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  It's the time of year when we gather up the hearts and craft supplies to make something special for someone we love.  Whether it's a bit of festive decorating, brightening up a wearable, making it a heartfelt table setting or just a few handcrafted cards, here are some cheerfully fun downloadables that will make you smile.  So jump right into some creatively fun projects and idea inspirations and let's make something heartfelt and AMAZING! Perfect for kids of all ages!  You can print and create as many project sheets as you need and then Give a Little Love .  Instructions are included with this .pdf formatted full color 8.5" x 11" publication.   Want patterns?  You'll absolutely LOVE Annie Lang's Sharing Hearts and Loving Smiles Line Art Pattern Publication.  Just watch the video to see what's inside and get inspired! Make your own 5"x7" heartfelt greeting cards for your special Valentine and just Print it with Heart ! Would you rather wor

Here's a most delightfully festive DIY project to make the holidays bright!  Painted with acrylic paints on a wood cutout shape, this design has lots creative possibilities.  Simply add a little glitter paint for added sparkle.  After transferring the design, you can also drill small holes to attach little fairy lights around the wreath after painting.  The pattern can be reduced or enlarged to suit your needs.  My original wreath was 36" which I used for holiday wall art.  The line art provided below will fit a 7" wood cutout.  To download the printable pattern or enlarge specific instructions, simply right click the image and SAVE .  Enjoy!

Whether you want to take up art as a hobby, want to encourage a budding artist, or simply need great gift ideas for your favorite creative, I've compiled a list of some basic "necessities" to get anyone off to a great start!  You can easily be overwhelmed when browsing the art  and craft store shelves, especially if you don't know exactly what it is you are looking for.  The ideas I've listed are all basics that I personally use here in my studio.  I tend to shop for supplies online which usually keeps me within my budget and helps me keep up with the latest products once I read the reviews feedback and watch the promo videos if available.  Please note that I DO NOT get endorsement fees or rewards for any of the branded products I've posted here! Let's get started! SKETCHING KIT This kit has everything you need all neatly organized in a travel friendly carrying case.  This Kalour sketching kit is manufactured by Love Art and has everything one needs to ex

Now is the time to celebrate the Autumn harvest and to spice up the season with gingerbread smiles and peppermint stick delights!  Three new designer fabrics by Annie Lang have just been made available that will bring a warm and welcoming feel to your creative holiday projects. All the new prints were created with my hand rendered digital clipart so I've also included links to the art with samples to give you ideas as to how you can use these coordinating designs to make themed companion crafts and products for your DIY projects.   Welcome the Autumn Harvest with this wonderfully seasonal design with  sunflowers, pumpkins, plaid bows, corn and more in rustic Fall colors.  It's absolutely perfect for making potholders, napkins, basket liners, aprons, candle and jar wraps and so much more! It just wouldn't be the holiday season without sweet fabric gingerbread characters and peppermint sticks all jumbled together with whimsical smiles and holly!    If all our kitchens were

Spring is one of my favorite seasons of the year as we celebrate with bright cheery colors and emerging garden flowers.  Here are some of my favorite Springtime Easter projects, ideas and free downloadables for you to try.  I've gathered most from some of my former posts so you can easily find everything in one place.  Just click the pics and Enjoy!    

  One of my favorite Autumn themes are harvest time Scarecrows and gatherings from the pumpkin patch.  Not only do scarecrows stand guard over our gardens, but they do a marvelous job of displaying a wide array of colorfully repurposed clothing!  Best of all, the theme carries through from the first days of autumn until the Thanksgiving harvest celebration concludes.   I decorate my home and outdoor living spaces with all the incredible colors and textures of the season, from leaves, acorns, woodsy animals, happy scarecrows, leaf wrapped lanterns, apples and pumpkins galore and bows of calico and plaids.  So fire up your imagination, gather up the harvest and let's simply Fall into Autumn smiles!   Need some fabrics for seasonal inspiration?  You'll find my fabric, wallpapers, home decor items and more in my Spoonflower Shop!  The above image features  Starecrows Scarecrows print, Brush Stroked in Ivory print,  Pumpkin Patch Scarecrows print, Naturally Brown Burlap print, 

