Thursday, December 6th, 2012
by Paula Chin
Want
gifts that look gorgeous? Follow these tips from
The Container Store’s Kelly Vrtis.
Use double-sided tape and position the wrapping paper seam along a bottom edge, where it’s less noticeable.
Get creative with bulky items, like bicycles. Wrap up boxed clues for a...
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
by Suzonne Stirling
I always think I'm going to have time to work out my packaging designs in advance. Then it's the eleventh hour, I'm tired, and I need packaging I won't mind doing thirty times. That was me on Wednesday evening, after making nearly eight dozen cookies with my son and...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
by Suzonne Stirling
I'm always tempted to capture the fleeting existence of seasonal greenery, as evidenced by the nature-oriented crafts I've been focusing on recently. To close out my nature experiments, I decided to revisit working with air-dry clay.
Earlier this year, I created decorative textured
pottery. I was a novice, but...
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