Sunday, March 15, 2009

Craftsmaking in Colorado

By Mercie Hallow

Crafts making is a hobby that can turn into a business opportunity. Crafts makers are small business people owners who managed to turn their hobby to a money making opportunity. There are many crafts available nowadays that are fun, easy and quick to make. Craft making is a womans hobby though there are males who are also getting the hang of it. Crafts making is a sure way to boost ones creativity and style.

Jewelry making is an example of crafts making. A beginner can easily make her own jewelry bracelet by following these simple techniques. The first step in making a jewelry bracelet is to prepare the materials to be used. The materials are: beads, nylon string, a pair of scissors, needle and jewelry clasps. Place the beads into the string while occasionally checking out the length by wrapping it around your wrist. Stitch the jewelry clasps at both ends to close. The simple beaded bracelet is done!

Homemade candles is also very easy to make and very saleable. Ingredients for a homemade candle are: paraffin wax, candle mold, dye wax, wax scents, metal saucepan, spoon and thermometer. Melt the wax into the saucepan and add the dye and wax scent of choice. Remove from heat and transfer to mold. Allow to cool, remove from mold and lay on wax paper to air out.

Homemade soaps are also very fun and easy to do. The ingredients for homemade lavender soap are: a bar of color free or no fragrance soap, a double broiler, soap mold, almond oil, lavender oil and almond oil (for moisturizer). Combine all the ingredients, remove from heat and transfer to mold. Let it air dry by placing it in a wax paper.

Scrap booking is a hobby that can be a moneymaking opportunity in no time. Scrap booking is the art of combining photos and embellishments to photo albums. It is indeed a very creative way to look at your photos.

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