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Block Printed Halloween Bag … an XCarve Project

Inventables provided us with a machine to create this tutorial for you. All thoughts and opinions are our own. X-Carve cut blocks for block printing. If you love to DIY Halloween, don’t forget about the trick or treat bag! We used our X-Carve to make blocks to block print a plain white canvas bag. Watch …

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Books Like The Night Circus

Have you read The Night Circus? Did you like it? I loved the story, the atmosphere, and all the delicious details.  “The circus arrives without warning.No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.The towering tents …

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Edge-Lit LED Nativity

We were sent an X-Carve machine from Inventables to review. All thoughts and opinions are ours alone. We’ve got another X-Carve tutorial for you today. This is one that Steve dreamed up, and it turned out even better than we imagined! It’s a nativity carved into a piece of acrylic, then set in a wooden …

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DIY Ikat Canvas Painting

This is just about the easiest art project you can do, and it’s a great way to bring some personalized color to your decorating. If I can do this, anybody can!  Here’s what you’ll need: Canvas (often on sale, or use a coupon, at your craft store) Paint brush (a decent one–doesn’t need to be …

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X-Carve Machine by Inventables

Inventables sent us an X-Carve to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.Remember when I posted this picture on Instagram? Steve has been building this machine – from scratch – out in the garage, and it’s going to be so cool! It’s a 3D wood carving and cutting tool. Inventables sent us one and …

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