Blessing Pillow For Baby Dante...

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My His & Hers Poi Set:)

Yesterday I finished Making The His & Hers LED POI Set for Matt & I! SQUEEEEEE! I Love them, so does he, lol I had to stop him from playing with them before the glue dried, he was like a kid in a candy store. I Will have to get pix of of him spinning, He is a natural Soooooooo excited to be able to share my love of POI with My Partner He's the best! I will be making more of these for friends of ours who are interested in playing Poi with us also, and, at some point doing a tutorial. They are so ghetto fabulously easy to make you won't believe it. :)

His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself :) 

His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself 1 :) (Unlit)

His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself 2 :) (Unlit)

 His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself 3 :) (Lit)

His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself 4 :) (Lit)

His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself 5:) (His) Matts' Strings

His & Hers LED POI I made for Matt & Myself 5:) (Hers) My Strings

Cute Sleeping Bear Frame

Cute Sleeping Bear Frame I painted for one of my sons Baby pictures.

I used Deco Arts Paint :) Mixed my own light blue, dark washed with a darker version of my mixed blue, and then dry brushed highlighted areas with the lighter blue.

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My CraftWorx Collection

My Cricut Collection

These are some of the cool tools I use to craft with. All of which I highly recommend to any serious paper crafter. 

• Cricut Cartridges:
• Accent Essentials
• Alphalicious
• Animal Kingdom Shapes
• Ashlyn's Alphabet
• Baby Steps
• Boys Will Be Boys
• Camp Out Solutions 
• Cindy Loo
• Create A Critter
• CTMH Artbooking
• CTMH Art Philosophy
• CTMH Artiste
• Cursive 101 Classmate™
• Disney© Tinkerbell & Friends
• Disney© & Pixar Cars
• Disney© Mickey and Friends
• Disney® Pooh and Friends
• Doodle Charms
• Elegant Edges
• Indie Art Solutions
• Jubilee
• Just Because Cards
• Life Is A Beach
• Luau
• October 31st Seasonal
• Old West
• Pagoda
• Paper Doll Dress Up
• Paper Dolls Teen Scene
• Phrases
• Plantin Schoolbook
• Princess Party
• Printing 101 Classmate™
• Sentimentals
• Sesame Street® Friends
• Sophisticated
• Speaking of Fall Classmate™
• Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2
• Twinkle Toes
• Wall Décor and More
• Wild Card

 

• Tools/Machines:
• CTMH Tools (Assorted)
  
• Cricut Expressions Machine 
• Cuttlebug
• Cricut Jukebox
• Cricut DS and SCAL
• Cricut Paper Trimmer
• Cricut Toolkit (green)
• Crop-a-dile
• Crop-a-dile Big Bite
• Fiskars Tools (Assorted)
• Inkscape (Free program for making svg files to use with scal)
• Recollections Tools (Assorted)
• Sizzix Big Shot
  
• Stampin' Up Tools (Assorted)
• Tim Holtz Tools (Assorted)
• Zutter Bind It All

About Me

Well hello there! I'm Tanahmera Aka: ZenShark Coach I am a proud Mother of 4 Amazing Sons :) I started Baw CraftWorx as a way to continue to give back to others with RAKS (Random Acts Of Kindness) & SWAPS (swaps haven't begun yet), and hoping to support myself and my sons. The problem is that my exes stole all of my inventory and supplies, so I was unable to continue for a time, I have however been able to replace a great deal of what was stolen, and I am preparing to re-Launch Baw CraftWorx in the near future. I'm also an ex Independent Stampin Up & Fiskars Demo & creative & mental health coach. I love sharing all of the awesome techniques I've learned over the years with others. I believe Art Therapy is very healing for people who have any form of mental illness. I Love All Things Witchy & Crafty & Those who create them xoxo:)

2022 UPDATE: I have finally gone pro and launched 2 online shops:

The first one is my Etsy shop, for fellow creatives, there I sell mixed media printables, scrabooking,art journaling, bible journal templates & cut files for die cutting machines. Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BawCraftWorx

The 2nd shop is where you can find my Tarot & Oracle Decks. Link: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/tanahmera

About Baw CraftWorx:

Here You Will Find Inspirational Projects for my own personal hobbies which include: Stamping, of course, Assorted Crafts, Candle Making, Ceramics, Clay & Pottery, ClipArt, Coloring Pages & Stencils, Cricut DS & SCAL SVG Files, Crochet & Knitting, Embroidery, Gardening, Holidays, Jewellery Making, Kirigami. Kitchen Printables, Painting, Paper Crafts, Origami, Pipe Cleaner Crafts, Quilting, Scrapbooking, Sewing, Soap Making, Web Design, Woodworking, X-Stitch, Cooking/Baking & More. & When no one's lookin', I've been known to play guitar shhh! It is not my goal to become famous for that, I'm already too popular and I'll take fortune but I don't "do" fame ;) Lord knows I've acquired more than my share of stalkers in this lifetime.

