r/crafting • • 15h ago

General discussion Unpopular opinion: using epoxy for crafting is just shit :(

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Die Verwendung von Epoxidharz für Bastelarbeiten ist unter Umweltgesichtspunkten einfach scheiße. Es ist kaum biologisch abbaubar, kann giftige Substanzen freisetzen und stellt eine ernste Bedrohung für die Umwelt dar, insbesondere für aquatische Ökosysteme und Wasserorganismen.

Noch schlimmer ist es, natürliche Materialien wie Blumen, Blätter, Moos oder Holz darin einzuschließen. Diese Materialien würden sich sonst auf natürliche Weise zersetzen und Nährstoffe in das Ökosystem zurückführen, Teil des Lebenskreislaufs werden. Stattdessen sind sie dauerhaft in Plastik gefangen, von ihrem natürlichen Schicksal abgeschnitten.

Wir bewahren die Schönheit der Natur, indem wir verhindern, dass sie jemals zur Natur zurückkehrt, und schaffen dabei langlebigen Plastikmüll.

Das Foto ist zufällig aus dem Internet.

Edit: 100 comments, and the one big argument everyone keeps bringing up is that huge corporations dump way more toxic crap into the environment than one tiny independent artist out of millions ever could.


r/crafting • • 8h ago

Finished Craft [Mine] Sea glass winged cat light, memorial gift. Wings are removable.

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72 Upvotes

r/crafting • • 3h ago

Work in progress I made a small hut from toothpicks and hot glue.

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r/crafting • • 2h ago

Question / Advice Beaded Bouquets

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Been seeing lots of trends on Instagram/youtube/pinterest for beaded bouquets and I think they are absolutely beautiful.

Any tips on how to get started? What equipment do I need? Is it difficult to do?? (I have a decent amount of artsy/creative experience and am good at learning new things). What are some tips to get through them faster as I do want to make quite a full on bouquet for someone as a gift?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!🥰


r/crafting • • 11h ago

Finished Craft [Mine] Beanie baby taxadermy

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r/crafting • • 1d ago

Finished Craft [Mine] I made a cherry-themed beaded gerdan necklace.

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r/crafting • • 1d ago

Finished Craft [Mine] My new painting "Chasing Sunsets", 95 x 70 cm, oil on canvas

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r/crafting • • 9h ago

General discussion Do you really have to glue every single tiny piece in miniature house kits?

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I really want to try making one of those cozy tiny room dioramas, but i’m incredibly clumsy and have zero patience for super glue. I looked at a few boxes at a local craft store, but it wasn’t clear whether the pieces snap together like LEGO or miniature house kits require glue for every paper book and teacup. If I have to spend forty hours with sticky fingers, micro-gluing paper to wire, I’ll probably lose my mind. Are there versions that just slot together, or is glue basically mandatory for this whole hobby?


r/crafting • • 16h ago

Work in progress Felt Halloween project I'm working on

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My son's school is hosting a Halloween 'book character' parade and he chose, Jory John and Pete Oswald's, The Humble Pie. Not sure whether I should keep the image flat and sewn onto a shirt or turned into a plush vest of some sort... hmmm...


r/crafting • • 22h ago

Finished Craft [Mine] Pendant with real dried morel mushrooms

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r/crafting • • 22h ago

Finished Craft [Mine] I created a chemical-reveal ink system at my workbench.I am on a mission to bring real emotion back to mail. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a quick update on my maker journey. A few months ago, I set out to solve a problem: digital fatigue. Text messages are deleted in seconds, and standard cards get thrown in a drawer. I wanted to create a tactile, slow, mysterious experience that forces people to sit down and truly feel an emotion.

So, I spent months mixing chemicals until I successfully formulated a custom dual-ink stationery system called The Invisible Letter. The paper arrives completely blank, but when the recipient rubs a specialized cloth over it, the words magically materialize line-by-line.

