pieces or rugs or cushions), as these creations bring such joy, and reflect your own personality into a house, transforming it into your home.
By Oby5 years ago in Lifehack
The Kindest Cut
Decoupage is the French word for "cutting" - and it is also the name of one of my favorite art forms! Equal parts precision, creative freedom and therapy, making decoupage art has been my happy place for many years.
By Lori Brooks5 years ago in Lifehack
Upcycling: Cloth-Covered Journal. Top Story - June 2021.
Eight years ago, I began journaling for the first time in my life. It is no coincidence that this decision came shortly after dating the woman who is now my amazing wife. We worked together in the same public library. Positive changes were happening in every aspect of my life and I wanted to document the journey – the good, the bad, and the embarrassingly funny. The great thing about journaling is that I feel it is not only therapeutic, but it helps maintain perspective when I need a reminder of how far I have come in my journey to become a better person and all the goals I have achieved.
By Luis Aponte5 years ago in Lifehack
Having Fun With Spirits
I believe I was about ten years old when I realized I had some kind of ability to connect with those who had or were passing on to the Ancestral Burial Grounds. It scared the hell out of me and I instantly suppressed it. We were coming home one day from dance school, me, my sisters, and my mother, when she saw a note in the door. She read it and said, "It looks like a phone number for Virginia." Without taking a breath I blurted out, "Grand Daddy died." The entire hallway felt like it went still and then I said, "Nah nah nah, probably not." Saying that allowed everyone to move again. "Grand Daddy" was my father's father.
By Amina Heckstall5 years ago in Lifehack
Knitting Toward Happiness.
For the last six months, I have been living someone else’s life. That is to say, I have been the facilitator of the end of my mother’s life.
By Whitney Sweet5 years ago in Lifehack