Things I Do With The Freshness: 

-Art Journaling, Bible Journaling & Junk Journaling.

-Writing/Blogging-(self-help, tutorials, poetry, new age/spiritual articles, spells, rituals, etc)

-Pyrography, (woodburning) and I'm very interested in learning wood carving

-Painting, (oil, acrylic & watercolor)

-Cross stitching, basic knitting & sewing

-Web Witchery-(basic web/blog/forum design & tutorials)

-Aromatherapy, (making bath salts & essential oils, incense, scented sachets & potpourri, spa kits, soaps, etc)

-Candle Making, scented and herbal for healing/aromatherapy purposes

-Divination: Astrology, Tarot, Scrying, and so on...

-Herbology & Gardening, (growing my own herbs & flowers to make witchy things: my own herbal medicines & teas etc...)

-Photagraphy & Basic Image editing-not professionally, but for scrapbooking purposes.

-Scrapbooking- digital & traditional, (quick pages, mini albums & brag books especially)

-Playing guitar (not anymore, my guitar was stolen and I won't be replacing it)

-Glass Etching & Frosting

-Origami: paper folding crafts

-Kirigami (Architectural Origami & Pop up cards)

-Doll Making: (not anymore, I stopped doing that years ago)

-Reading, (new age, divination, psychology & self help)

-Yoga & Poi (getting back into poi spinning for the purpose of grounding, healing & meditation)

-Card Making & assorted paper crafts.

-Creating Svg files & DS Cut files for Cricut machine users.

-Healing: Chakras, Crystals, Reiki and Coaching, Massage Therapy and much more.

-Read Tarot & Oracle decks & create my own decks.

-Mixed Media artwork

-Chinese Calligraphy (Sumi/Kanji) Art
-and many more things that I'm too lazy to list.

I'll Follow You If You Follow me:) If you're not already on my blog list, post a comment with your blog URL on the I FOLLOW page and I will add you to my list:)
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You can also find me on IG: Xanahmera

My Other Blogs:

* Archangels Craftworx : You are here!

*Archangel's CookBook CLICK HERE!

A collection of my favorite recipes.

For More info about me, View my complete profile Just ask, or find me on Facebook (BawCraftWorx)

Blog Pimpin In Progress

Well, I just noticed the other day that NONE of my blog images were showing up :( *SIGH* So I thought Since it's blog pimpin' time again anyway, I will just fix all that while I also check all the links and images on my blog, update whatever needs updating and delete everything that has expired (eg old blog hops & freebie links from external sites etc). I've even added a new WTF? Page and I'll be adding a Tutorial Page also just to help you navigate easier. And probably some other pages will be slapped up for popular topics:) That said I have much to do so I'm off to get it done. Blessings Love Every1!

Adding Label-based Pages To Blogger

In today’s featured tutorial, Tom Gehrke of thomasgerke.com shows us how to create a label-based page to your Blogger site. A label-based page is basically a section on your blog that contains similar or related posted articles. It offers your visitors a nice and easy way to look up relevant information aside from using other features like the search box.

This feature works best if you mark your posts using single-word descriptions for your articles (as Tom describes himself and his own situation in his article). So how do you create such a page?

In you dashboard, go to the “Pages” section and click on “New Page” and select “Web address”.

You’ll be presented with a form that will ask you to provide a name (Page title) for your page and its URL address. The name can be whatever you wish as long as it makes sense.

For example, if you want it to display all of your “How-To” related posts then name it as “How-To”.

For the URL address field, simply key in your blog’s URL and then append /search/label/Your_Label. Hence using the above example, you’d end up with something like “http://www.yourblogsite.com/search/label/How-To”.

And that’s it! You’re done.

NOTE: This comes with a couple of caveats, however, as Tom points out.

Caveat #1: Capitalization

The case of the label you use to tag your posts needs to be what you enter in the Web address. I’ve been labeling posts with a capitalized “How-To” rather than “how-to”. So “http://blog.thomasgehrke.com/search/label/How-To” works while “http://blog.thomasgehrke.com/search/label/how-to” does not.

Caveat #2: Spaces And Other Characters

You may have elected to use labels that include spaces or other special characters. These characters need to be URL encoded. (Read more about URL encoding here.) If I wanted a page that gathered up all of my New York posts, the Web address I would use is “http://blog.thomasgehrke.com/search/label/New%20York”. Note that I replaced the space between “New” and “York” with a “%20″.