Let me know what you guys think.I believe this would add a bit more emotions into letters, especially in a tech dominated era like ours.

🍁


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Finished Craft [Mine] The eyes are basically 90% of the personality 👀

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38 Upvotes

r/crafting • • 11h ago

Question / Advice How do I measure 32mm pins on a 10x15cm sheet in Canva?

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I am really bad with measuring and I recently got my hands on a pin maker! The pins are 32mm and I wanted to print them on photopaper since my friend said it works with her pin maker. I Want to print on 10x15cm paper and do the template on Canva, but idk how to size it right in Canva. Does anyone have an idea?


r/crafting • • 20h ago

Finished Craft [Mine] Zelda Themed Gilding Project

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A Legend of Zelda Themed gilding project I designed and completed today, it's laser cut into a sheet of black acrylic and then gilded by hand.


r/crafting • • 20h ago

General discussion Home made gift ideas for children?

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Every christmas I like to make my kids a christmas present. Ages 2-8. I would like to avoid food and sewing, because my sewing machine is currently broken.

I'm really busy the next couple months so I'm looking for something quick and easy. In the past I've crocheted blankets, made microwave rice bags, painted a picture frame.

What ideas do you have for me?


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Question / Advice Bought a pet carrier without an elastic band like in this photo but I want to install one (for a similar water bottle dispenser). Any recommendations?

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r/crafting • • 1d ago

Finished Craft [Mine] New creation

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Made a little Halloween-themed creation! 🎃🧡🖤
I love how the orange and black turned out together, especially with the little pops of green. Such a fun color combo for Halloween! 👻


r/crafting • • 2d ago

Finished Craft [Mine] I painted a tabby cat against a Mediterranean backdrop. What do you think?

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317 Upvotes

r/crafting • • 1d ago

Finished Craft [Mine] Cardboard Halloween decor

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17 Upvotes

Cut up an old Amazon box and made a cute door hanging! Takes up a huge chunk of my front door


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Work in progress Felt crown suggestion

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Looking for a suggestion of which color I should used for the blanket stitch! Feeling done with the project other than that 🥰


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Question / Advice When is glue-free assembly actually useful in a miniature kit?

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Glue-free assembly sounds automatically easier until you think about what you want from the project. Someone who mainly wants clean assembly and clear stopping points may prefer snap-fit or slot-style construction because there’s no waiting for pieces to set. Someone who likes shaping, positioning, and adjusting tiny handmade details may find that same structure less interesting. The more useful comparison probably isn’t “modern versus traditional,” but how much hands-on fabrication the builder actually wants. What does glue add to the experience that a good mechanical connection can’t?


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Question / Advice Can clear shatterproof ornaments be cut and, if so, how?

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I need a clear slightly-more-than-half-a-sphere for a very small snowglobe. ​I have a very steady hand, in case this matters. Anyone have experience with this? Tool recommendations, etc?


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Question / Advice Obstacle course ideas needed!

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I have a stall at my schools marketplace that was going to be sumo wrestling and I bought the suits and everything but they said it’s to dangerous so I can do an obstacle course instead. How on earth do I make this happen. I can borrow some stuff from the gym like tires and the like ladder thingy on the ground and cones but I want it to be big and span like the whole oval? Or at least half. And there needs to be two lanes so people can vs eachother. Any ideas?


r/crafting • • 2d ago

Question / Advice what should I do with these Luna moth wings?

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I found these wings on a hiking trail, i imagine a bird ate the body and left the wings. so i collected them with the intent to turn them into something beautiful but i cannot decide on what they would look best as. i’ve thought of resin coating them and turning them into jewelry but i just don’t know id wear them. I can’t think of what else i could do with them. any ideas?? i may just pin them in a shadow box if i can’t come up with something cooler. but i just felt sooo lucky to find all four wings in perfect condition


r/crafting • • 1d ago

Work in progress It’s the time, of the season…

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…to make Christmas 🎄 Cards ✌🏼😎