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When I say “bubble painting” sometimes people go “huh?” Here’s a quick demo of how to do bubble painting! Come see us and make your own awesome bubble project.  ​[wpvideo NELfr0qX]​ Find it on YouTube Here And here’s how that plate looked once all the bubbles popped – you can see there are some big bubbles […]

  Announcing something totally new and awesome for Do It Yourself Crafts – the Summer of Succulents has begun!   We know it’s a thing – we’ve seen in on Insta and all over Pinterest and every where we go, there they are – these beautiful, interesting, cool plants. And, apparently, pretty hardy. Have we […]

Featured Technique of the Month – BUBBLE PAINTING   Did you ever blow bubbles in your milk?   If you didn’t, because you were a well behaved human being with impeccable manners who would never do something so juvenile… maybe your little brother did. Of the kid who sat across from you in the lunch […]

Ask almost any mom if she would like a silver fingerprint of her child, and almost without fail the answer will be “Yes!” In fact, it’s probably going to be “YES” even before you finish asking the question.  Several years ago, we brought into the studio a system for making silver pendants out of a […]

I’m not gonna lie – I love painting on paper and then putting it on pottery. I love how interesting the final result is, how not perfectly perfect each item turns out, and how messy I get.  I also love the state of Alabama, and how beautiful it is. I decided to do a tree […]

Have you ever wanted to paint something that didn’t look exactly like it had been painted? Or wondered how someone got “all that” going on? It might have been using the Texture technique – this technique is so much fun, and one of my favorites. Basically, “Texture” (or as I sometimes call it, paper texture) […]

I opened this store almost 18 years ago, and there have been very few things that haven’t changed in that time. We’ve taken walls down, changed what crafts we offer, and tried to always think of the next fun thing our customers would like to do.   A few weeks ago, I went to “Pottery […]

Believe it or not, the whole reason I started Do It Yourself Crafts – way back in 1999 – was because I wanted to paint wine glasses. I’ll tell this whole story another time, but we’re excited to announce that wine glass painting is BACK at DIYC! And I’m really excited to say that one […]

Announcing the new way to select glass! When you come in, we have all of our glass varieties ready for you to take to any table. You’ll work with nippers to get exactly what you need for your project.  You can still score and cut glass, but we’re going to make it easier to get […]