Puffy Paint Yarn Bowl

My crochet life is more orderly now that Duncan Ceramics now has a yarn bowl bisque design available for purchase! What the heck is a yarn bowl, you ask? It's a bowl with a slit cut in it so you can keep your yarn ball in place while you knit or crochet. My problem is when I sit down in front of the TV to crochet, my yarn bounces all over the floor, sometimes the dogs even grab it and all heck breaks loose. Now I can keep my yarn at my side with this bowl!

Whether you are into fired ceramics or not, you can make this bowl, read on to see how!

NOTE: To buy a blank bisque yarn bowl to decorate, contact your local Paint Your Own Pottery location.

How to Ombré Dye Your Jeans (VIDEO!)

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Los Angeles fashion blogger, BoiFromIpanema has a really cool video tutorial on ombré dying a pair of jeans. He visited our iLovetoCreate studios this past summer and learned all about the process of ombré dyeing. Here he shows step-by-step how to find the median point AND how using black dye on the edges can help finish the look.

Even if you don't need to dye your jeans, per se, I would still watch the video because you can use this technique on so many other applications! (Also, look for a funny cameo from MayaInTheMoment!)  Visit his blog at BoiFromIpanema.com

New Holiday Craft Videos!

We had so much fun with Holiday Craft Videos last year, 

our iLoveToCreate website team decided to do them again this year!

 Scott decided that a white Christmas would be fun, so he got busy painting and 

I brought in some color with ornaments and pillows.  

The cute little red deer and the
iLoveToCreate frame was added by Alexa (aka Swell Designer.)

 We have tons of Tulip holiday products,
so it didn't take long to put together some really
cute and quick crafts for the videos,
including coffee cozies with crystals to make a monogram.

 Molly was on hand to assist with set-up. 
That cute apron was just one of several darling ideas for using our
amazing adhesives, crystals, 3-D paint, stencils and glitter.

 As you can see... Victoria was not so excited about me 

snapping a candid photo of her during the shoot.

Sorry!

 And of course, Scott worked to make me look good, the audio sound wonderful,

and get those all-important close-ups for you to see

how to make your quick holiday crafts.

It was a good day of shooting at the iLoveToCreate photography/production studio.
Keep coming back to check out the videos as we post them here on the iLTC blog.

I hope you like the videos, and that they will inspire you
to be creative this holiday season!

Happy Holidays!

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