Mixed Media, Paper Crafting, Watercolour, Altered Art, and occasional Dollshouses

In the past few months we have both been in the process of styling our bookshelves thanks to the amazing tips from Refinerie in our post on how to style a bookshelf. As much fun as it's been culling our books and knickknacks, and collecting decorative pieces that will make our shelves look stylish, we…

Protect your books with style with these 12 quick and easy DIY book cover tutorials. Curated by Arty Crafty Crew.

The Instagram page Weird Second-Hand Finds is where people send in interesting second-hand items they found while thrift shopping. It’s cheaper, more sustainable and more fun – you never know if you’ll find a rare knick-knack or some designer-brand piece.

This is a simple way to decorate a plain cover. You can personalise the design for a great gift. Here are some simple steps. Find a book with a plain cover. Decide on a theme for your design and list words that relates to the theme. For this design, I laid out the text on my computer to work out the composition and fonts (if you haven’t got access to an application to do that, just use pen or pencil to sketch it out on a rough paper). Sketch the design lightly with pencil on the cover, and…

As promised, I would like to share how I covered my old well-loved books to give my bookcase a cleaner and more uniform look. (Read all abo...

DIY gifts are a great way to show thoughtfulness and creativity. Here are some ideas across different skill levels and interests:

Tutorial of the Month: Steampunk Book Cover - ButterBeeScraps

You can carry the book itself with you, but you may be concerned about the dirt on the book or the eyes of others.So why not make your favorite book cover for your book?Here introducing how to dress u