In this how-to video, you will learn how to make and decorate cookie pops and bright bouquet cookies. First, you must have your cookie already baked and ready for decoration. Take a star tip and decorate the cookie in a zig zag formation with the icing. Go around the edge until it is entirely complete. You can do a straight star if you want instead. Once that is done, fill in the inside for the center with another color. Fill in the empty area with the icing used for the edges in spots. Conti...
If you are just starting guitar or are trying to improve your skills then this is the video for you. In this video Andrew from Creative Guitar Studio will teach and show you, stretch and dexterity exercises to improve you guitar skills. You will also see left and right hand coordination exercises. The video starts with an add 2 chord and then follows up with 8 other exercises to improve you guitar skills. Some of these include timing, finger independence, chromatic string exercises, and finge...
She's doing it again; turning the ordinary into the extraordinary! Carolyn Braden is taking sea shells collected from a recent vacation and incorporating them into a decorative wreath. Using a hot glue gun and thick satin ribbon wrapped on a Styrofoam ring, a simple inexpensive wreath can be created with anything you can find attached. Don't be afraid to be creative. Using thick ribbon will help create a lovely pattern behind whatever you choose to glue on the wreath. The other idea Carolyn h...
If you want to make a beautiful fake stained glass window, in order to decorate the bathroom, kid’s room or any other room, without much fuss and money involved, here are some tips. First you need an old window on the desired dimensions and then you need some resin from local hobby store (like Michaels) and some marbles. Put the marbles on the window in any way you would like. Be creative! Then you mix the resin and pour it on the marbles.
This explains how to use two-note chords when playing rhythm guitar. A step by step video tutorial that will show you how to mix two note melodic ideas with double stops and throwing in a single note melody. Andrew Wasson from Creative Guitar Studio put together a melodic phrase and a minus one track that will be available to download from his site. Andrew goes over all the techniques you need to help you learn this phrase and teaches them to you with simple instructions. These double stop an...
Anyone can learn how to draw an owl on their computer with this easy to follow guide from [www.DrawingNow.com Drawing Now] with just a basic paint program. This video tutorial shows you how to start with just the basic skeleton of the bird, and slowly add layers to it to get the finished product. Watch as the artist adds various colors for the wings, face, body and even a colorful branch for it to perch on. Get creative with this starting point and add your own flair and unique spin on this f...
Making crafts with a group of children can get a little hectic and also maybe a bit costly. Recycling materials to use for creative activites with your kids can be a fun and and economicly fiscal alternative to your normal purchases. This video will give you some example on how to recycle materials for your kids arts and crafts. Using these everyday materials, accompanied with some great insight from this video, you can have a lot of fun creating all sorts of interesting projects with your ch...
The creative minds at Soulstyle show you how to juggle three clubs at once with some excellent tips to help get you started. Start by tossing one club in the air and catching it in the correct spot before you more forward into juggling. Once you've got that down pat, toss two clubs back and forth, in the shape of an "X" until you are completely comfortable with that. Keep your eyes focused on the highest point of the "X" and avoid the temptation to watch your hands. When you've mastered two, ...
This video will show you how to make a good walking stick. Having a 'third leg' can sometimes mean the difference between disaster and safety. To make the perfect walking stick, do the following: Find a nice straight stick, strong enough to support your weight. Cut it at a length you will be comfortable with. Consider wrapping a piece of leather around the top part, where you grab onto the stick. This creates a comfortable handle. Be creative with your stick by decorating it or writing your n...
Michael Weisner teaches us how to draw a cartoon bed. His credentials boast of him to be a computer animator. He starts the video off in a rather creative way with him as a cartoon. He slowly draws a cartoon bed by hand. He does this step-by-step, starting from the base up. Going rather quickly, he draws a bed and outlines it in marker. As Michael is drawing, he narrates the process and explains what he is doing and how it is done.