Annie Lang now offers downloadable printable paper sets so you'll never run out of decorative pattern prints for all your creative papercrafting projects.  Each themed publication has 12 delightful full size color mix and match pages that you can print and use for your handcrafted adventures.  They are .pdf formatted and you can print as many as you'd like which makes them ideal for groups, classrooms, craft party gatherings and more.  Can be used to create scrapping page backgrounds, papercrafts, wrappers, cardmaking, frames, Mod Podge projects, notebook dividers, office accessories accents or anything else you can think of.  Royalty Free Usage allows unlimited printing usage for personal projects and handcrafted items you can resell.  However, the data files cannot be resold/shared or used for commercially printed merchandise retail products. Download your paper collections from the Activity Crafts page at Annie Things Possible right now and you can start your creative proje

What's under YOUR jar bonnet?  Just fill a canning jar with anything at all, dress up your homemade delights with a colorful paper bonnet lid designed by Annie Lang and you've got the perfect homestyle gift for any occasion!  Whether it's canned goods, bath salts, homemade jelly, hot cocoa mix, coffee beans, candy treats or dried flowers, herbs, dried mixes or whatever, you can make it even more special in just minutes with a homestyle paper bonnet you've crafted by hand.  Annie's 53 page Paper Jar Bonnet Lids publication includes templates for both regular size and wide mouth size canning jars, templates to make perfect size round metal lid stickers and folded hang tags that you can attach to your filled canning jars.  This papercraft activity book also includes step by step instructions along with 48 vividly colored full size patterned printable papers that have been custom designed by Annie Lang to create your jar bonnets. You can print as few or as many papers

Here's a fun decorative project you can paint up on a rainy day and use it as an accent piece on a shelf, bookcase cubby or even outdoors in the garden.  If using outdoors, be sure to give it a good coat of clear sealer finish once the project is completed to protect it from the elements.  This house can also be modified to create a cute gingerbread house, mock birdhouse, fairy garden house or anything else your imagination can come up with!  Here's how I painted the pictured sample but you can use any color, painting technique or brushes you desire. I hope you'll give it a try because anything IS possible when you're on a creative adventure!   NOTE:  Here's the online links to my wood suppliers... Stand Alone House Shape:    https://www.craftdealz.com/deal/stand-alone-house-shape 5" Garden Gate Ornament:    https://www.cdwood.com/collections/garden-gate/products/5-garden-gate-ornament

You don't have to be an avid gardener to grow your own smiles!  Just grab a few craft supplies and let your imagination take over.  If you love papercrafts as much as I do, you'll truly enjoy working with my newly released  Seed Pack Envelopes Activity Crafts downloadable .pdf publication. If you'd rather create with resizable clipart images, Annie Lang's Garden Seed Pack Clipart has everything you need to get started.  This collection from Creative Market comes with a license option available to suit your personal or commercial needs so you can use them for yourself, for your online retail business or simply create something amazing for your print on demand merchandise stores. You don't have to wait until the danger of frost has passed to get those creative smiles growing today.  Happy Gardening!

Have a little creative fun by dying and decorating fake eggs for Easter this year!  I'm always on the lookout for new crafting surfaces so when I stumbled on these fake eggs that were pre-packaged in cartons at Walmart, I just had to take them home to play with.  Unlike shiny plastic pull apart eggs, these are actually solid lightweight plastic with a lightly textured realistic feel matte surface.  Unlike real eggs, you don't need to boil them or keep them refrigerated until Easter, they don't crack when you drop them and the price is right.  It so happened that my 4 year old granddaughter was visiting the day I tested this new product and thought it would be a fun crafting project for us to work on together.   Here are a few supply suggestions and tips if working with this kit.  Make sure the work area is covered with plastic.  Dye will wash out but you should have plenty of paper towels and baby wipes nearby.  Pitch the tiny little plastic bags that come with the kit and