Celebrate Craft Month with Klutz!

by the editors at Klutz

It’s our favorite time of year at Klutz – National Craft Month! We’re celebrating with a fun, spring-themed DIY using materials and tips from the Klutz Pop Collage kit and a handy ceramic pot—but you can customize anything you want with these ideas and a little POP! 

First, assemble all your materials—you’ll need a foam brush, custom glaze, patterned papers and glitter, all included in the Pop Collage kit. It helps to start tearing or cutting the paper that you are going to use so it’s ready to go when you start gluing.

Next, begin by painting a thin layer of glue on the surface of the object you are going to collage. Then layer the paper along the surface of the object so it adheres to the glaze. You can even add glitter if you’d like.

 

Once you have covered as much of the surface as you want, paint a top layer of custom glaze to seal in your design. Let your creation dry et voila! Your very own personalized pen holder, craft container—or whatever YOU choose!

Happy craft month from Klutz! For more Pop Collage in action, check out this video!

Fairy Tale Dress-Up with Fashion Forms

We're welcoming Klutz Marketing Assistant Devin MacDonald to the blog today to share her experience with a Klutz classic. 

While I’ve graduated from the baggy hoodies, baseball caps, and cargo pants of my middle school tomboy-hood, I’m still pretty much the antithesis of a girly-girl. I can’t apply makeup to save my life, I wear the same pair of scuffed boots every day, and I harbour the not-so-secret hope that I will live to see the day when it is socially acceptable to wear nothing but monochrome jumpsuits (think construction worker, not chic and catwalk-ready). But, despite my tendency to shy away from the frilly, blingy, and otherwise fabulous, I will always have a soft spot for pretty princesses.

With a shiny new take on Cinderella hitting the silver screen this week, I found myself with a familiar urge to indulge in a little bit of fairy tale dress-up. So, I grabbed one of the Fashion Forms kits that have been staring at me from our conference room for weeks, and I decided to get my design on. 

What I find so neat about Fashion Forms is that it’s all about combining basic shapes in creative ways. So, with patterns for six tops and three skirts, you can pretty much make any no-pants look that crosses your mind. It got me thinking about which classic princess costumes I could recreate with those shapes, and—after inspiration struck—how I could transform those outfits into modern-day ensembles.

I mean, can’t you totally picture the Little Mermaid roaming the beach in romantic, flowy ruffles and a sweetheart halter on her land-dwelling days?

Can’t you see Snow White rocking a Peter Pan collar and a cute-but-classy pencil skirt while holding court with her woodland friends in a cozy little home?

What about a fit-and-flare number for everybody’s favourite Frozen queen?

It’s amazing how scraps of paper can transform into miniature outfits for a princess with a dab of glue, some imagination, and a few sparkly embellishments. It’s also amazing how time flies when you let your inner little girl out to play; I was surprised to find that I’d been at it for a couple of hours when I finally shook the sequins from my fingertips to check the time, but I enjoyed every second of it. My craving to experiment with adorable attire: satisfied. I feel like I just played the ultimate game of dress-up.

Now, to find a fashion-forward little friend so I have an excuse to crack my kit open again . . .