To create an added interest with text, learn how to wrap text around paths or shapes using Illustrator software. This video from Task Tutorial shows us each step involved with wrapping text around an oval as an example. However, any shape or path can be used to wrap text around that object. An object just needs to be placed on the page and then the "text wrap" command needs to be applied, and the wrapping will be done for you automatically. The Illustrator effect allows you to break up a page...
This video shows how to make a call of Duty Modern Warfare Text in Photoshop. For Call of Duty enthusiasts, learn how to make modern warfare text in Photoshop following the steps in this tutorial from Creative Ice Media Group. The video breaks down into two types of texts and how the two can be made. The tutorial goes over what font to use and what color code to use. In addition learn what auto glow color effects to use. Follow the steps in this video to learn how to make a Call of Duty Moder...
Emerald City Elegance Paper Crafting with Joann is really very interesting to watch. It takes us through the process of making a beautiful paper cup mini album. It explains us to properly cut the edges of the paper cup, to stick first the color page in the folded paper cup, making ready the plain album pages and punching it altogether. Finally embellishments are also done to add beauty to the mini album. Now the album is ready. After watching this video, any viewer develops the art of creativ...
Cyberseams explains here how to knit pick up stitches. It is actually about joining sections together. You can use a knitting needle or stick for joining sections together. Take a piece of wool section which is already done. Now you are thinking to join it with new one. Insert the stick with one hole. Turn the new wool part and stick it together. Then do it again. Get the wool from back and bring it to the front. Be sure your seam is correct. After watching this video you can easily join part...
Make your embroideries more accurate and beautiful by designing the letters and words on a computer software called Compucon EOS 3.
Are you looking for an inexpensive way to make home made crafts? Bonnie has a great new tutorial just for you. In this episode of Bonnie's Creative Place, she will be showing you how to make a cute little turtle using Stampin' up paper punches. The video will provide you with Bonnie's easy to learn process and you will be surprised at how just a few household tools and office supplies are needed in order to make your very own high quality crafts. Don't miss out!
JoAnn, an amazing scrapbooker from Emerald City Elegance, teaches you how to make an amazing mini scrapbook album of your own out of note cards. Describes the necessary materials and tools and gives an easy to follow explanation of how to put together this excellent gift. Includes great scrap booking tips and ideas about cutting and punching holes into card stock, presentation advice, and working with different types of paper. Video includes beautiful pictures of paper crafts to get your crea...
This instructional video shows you how to be creative and paint your shoes. You will need acrylic paint, paint brushes of different sizes, waterproof permanent markers, and spray lacquer. You should create a base coat with white paint. Draw whichever designs you want with a permanent marker. Next color the design with the acrylic paint. Using one color so your paint doesn't dry out. Fill in the background with whichever color you chose. Then spray with a lacquer and you are finished.
This video will explain how to apply a fake tan to a person, using the Photoshop software. Creative Ice Designs shows you how to do this in a more simple way than some of the other techniques you'd have to use with other software. An easy tutorial that explains how to change just the skin of your subject to make it appear that the skin is tanned from the sun. This tutorial explains everything in detail step-by-step. Get a tan without the sun using this video.
Looking to make some affordable winter decoration? Need a winter's day craft for the kiddies? Learn how to make a paper snowflake. In this video our hosts Lauryn and Cameron show you step be step how to make the perfect paper snowflake. With just a piece of paper and a pair of scissors they will instruct you on how to correctly fold and cut to make original and creative paper flakes. They will give you tips on how to make different shapes and more complicated types of flakes.
David Epstein shows a simple and yet creative way to add contrast to any garden with bare or no interest areas. To add a little extra winter color, David introduces three varieties of the "Small leaf Rhododendron" including; "Midnight Ruby", "Westons Mayflower" and "Dora Ainateis". Although these smaller leafed varieties require a little more sunlight, they do however produce flowers in Spring and hold their leaves all winter long. So, for a continuation of color throughout winter, be sure to...
