Amber's Craft a Week Blog

  Now that I've finished my PhD, I've finally had the chance to get back into reading, and have been chipping away at the edits on m...

     These magic wand ornaments are inexpensive and easy to make and are great gifts for magic lovers of all ages.  In addition to orna...

     I'm excited to present to you one of my favorite crafts I've made.  If you've seen my Halloween costume contest cat trop...

     Transform an old medicine cup into an adorable mini basket. Materials: *Plastic medicine cup *Twine *All purpose adhesive *Gre...

     Yes, I know Halloween is still months away.  Why do you ask?  While the Halloween bug still is in my system (when isn't it?), ...

     Okay, so I know Halloween is still months away, but I came up with the idea for these adorable mini "magic" wands and I co...

     Wait, don't throw that container out!  Empty plastic bottles such as toothpick containers, rounded makeup containers, and aspiri...

Materials: *Mini image of a checkers board *Thin cardboard (e.g. from a cereal box) *Scissors *Hole punch *Cardstock in two diffe...

     Here's the next installment in my miniseries (pun courtesy of Brian). Materials: *Toothpicks *Box cutter or other reasonably...

This is roughly the actual size of the mini book I made. Materials: *Paperboard or other thin cardboard/heavy paper, such as an old ce...

     I decided to try a video tutorial for this craft project.  I have a poll on the right hand side of the page in which you can tell me...

Materials: *Digital photos and printer *Magnetic backing *Scissors Directions: *Crop desired pictures to square shapes and shrink t...

The Tree: Materials: *Black wire *Styrofoam base Directions: *Determine the height that you would like your Halloween tree to be. ...

Miniature Board Game Materials: *4x6 sheet of photo paper *Empty cereal box *Scissors *Mounting squares or glue *Color printer ...

Miniature Wall Art Materials: *Clay *Wooden or paper letter *Scrap of patterned paper *All purpose adhesive *Scissors Dir...