Nancy's Arts & Crafts

The Wilhelmina Shawl from the book   What Would Madam Defarge Knit ? (Creations Inspired by Classic Characters) is finished.   Your can read...

Now that I have been knitting with lots of oranges and red yarns, some bracelet bling in those colors was needed for accessories So I went t...

That clay you buy in hobby stores has so many uses that I completely forgot that it could be used to make buttons!! It is an amazingly eas...

Attempting to make a bracelet with about two hundred 4-10mm glass beads, I was hung up on a technique relating to securing the beads to a fl...

This clapotis scarf finished off with dimensions of 61" x 6.5" and was decorated with 8 mm seed beads along the diagonal lines cre...

Silk and wool, a 50/50 blend from Lorna's Laces , was used to complete the Clapotis Scarf begun in August . I added a crocheted edging, ...

Are you looking for a unique bridal gift? Try using your embroidery and beading skills to embellish a Bible for use in the wedding ceremony....

While taking a break from closet reorganization, I started another lace shawl (The Beginner's Triangle from the book A Gathering of Lace...

Hospice of Western Colorado will host a fundraiser and an appreciation dinner for their volunteers in April. The theme for the fundraiser i...

Q: What favorite souvenirs did I bring back from New Zealand? A: Anything from the Christchurch Artisan and Craft Galleries . This artisan c...

In a previous post about making knitting markers from beads , and with references given on a previous post , these colorful markers were mad...

In yesterday's posting about making paper beads with instructions given by Instructables , I wrote about how to use magazines for cut-o...

This YouTube video is an excellent "how to" regarding making paper beads. But wait, there is more information below! The instruct...

Ten years ago, I came across a magazine article that gave a tutorial on making ornamental holiday balls to use either as gifts, tree ornamen...

If you like to work with beads, eventually you may want to try sewing beads onto fabric. Several years ago, I made a lined jacket and wanted...

Wouldn't you know that the watch band I made here at beading-watch-bands a few months ago broke? Luckily, most of the beads were recove...

In Friday's blog post , Carol's Pin Swap was mentioned. Over the weekend, I made two altered art broaches for this exchange. One pie...

The Sassy Art Goddess is having her fourth annual beaded face pin contest. Click on her link and see the darling entrants from the 2007 exc...

Yesterday's post was about making Sculpey (or Fimo) polymer clay beads with an overlay of colors, accented with gold leaf. With an arsen...