This video shows how to clean old records using Titebond II wood glue. He has the record turning slowly on the turntable, and while it's turning, slowly squeezes a line of glue around and around onto the surface of the record, starting from the middle. He explains that it takes between four and twelve hours for the glue to dry completely. After the glue is applied to the entire record, he takes an old credit card and spreads the glue evenly onto the record, all the way out to the edge. When t...
MJ shows how to do a "sexy smoky sultry eye" through steps and techniques on how to apply different layers of makeup. This video is helpful for anyone looking for new and fresh ways to apply makeup in a creative manner. The steps in this video are thorough and clearly demonstrated. Besides advice on the makeup techniques, MJ also gives tips on color choice and other things. If you pay attention and follow MJ's steps you will have "sexy smoky smoldering" eyes and maybe even a new video channel...
Creative Ice Design describes how to change the color of a car in photoshop. The tutorial shows an easy and quick method to change the color.
Attention fans of Candyland! In this two-part tutorial, learn how to acquire a very creative Queen Frostine inspired look for next Halloween or your next costume party.
Halloween is the holiday to get creative. From goulish decorations, to creepy ideas on appetizers (à la "severed cheese fingers"? Search WonderHowTo for that one), to making a bloody shower scene in your bathroom (another one on WonderHowTo: Search "halloween party decor").
Get creative next Halloween with this character makeup inspired by a Sea Creature from the Johnny Depp movie, Pirates of the Caribbean. This look could also work for Swamp Thing, or for a random monster from the sea. Professional makeup artist, Koren shows us how to get this look easily and cheaply for those of us on a budget!
In an hour, make your own fancy beaded princess tiara with some help from ThreadBanger. You'll need a skinny stiff headband, 24-gage floral wire, a wire cutter, plastic beads and a creative sense of spirit! With a few twists, ties, and beads, you'll have a new piece of head decor to crown yourself princess for the day.
This is a tutorial on creating graffiti letters from duct tape to decorate and stick anywhere you like. Not your everyday graffiti, but if you have a lot of duct tape lying around the house, this project's an interesting way to spend an afternoon and stay out of trouble. Starting with graffiti letters from GraffitiGen and GraffitiCreator, this tutorial takes you through the steps to make your own graffiti duct tape letters to decorate just about anything.
Have you ever wanted to make your own personal coloring book? With the Epson Artisan all-in-one printer, a project like this is a snap. Make some coloring books based on your digital pictures. Have your kids color in their memories of the last trip to Disneyland, or the silly photo of themselves goofing off in the bathtub. These personalized coloring books make great gifts for everyone!
Tired of eating ho-hum, overpriced takeout for lunch? Try some of these inspired homemade options. You Will Need:
I have always loved the idea of faithfully keeping a journal with something written or drawn for each day of the year. In practice it has never worked. I decided that I might have a chance if I only had to write one word a day and that it was important to keep it small and simple so I wouldn't be tempted to start more elaborately and then quit because I couldn't live up to the expectation. I designed a series of small books, one for each month, that go in a box made from a cereal box. Learn h...
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Adobe Flash Creative Suite 4, or CS4, Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. It is ideal for interactive designers, graphic designers, and developers. But having the program isn't enough; you need to know how to use it. In this two-part video tutorial, you'll learn how to create motion tweens within Adobe Flash CS4.
Learn how to make a window holiday card with this tutorial. This is a fun arts and crafts project to do with your children. You will need to use the Crayola Cutter to create peek-through windows in your card. The materials needed for this project are 2 large pieces of white paper, cookie cutters, Crayola erasable colored pencils, glue, glitter glue, markers, crayons, colored pencils, and the Crayola Cutter. With this how to video you and your kids can make these fun window cards for any holiday.
This video demonstrates how to create an artwork using ordinary aluminum foil from your kitchen. This technique is good for those people who have no inspiration of what to paint but want to be creative. This collage technique is a fun way for beginners to experiment with textures, composition and color. Materials used in this video are aluminum foil, a glue stick, Bitumen (a material used as primer for painting on metal without rusting), collage or textured paper, spray paint, acrylic paint, ...
