/r/crafts
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Need a gift? Want something handmade? Buy from your fellow crafters!
This subreddit is for sharing your own images, tutorials, tips, and questions on all things craft related! Before posting please follow these rules:
1.) Be kind and remember the human. Comments that dismiss or insult other users or the craft they share, will be removed. Constructive criticism is greatly encouraged, but remember the constructive part. Comments on a user's appearance, especially those of a sexual nature, creepy, gross or any comments that are similar to that, will be removed and the user banned from this subreddit.
2.) Do not post shop, social media, or self-promotion info/links (i.e. etsy, social media, a shop's facebook, youtube channel, sites selling crafts, sites selling a product, or sites asking for followers/donations/votes) outside of the monthly shop thread. Not as a post, in a comment, or in the description. You will be marked as spam and possibly banned. BUT you may use the flair next to your username to advertise your shop.** This includes posts that have affiliate links to buy items. They will be removed and marked as spam. See the list below as to where you can submit those types of posts.
3.) Blog posts/articles are no longer allowed unless you are posting a free tutorial directly on your site. If you'd like to share pictures of something you've made, you must use an image hosting site (imgur, flickr, etc.), not your blog/personal site/social media etc.
4.) Please limit posting to only one post every 24 hours. Either compile an album on a picture hosting site or post subsequent pictures in the comment section. More than one post a day will be subject to removal.
5.) Video links are not allowed as their own post. Either post a picture of your finished craft and link a tutorial in the comments or post a short clip (under 60 seconds) on an image-sharing site or reddit itself. Short clips are still subject to the no self-promotion rule.
6.) Any poster that is considered "low effort" will be removed. Our subreddit is starting to crack down on low effort posts. When we say low effort, we mean users that only post their own links, only post social media video content, and/or people that do not leave comments or interact in another way with subreddits. It looks as if you post the same link 10+ times to a variety of subreddits with no other interaction. This is behavior of a spammer. If you continue to post like this, you will be banned from the subreddit.
7.) Memes, comics, and similar type of posts are only allowed on Mondays with the 'Meme Monday' tag.
8.) Keep all craft adjacent chat in the 'Craft Adjacent Chat' weekly post.
9.) Surveys are allowed in the monthly shop thread; not as a separate post.
10.) Tag your post with the appropriate flair. Due to a number of users wanting to filter out certain types of crafts, please tag your post with the appropriate flair so that posts don't receive unnecessary reports or automatic removals by AutoMod.
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Hi all! Just found this sub and did a little scroll through - everyone’s so fun and talented!
I’m hoping someone might be able to help give me some ideas when it comes to an old mantle clock I recently acquired.
Long story short, I found it in an alley — it was dark out, and I couldn’t quite see the level of disrepair it was in!
It’s HEAVY as heck, super solid, and since I certainly don’t think I know enough to try to repair it, as it’s missing so many parts, I’ve been trying to come up with a way to give this beautiful piece some new life while also restoring some of its original details.
Some cons…
…And some pros!
Lately, the ideas I’ve had are transforming it into some kind of semi-hidden storage box for my genealogy items (one of my favorite hobbies!), or utilizing the gold frame on the front to house an important older family photo.
You can view images of the clock here: https://imgur.com/a/bz6Tg8n
If anyone has any more unique or pretty or weird ideas, I would love to hear them! Thank you so much! 🖤
Hello, I recently bought a snowglobe that is missing a tip at the bottom to make it even/flat. How to fix it? Right now it's loopsided.
Hello!
My best friend passed in 2022 and she LOVED Christmas. I have never done Christmas before, but I decided I wanted to do it and bought a tree and ornaments and everything.
Kayla would always say at the start of the season « By gosh by golly it’s time for mistletoe and holly » and I think I would like to commission a craft decoration of that phrase to be displayed during the holidays.
But I don’t know where to begin! What kind of craft? How do I commission an artist?
Here are the ideas I have had so far:
Art print with mistletoe and holly and framed
embroidered wall hanging
embroidered throw pillow(s?)
What else should I be considering? Has anyone done something like this before and has ideas?
Thank you so much for your time!
EDIT: Oh!!!! Kayla LOVED doing diamond art. I suck at it. Is that something I could commission? Like the design and then doing the diamond things and framing it?
Looking to paint these a pearlized white - What do you recommend that will keep the detail underneath without covering it up too much please
Hey everyone!!
I’m a broke grad student and I want to DIY everyone’s Christmas gifts this year because I have a VERY strict budget. I am looking to DIY everyone a pinewood ornament, some painted and some photos. To apply the photos im looking at either printing on regular paper and using a gel medium (found the tutorial here: https://www.thehomesteady.com/my-blog/2013/12/diy-wood-photo-transfer-ornaments.html) OR using iron-on transfer paper, which seems to be faster (found the tutorial here: https://www.pictureboxblue.com/how-to-put-pictures-on-wood/)
My issue is I don’t have an iron to iron the transfer paper on, nor do I care to buy one right now. Do y’all think I can substitute something else for the heat? Maybe a hair dryer? Also, do places like Office Max allow printing on transfer paper?
Thanks in advance!
For my son’s Kindergarten winter party we are doing snowman bowling. Already have ideas to make the water bottle “pins”. How about the ball? Thinking tennis ball and the other mom was thinking we should decorate that as well (we will need 4). Thinking a tennis ball but open to other suggestions. Paint it (using what paint?) or cover in cotton balls or something else snow like? What are your creative thoughts!
Is there something I can use to restore the black color of the plate on coffee maker where it's discolored underneath the pot ? The pot is only 4 months old and company won't replace!
I used acrylic paint and posca markers on a wooden bookmark but I’m not used to acrylic so I have no idea how to protect or seal it?