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From knitting and needlepoint to woodworking and glasswork, become a crafts expert with eHow’s help. Looking for a new hobby? Learn to scrapbook, get pottery tips and even discover how to make furniture in your free time. Curious about leatherwork? eHow can jumpstart the process by helping you choose the right tools. So whether you’re showing your kids how to make a sock monkey or thinking about taking up whittling, eHow will have you making great crafts in no time.

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How to - Thrift Store Shopping Tips

By Susan H Pardoe

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These thrift store shopping tips have been helpful to me and I hope they are helpful to you as well. I shop the thrift store because I enjoy staying at home with my children full time. Thrift stores enable me to dress my entire family very well ... more »

How to Put Together a Tactile Book for Your Child

By BC Doan

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If you have small children at home, you know that they are very curious with everything. They like to touch, taste, and see. To help them with their brain development, here is a book idea for you... more »

How to "Flatten" Bulging Square Joins in a Decorative Way

By craftybegonia

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Have you ever struggled with bulging joins when working with crocheted squares?.. more »

How to A Calming Rice Box For the Kids

By Felicia Martin

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A Great Stress Reliever to the kids as well as their parent!.. more »

How to Achieve Goals Creating a Vision Board

By Julie McElroy

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What is a vision board? It is basically a collage of pictures depicting your dreams, goals, and desires. The idea is when you are surrounded by these images, your life will align with your desires based on what is posted on this vision board. ... more »

How to Add Creative Pockets To Your Scrapbooking Layouts

By SouthernIsis

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In my last article, I showed you how to create pockets for your scrapbooking layouts. In this article, I will show you how to add a more creative touch to the pockets you add to your scrapbooking layouts... more »

How to Add Fairy or Butterfly Wings to a Picture

By Kiki0701

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This article will walk you through adding fairy wings or butterfly wings to a photo using Photoshop... more »

How to Add Lights to a Homecoming Mum

By eHow Hobbies, Games & Toys Editor

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It's homecoming time, and you are going back to your alma mater for the big game. You've gathered pins and other paraphernalia to make the perfect homecoming mum, and now you want to add a little shine with some lights. Whether you're going ... more »

How to Add Toe Guards to your Soft-Sole Shoes

By mistymq

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I don’t know about the rest of you but my son has a tendency to drag his toes when he walks. He wore little holes in three pairs of his soft-sole shoes before I started putting “Toe Guards” on them. The first time I put on a toe guard it was on ... more »

How to Age or Antique Paper for Scrapbooking

By missforty

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A great technique to use in Heritage or Family Tree scrapbooks is to age the paper and make it look old and antiqued. Here are some fun ways to do just that... more »

How to Age Silver

By rumblebug

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Silver and sterling silver items can be beautiful in their own right but sometimes we are looking for 'just the right look' for our pieces. Sometimes that look we want is an aged or antique look. The coloration you see in antique pieces is ... more »

How to anneal silver

By schalken

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Do you have a piece of silver that you need to soften? Do you need to know how to anneal that piece of silver? Annealing silver is a necessary step in making silver jewelry... more »

How to Applique Boutique Jeans

By melindat

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I will give you some tips on appliqueing jeans here. . ... more »

How to Applique Knit Fabric / Make a Boutique Applique T-Shirt

By melindat

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This will teach you how to applique on knit fabrics and tee shirts. Make your own boutique clothing!.. more »

How to Applique on Boutique Clothing

By melindat

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You will learn how to applique on woven cotton clothing. Dress up a outfit you are making or a store bought item with this technique. Check out my other how to's to find out how to applique on knit/ t-shirt fabrics... more »

How to Apply a patch to a Leather Motorcycle Jacket

By Wasatch

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It can be a task to put a patch on a leather jacket. It is harder than applying a patch to denim. Iron ons seldom work on leather... more »

How to Attach Decoupage Pictures Without Crinkling

By pearlyvictoria

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Decoupage is a centuries-old technique that crafters often use to attach pictures to frames, furniture and serving dishes. However, it is difficult to get the applied picture to remain flat on the new surface... more »

How to avoid making a poor quality quilt

By Sharon Neth

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Have you ever seen a quilt that was falling apart because the quality of fabric was poor? Have you ever seen a 9 patch quilt were the corners do not meet in the center and you wonder why? Or how about a quilt that has the most awful color scheme ... more »

How to Avoid Pain While Knitting

By J M Butler

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Knitting is a wonderful hobby, but, if you knit for long periods of times, particularly on larger projects such as afghans, you may find that your fingers, hands, arms, shoulders, and back begin to hurt. All of these symptoms can be alleviated or ... more »

How to Avoid Second Sock Syndrome

By Jennifer Walker

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Not something that can be diagnosed by a doctor--but your local knitting club probably knows it intimately--second sock syndrome happens when a knitter, usually a new knitter, completes her first sock and is so proud of her accomplishment, but ... more »

How to Be Creative with Beach Glass

By veryirie

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To be creative with beach glass, you only need 2 things...the glass and your imagination. You make up the rest as you go. Here are 4 ideas that will hopefully inspire you...... more »

How to beat the "I'm bored" home from school blues

By FUSILLI1OF4

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Isn't it funny that the kids just can't wait for time off from school whether it is summer, spring or winter break? They anticipate not having to go to school and even count the days. We all remember those happy school day memories being filled ... more »

How to Begin a Journal

By Jessie

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Journals aren't just for writers or angsty teenagers. Keeping a personal journal can increase the understanding of your values, deepen your self knowledge, improve evaluations when a decision needs to be made, and improve relationships with ... more »

How to Begin the First Stitch in Knitting

By santhemant

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first step is always the difficult one in any learning-even in knitting-this one is from my mother... more »

How to Begin the First Stitch in Knitting

By DOttFlorida

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Don't be intimidated by the process. Follow along with the next few steps, and . Who knows you could be on your way to an afghan in no time flat... more »