Category — Studio & Workshop

Well built and tastefully appointed hand made doll houses often sell for $400 or more, especially if they are to scale, realistic looking, well-decorated and nicely furnished. [Read more →]

If you have a garage or work building and are willing to learn a craft, upholstering, re-upholstering and/or furniture refinishing would make an excellent home business. The investment is comparatively small and there is always a market for these skills and the products they yield. [Read more →]

Here are several methods of metal plating objects, here are two that don’t require a dangerous high-amperage electrical source… [Read more →]

You can transfer a photo or snapshot from a negative onto wood,cloth, paper, etc. All printing is done from the negative not from the photo. Prepare two simple solutions as follows: [Read more →]

You can treasure the memory of your child’s first steps forever by bronzing their first set of baby shoes. They make wonderful and unique presents to hand onto your child at their coming of age or for grandparents. And you can do it yourself relatively inexpensively and easily. [Read more →]

You can preserve the fresh beauty of flowers for years in their natural vivid colors without a great deal of work or expense. [Read more →]

You can enjoy the freshness of a flower garden throughout the year by cutting and drying your favorite flowers. The two easiest and least expensive methods are sand-drying and air-drying.

Sand-drying can be used to dry a wide variety of flowers, such as roses, tulips, dahlias, marigolds and snapdragons. Flowers which last only one day, like day lilies, do not dry well. Do not dry asters, azaleas, chrysanthemums, geraniums, petunias, phlox, pinks, poppies or violets. But feel free to do your own experimentation. [Read more →]