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Parents and children can work together to give a new life to old newspaper by recycling it into a piece of art.

We are going to use the handmade paper we made to create a rustic accent lamp.

Have you seen the beautiful handmade paper that is on the market. It is not difficult to create your own and customize it for someone special.

With the holidays coming, you will gets loads of use for your embroidery stitches to make great gifts and special cards

With scrap paper, a blender and a window screen, an artist can create their own homemade, recycled watercolor paper.

The art of paper making is simple. The variety of textures, shades and grades is unlimited. An excellent activity for an art class with scope for personal flair.

Celebrate Christmas with a traditional Victorian tree ornament, an elegant paper cone that doubles as a small gift holder.

Make a mini notebook or mini pad featuring a creative collage of vintage ads for the cover.

In a few days we will be making handmade paper. Take some time to prep by getting your frames made. Here are several different methods for acquiring framed screens.

Ann Arbor, Michigan is a colorful Indoor-outdoor art museum. Paintings hang in every cafe, and fine art and crafts fill galleries and artisan boutiques.

Ideal for casual fun or school art lessons, this book provides instructions to imitate the styles of 100 well-known picture book illustrators.

Embossed peel-off stickers add an instant professional quality to a Christmas card design, especially when it has a more unusual construction than a single-fold card.

Embossed peel-off stickers give an Easter card design an added professional quality, especially when it has a more complex construction than a single-fold card.

Invitations set the tone for all your celebrations. Get ahead of the game with this one-stop shopping resource for party invitations and invitation supplies.

Rather than just looking to plain white paper as the go to art supply for snowflake creation, make a snowflake gift book from a variety of papers.

This is one of my favorite projects. We are going to make some really beautiful ornaments. Once you get the process down, you can make anything.

We are going to go back to the basics. This is a step by step guide for the person who has never embossed before.

Are you looking for ideas for tree skirts, ornaments or gifts to make? What about card making, garland or gift wrap? Find it all here.

The artist's drawings, prints, and watercolors represent his distinctive originality with characteristics of major styles of modern art.

Think having a green wedding has to be complicated? It doesn't. Here are ten easy ways you can green your big day.

Thad Carhart, author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, released a new novel, Across the Endless River, in September 2009.

An autumn can be a colorful time to have a wedding. The invitations, ceremony and reception can be a bright celebration of love and nature with a few creative ideas.

The best summer wedding favors are unique and elegant gifts that fit in with the reception décor, whether it's a tropical beach theme or a traditional floral wedding.

The holiday season is about giving. This year, give back to the environment and save money along the way by using natural and recycled materials to decorate the tree.

The key to making fantastic botanical paintings and collages is going straight to the source by painting with leaves.

Everyone loves receiving an Easter basket, no matter how old they are. Why not create one geared specifically to mixed-media artists?

If the idea of starting a green business appeals to you, look for ideas and opportunities that best fit your personal interests and talents.

Planning early for the Christmas season means leaving the stress and panic out of the holiday equation and means more enjoyment with friends and family.

Interested in green weddings? Consider these tips to save the environment and teach others to be eco-friendly in your invitations, food choices, wedding gown and jewelry.

When traveling it is second nature to see the sights of the city or town - museums, monuments, galleries, shops, restaurants and so on. Yet this rarely the case at home.

Children's drawings are both artworks and early, developing forms of communication. Susan Conklin Thompson explores the role of art in the development of children.

Use very basic craft skills to create a simple handmade card as a perfect compliment to a special present.

Adapt this Pre Christmas collage activity to suite the maturity of your Art Class. The complexity of the project will depend on the time and types of material available.

Whip up some creative genius to give a boring photo album new life.

How to make less of an impact on the Earth while planning your wedding.

We are going to learn how to emboss using the stylus tools and stencils. You can carry this technique over into other projects too.

Antique engravings and other paper items were printed on handmade paper which doesn't age well. There are ways to preserve old paper items and ensure longevity.

This article contains and ideas for spring gifts of plants and flowers that children can prepare and give. Celebrate the growing season with these gifts of joy.

Stumped on what to get friends and family for the holidays. Help others, help the environment and help yourself.

Christmas should be fun but for many people the festive season can cause extreme stress and anxiety, not to mention a huge drain on the bank account. More often then not

Today we are going to look at decorations that celebrate snow.

Make your wedding day extra special with some of these ideas for a truly unique reception.

In this exclusive interview, Coraline director Henry Selick talks about getting the look of his film and lead character just right.