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For almost a month already there has been The Crafts around the World series at the marvelous web-site The Crafty Crow. We, the authors of the Parents’ Ideas were very honoured to introduce Russia in this Project presenting illustrated tutorials of a dish and a craft among such countries as India, Turkey, the Netherlands, South Africa and many others. We are very grateful to Cassi, the author of The Crafty Crow, for inviting us to participate in the Project.
If you’d like to learn more about Russia and to learn how to make typically Russian Clay Toys be sure to visit The Crafty Crow.
Anastasia and Natalie
Tags: crafts, Creative Work, DIY, do-it-yourself, modeling
While we were making cards in the network of our project “Homemade Cards and Gifts”, our readers were sharing their tips and ideas with us. For example, reading about this card Nadezhda told us how to make design paper in home environment.
Homemade Design Paper
Tags: cards, children, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, early-childhood development, holidays, ideas, kids, presents, tips
The International Women’s Day, March 8, has passed but the desire to create is still here! 
Our project “Homemade Cards and Gifts – Interesting Ideas Every Day!” would not be complete if we did not share one more type of cards with you (which will finish our project). Such a card is both a card and a gift!
Homemade Embroidered Cards
Such a card will remind the person who you presented it with about it for a long time: thanks to its format, it is also a bookmark.
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Tags: birthday, cards, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, holidays, ideas, presents, St. Valentine's Day, Women's Day
Today is March 8 – the International Women’s Day in Russia and in many other countries. It is a holiday of the sun, joy, femininity, coziness, warmness and beauty. And we wish all of you, dear ladies, adult and young, a spring sun within and around!
What can the card made on March 8 look like? Of course, it should be cheerful! Shining! And quick in preparation! And it is much desirable that the card should be made from such things which can be found not leaving home.
Homemade Cards Made of the Materials Found at One’s Fingertips
Our daughter and I made this camomile from a muffin cup and bay leaves (in Russia they are used for cooking soup). The background is yellow velvet paper.
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Tags: birthday, cards, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, holidays, ideas, presents, Women's Day
One more kind of cards which we would like to present you in the network of the project “Homemade Cards and Gifts – Interesting Ideas Every Day” are 3D cards.
The materials needed for such cards are the following: dense white paper, dense colour paper, a pencil, a knife for paper.
Homemade 3D Cards
What 3D Cards Can Look Like? Here are some ideas:
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Tags: birthday, cards, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, holidays, ideas, presents, St. Valentine's Day, Women's Day
Soon cherry will start blossoming in our country – in about a couple of months . And in Japan, sakura – a Japanese ornamental cherry tree – has almost broken into blossom (in the south of Japan blossoming start on about March 12). So, we suggest you enjoy the “hanami” – Japanise holiday of admiring blossoming sakura – right now
And not only to admire but also to create your own Japanese garden – on a card . And then to present it – together with some, exquisite in a Japanese manner, gift .
Exquisite homemade cards
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Tags: birthday, cards, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, holidays, ideas, presents, St. Valentine's Day, Women's Day
Today’s card is quite unusual. Three-dimensional and movable. And at the same time it has fully preserved the functions of the traditional card: it is made of paper and inside there are felicitations and warm wishes. And, of course, you can present somebody with it! And it will serve for a longer time than the usual card. So, here it is - card-mobile in “twitter” style :
One more:
May be, those who regularly read our blog have noticed that we have recently widened our presence in the Internet and now we are also writing in “Twitter”. And today we suggest You to make your own “home Twitter”. Look, there are pipes made of paper where you can see the birds known to many , many-coloured sheets of paper. You can write warm wishes on the occasion of holidays on them (as it is a card!) and when the holiday has passed why not continue using this mobile as a carrier pigeon … for the exchange of letters . Just remember Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: birthday, cards, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, holidays, ideas, presents, St. Valentine's Day, Women's Day
It’s already the fifth day of spring! Let’s maintain spring atmosphere in our blog, too! We’re presenting you one more style of cards within the framework of our project “Homemade Cards and Gifts – Interesting Ideas Every Day!”
Unique Homemade Cards
The central element of this card is a skeletonized leaf. Do not be scared by the name. Such leaves are called so in flower shops (at least in Russia).
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Tags: birthday, cards, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, holidays, ideas, presents, Women's Day
We’d like to present you a third card in our project “Homemade Cards and Gifts – Interesting Ideas Every Day!”
Have you ever thought of an additional functionality of the hole punch?
Cheerful Homemade Cards
The idea of this card is not only in laborious work (though I somehow managed to glue all these circles when our little daughter was nearby – I gave her some of the circles for her own, tot’s, card ) ). The composition and the texture of the materials are also important in the card.
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Tags: birthday, cards, children, christmas, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, early-childhood development, holidays, ideas, kids, New Year's Eve, presents, St. Valentine's Day, Women's Day
If our yesterday’s card which opened the project “Homemade Cards and Gifts – Unique Ideas Every Day!” was totally created by adults (our little daughter’s input was the colouring of baking paper), today’s card has been fully made by children! They made it at one of the meetings of the children’s art-group.
Homemade Cards – Crafts with Kids
The main idea of this card is the uncommonness of the materials which were used. Or, to be more exact, this tender card has become a result of combining quite usual things.
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Tags: cards, children, crafts, Creative Work, design, DIY, do-it-yourself, early-childhood development, holidays, ideas, kids, presents, St. Valentine's Day, Women's Day