-Copied from: http://www.allblogtools.com/tricks-and-hacks/adding-label-based-pages-to-blogger/

NEW MOUSEOVER PINTEREST BUTTON + CODE:)

For those who want to pin my svg files or other posts, I've finally installed a new Pinterest button that shows up when you mouse over any pix on my blog. enjoy :)

IF YOU WANT THE SAME ONE...
Below I've posted the exact code I used. Note: this is not my code, I borrowed it from someone else and modified the image by copying the img url of the one I wanted to use. To use it. COPY the code below, go to your dashboard, click Template, then click HTML. Find the < /body>

tag, paste the code right above it. Click SAVE! then view blog. The same Pin button shown above will show up in EVERY blog post you ever made whenever you scroll over an image:) Have fun xoxo

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Homemade Glue & Paste Recipes

Homemade Glue & Paste Recipes

The following glue and paste recipes use a variety of ingredients and methods. Choose the one that best suits your project. For variety, add food coloring before using. Store all glues and pastes in airtight containers in the refrigerator.

Glue

Materials

3/4 cup water

2 tablespoons corn syrup

1 teaspoon white vinegar

Small saucepan

Small bowl

2 tablespoons cornstarch

3/4 cup cold water

Directions

Mix water, corn syrup, and vinegar in saucepan.

Bring to a full, rolling boil.

In bowl, mix cornstarch with cold water.

Add this mixture slowly to the hot mixture, stirring constantly until the mixture returns to a boil.

Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.

When cooled, pour into another container and let stand overnight before using.

Homemade Paste

Materials

1/2 cup flour

Cold water

Saucepan

Food coloring (optional)

Directions

Add cold water to flour until mixture is as thick as cream.

Simmer and stir in saucepan for 5 minutes.

Add a few drops of food coloring, if desired.

This wet, messy paste takes a while to dry.

Papier-Mache Paste

Materials

1 cup water

1/4 cup flour

5 cups lightly boiling water

Large saucepan

Directions

Mix flour into 1 cup water until mixture is thin and runny.

Stir this mixture into lightly boiling water.

Gently boil and stir 2-3 minutes.

Cool before using

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No-Cook Paste

Materials

Bowl

1/2 cup flour

Water

Salt

Directions

In bowl, mix flour with enough water to make a mixture that's gooey, but not runny.

Add a pinch of salt; stir.

Homemade Modgepodge

Here's a great way to save some money on your craft addictions; make you own Decoupage! And it really works plus it's easy to do.

Materials

A jar

Elmers Glue

Water

Directions

Empty the glue into a jar. My jar is just an old Salsa Bottle.

Add Water. You need it to be 50% glue and 50% water.

Place lid on jar and seal tightly.

Shake until completely mixed.

Rice Glue 

In Asia, rice glue is a well-known product. This extremely resistant adhesive can be used to glue all types of paper. It is used in traditional bookbinding and luxury cardboard products: papers bonded with rice glue are considered tear-proof. Though white when moist, rice glue becomes transparent as it dries. You can protect collages or drawings with a coat of this glue.

Materials

A jar

7 oz of rice or rice flour

1/3 liter (1 1/3 cups) of Water

Directions

In 1/3 liter (1 1/3 cups) of water, cook 7 oz of rice or rice flour* over low heat. 

You can also use leftover rice that has already been cooked. 

When the rice is overcooked, the starch it naturally contains will dilute in the water. 

The liquid thickens and whitens. 

Add a little water if necessary and reheat the mix. 

Filter the glue and let it cool. 

You can save the overcooked rice to make more glue at a later date. 

Store the glue in a cool environment in a well-sealed container, such as a jelly jar, and it will last one week or longer. 

Shake well before using. 

Bragging Rights

Not CraftWorx related but... I'm soooo proud to report that my Website Born Again Wiccan (Witchcraft Community Forum which is the Mother-Site of Baw CraftWorx) is currently #1 on Witchcraft 100 thanks to thousands of votes from people all over the world. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR BAW!!! (insert beast hugs here!) Check out the screenshot below :)

Starburst Mini Album

This is my take on Laura Dennisons (following the paper trail) Starburst Mini Album. Loved making it so much I will defo make more:). Papers used were K & Company, shown in video. I've uploaded 2 vids of it to my youtube channel. Additional pix below...

Shadow Box Card

My first shadow-box card, made for my amazing boyfriends amazing mother. I used the Sophisticated Cricut cartridge to cut out a lot of the shapes and the words. To color the papers I used Tim Hotltz Adairondack alcohol inks in gold and watermellon, and used a silver sharpie marker for additional highlights. 

Additional pix below...

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Earthy Spinners: Our floor is dirty, and that's okay!

The Earthy Spinners: Our floor is dirty, and that's okay!: I wash my floors often but it doesn't even matter.  It's something I have decided is okay.  It's our lifestyle that creates the dirt and in ...

HotRod & Drive-Thru

So this is the new hotrod daddy Got for Marcus (My middle son). Which he drives in the house, mommys and Grandpas houses, and every right he does this... 

... parks it infront of grandpas big screen tv, and when asked what hes doing , he says he's at the drive thru! Pmsl. The kicker is hes only four! Too much!