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I’m going to be featuring some of the mineral make-up recipes from craft group over the next few days. We’ll start with Emily’s Wonderland…2 scoops magnesium violet5 scoops red mica1 scoop base (alternate base)3 scoops lemon pop mica4 scoops tangerine pop mica So now you’ve found out how much fun making your own eye shadow...
Check out the tutorial for this Twilight inspired bracelet from Rings & Things! The red and black beaded bits are easy charms to make – we’ll be making these in our class on September 17th – and you can make the bracelet itself with some 10 mm and 5 mm jump rings (although we’ll be...
This is an example of our two tiered earrings with the two loops! As you can see I am using plastic shepherd hooks because I can’t wear metal in my ears! I hope you enjoyed the incredibly chaotic class yesterday! If you’re interested in learning more about jewellery making, please join us Thursday, September 17...
I hope you enjoyed the candle making class today. You can get supplies for these projects from Michael’s in Abbotsford, Voyageur Soap & Candle in Surrey, or Suds & Scents in Abbotsford. You can get sheets of beeswax at Chilliwack Honey, Michael’s (although, honestly, it’s not very good and tends to be quite old and...
I was going entitle this post “Hair Bands” but Raymond keeps singing Bon Jovi songs around the house (very well, I might add), so I figured I’d call them head bands instead.I hope you’re enjoying your fancy headband, and I’m almost positive you’ll want to make more of them to match every outfit! So here...