Looking for some new crafts for those wooden beads sitting in your craft closet? Here are 35 wood bead crafts for you to try. Ideas include some unique projects like a wood doormat, pendant lighting, ...

Beading, watercolor painting, shaping air-dry clay: Old-school arts and crafts projects are launching a major comeback. Not only do they offer a soothing, analog antidote to our scroll-and-click lives ...

Perler beads are a kid’s craft staple. If you have a few thousand or so lying around your house, try one of these creative crafts with the kids. Choose 4 different colors of Perler beads. Arrange them ...

Add a little shimmer to this year's home decor.

When you think of beading, what comes to mind? Probably stringing together chains of multi-coloured beads to make jewellery like necklaces and bracelets. If your interests lie in jewellery making, ...

Are you interested in bead looming but struggling with these common concerns?"There are too many types of looms, and I don't know how to choose," "Setting up the warp threads feels difficult," "The ...

Since this blog began in 2014, we have covered the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It's a two-week event in Washington, D.C., that brings artists and artisans from around the world to share their ...

Small groups gather under bright lights in silence, neatly placing tiny beads into a design. Popular in China, the ...