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Craft Supplies On A Budget

By Narelle Davison

When times get tough our hobbies are generally first to suffer the cutbacks. The list below has just a few ideas to help you save money on craft supplies and you may also find yourself a new creative burst by trying them. Crafts don’t always have to be so expensive and it is fun to improvise.

Paper and card

Newspaper offcuts: A great place to get plain paper, particularly for kids crafts and drawing is a newspaper office. Our local newspaper has always had huge rolls of plain white paper available for around $10 - $15, that is a roll that is over a metre wide and 30cm in diameter. I believe it was over 100 metres of paper, well my daughter has had the same roll for over 5 years. It isn’t great quality but it has tons of uses like as a drop sheet for other projects, making patterns for sewing.

Scrapbooking paper and card: If you are finding the scrapbook stores too expensive try looking in newsagents, office supply stores and department stores for paper and card. They may not have the same range and quality but you may find something to help your supply of better paper last longer.

Op shops and flea markets

Fabric and wool: Second hand clothes found in opportunity shops and flea markets can often be a great source of fabric when you don’t need large amounts. Even when clothes are fairly old there are generally parts that are not faded or worn.

Used knitwear is great for small amounts of wool for wool crafts.

Leather: Look out for old handbags, belts and leather jackets for leather scraps and fittings.

Beading: Op-shops often have old jewelry, which can be reused for findings, beads and pendants.

Buttons, zips and buckles: All types of sewing notions can be found in opshops, the biggest consideration is will be able to be removed easily.

Bears and dolls: Bits and pieces for dolls and bears could be found in opshop toys.

Mosaic

Second hand stores and garage sales are often a great source of plates that can be broken for use in mosaics.

Nature

Mother Nature has an endless bounty of craft supplies for free. Plus you get fresh air and exercise while you are beach combing, walking or fossicking. Shells, sand, driftwood, seedpods, pebbles, leaves and grasses are but a few things that can be used in many crafts.

Wood

Sometimes small timber stores or hardware shops have a bin of offcuts that could fit many uses. Salvage yards and secondhand stores can be another source of wood and old furniture that may be able to be recycled too.

Making your own

Some of the things we use in crafts can be made instead of purchased. For example decent paper glue can be made with cornflour, beads can be made with salt dough and there are ways to make stencils and stamps yourself too.

About the Author: Narelle Davison has created Aussie Crafts (http://www.aussiecrafts.com.au) to provide information and promotion for craftspeople through interviews, articles, craft forum and directory. Australian craftsperson are interviewed in return for a free link and publicity.

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Wed Feb 22 2012

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Kids can make their own Mardi Gras masks Sunday at Atlantic City Free Library
“We teach everything in our house is a potential art supply,” she said. The Atlantic City Free Public Library on 1 N. Tennessee Ave. will host a craft event at 2 p.m. today. Children 8 and older will make Mardi Gras masks out of household item

Art program communicates care through beauty
The instructors use art supplies to work one-on-one with children and in small groups. Jones and Lombardi need money for art supplies, and proceeds from the 4th Annual Art on the Lake at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club is providing it.

Rockingham briefs: Legion wins champion award
Eligible artistic disciplines are music (both classical and contemporary), dance, visual arts and crafts, film / video ... without Internet access can call City Hall at 349-1030 to supply their information over the phone or pick up a forms ...

Centre View Entertainment Feb. 16-22
arts and crafts supplies, computer games / software, and more! Get a head start on swim wear, beach / outdoor toys, sandals, and Easter outfits too. At Chantilly High School Cafeteria (Entrance #11), 4201 Stringfellow Rd., Chantilly. Visit www.fcmom ...

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Be My Furry Valentine gift bazaar and meet and greet cat and kitten adoptions: noon-4 p.m. at Pet Supplies Plus, 2600 McFarland Blvd ... email carolyn@tuscaloosachamber.com. Tuesday -Bama Art House Film Series: 7:30 p.m. at the Bama Theatre ...

What's happening today?
Art Class: 9:30 a.m.-noon, Winder Library, 189 Bellview St., Winder; learn more about creating art; bring art supplies; (770 ... fossils or lapidary crafts; free and open to the public; (706) 549-8082. Contra Dance: 8-11 p.m., Memorial Park ...

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