This “paint-by-numbers” style embroidery kit is perfect for beginners and experts alike!

Embroidering is a fun, artful and creative craft that keeps your brain busy and cuts down on screen time. While there is no “right” way to embroider, this kit provides written instructions for the determined beginners and hearty expert to create a beautiful piece of art!

The pattern focuses on four stitch types (diagrams included): satin stitch, split stitch, french knots, and backstitch. Once you learn the stitch type, simply “color in” with stitches the sections on the pre-printed fabric according to the color guide.

This kit includes everything you need to get started: DMC full-skein embroidery floss, pre-printed linen/canvas fabric, 8” wooden hoop, embroidery needles, and a printed color guide. A QR code links you to a PDF download where the full written instructions, stitch diagrams, enlarged color guide, blank design (for transferring to your own fabric if you choose), and detailed photograph showing you how it’s done!

April 8, 2024

Cyanotype Kit

This Cyanotype kit is where art meets science! It’s a perfect gift or something special to have for yourself to spur creativity.  The kit comes complete with everything you need. Just add the sun! This DIY kit contains the chemicals you need to mix up 100ml solution which will coat around 40-50 A5 sheets of paper. A little goes a long way. There are 7 sheets of A5 paper included, but you will find your chemicals will stretch much further than this! You can coat any acid-free paper or fabric with your cyanotype solution, get creative!

The Cyanotype craft kit includes:

-Two bottles of chemicals to create the solution. Bottle A is created with ferric ammonium citrate and distilled water and Bottle B is potassium ferricyanide and diluted in distilled water.
-7 pages of Fabriano Academia drawing paper 160grm.
-A brush
-3 Papercutting templates to get you started.
-Instructions
-Top Tips & Safety Information
-Gloves

What is cyanotype? Discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1841, a cyanotype is a camera-less photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. It was made famous by scientist Anna Atkins in her book titled ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions’ in 1843.

This hand-made felt birdhouse is functional as well as beautiful. It is made from natural and sustainable materials and is 100% fair trade. It’s made for small birds such as wrens, nuthatches and chickadees that use them for a safe place to nest and rest. This colorful and creative birdhouse will last for years when hung in a protected outdoor area, such as a under a porch roof, but many people hang them inside their homes to brighten a room!

Size: 9″h x 6.5″w

December 2, 2023

Hokusai 3D Puzzle

The Great Wave was the first woodblock print in a series Hokusai called 36 Views of Mt. Fuji. With Mt. Fuji in the distance, the tension-filled wave ascends above the sailors in their long, narrow boats in what is considered a compositional masterpiece.

Observe, admire, and create with this open-ended puzzle! The only instruction is to exercise your imagination. Each tube doubles as a displayable container, filled with colors drawn from the color palette of this iconic work of art. Inside each puzzle tube you’ll find an educational flyer, where you’ll discover more about the artist, his style, and his life and work.

The set Includes:

A reusable, display-quality tube inside a recyclable gift box package
An educational and inspirational flyer
350 pieces in a unique color palette (Vanilla, Blue, Navy, Pastel Blue, Tan, White)

December 2, 2023

Mondrian 3D Puzzle

Known as the father of abstract art, Piet Mondrian is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He pioneered a new style of art that remains popular today. His art inspired creators of fashion, music, graphics, and architecture. His original paintings are on display in world-class galleries throughout Europe and the U.S., including SDMA where one can see “Composition” from 1921.

Observe, admire, and create with this open-ended puzzle! The only instruction is to exercise your imagination. Each tube doubles as a displayable container, filled with colors drawn from the color palette of this iconic work of art. Inside each puzzle tube you’ll find an educational flyer, where you’ll discover more about the artist, his style, and his life and work.

The set Includes:

A reusable, display-quality tube inside a recyclable gift box package
An educational and inspirational flyer
350 pieces in a unique color palette (Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Gray, Black)

December 2, 2023

Klimt 3D Puzzle

A man obsessively devoted to his craft, Gustav Klimt’s paintings are evidence that he was inspired by many things. In a style uniquely his own, he deliberately and proudly merged what inspired him onto the canvas.

Observe, admire, and create with this open-ended puzzle! The only instruction is to exercise your imagination. Each tube doubles as a displayable container, filled with colors drawn from the color palette of this iconic work of art. Inside each puzzle tube you’ll find an educational flyer, where you’ll discover more about the artist, his style, and his life and work.

The set Includes:

A reusable, display-quality tube inside a recyclable gift box package
An educational and inspirational flyer
350 pieces in a unique color palette (Coral, Vanilla, Yellow, Lime, Cornflower, Lilac, Gold, Silver, Black)

December 2, 2023

Monet 3D Puzzle

From building his own Japanese-style bridge in the French countryside and painting his pond garden over 250 times, to an unusual urge to capture the fleeting effects of light and color, Claude Monet was an inspired man. He was compelled to depart from classical painting methods by quickly dabbing paint onto the canvas in order to document how the natural world looked in that unique moment of time.

Observe, admire, and create with this open-ended puzzle! The only instruction is to exercise your imagination. Each tube doubles as a displayable container, filled with colors drawn from the color palette of this iconic work of art. Inside each puzzle tube you’ll find an educational flyer, where you’ll discover more about the artist, his style, and his life and work.

The set Includes:

A reusable, display-quality tube inside a recyclable gift box package
An educational and inspirational flyer
350 pieces in a unique color palette (Pastel Pink, Maroon, Forest, Apple, Mint, Turquoise, Camel, White)

Introducing a Masterpiece Art Calendar!

Welcome radiant angels, beautifully complemented by the majestic crèche figures including shepherds, animals, kings, and the Holy Family, into your living space. Immerse yourself in a cherished tradition with this exceptional pop-up Advent calendar.

Tie back the strings and unfold the calendar to reveal a stunning three-dimensional Christmas Tree, complete with intricately designed surrounding figures. On each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas, open a finely-crafted window to adorn your tree with an angel.

Includes 24 perforated doors and 6 pop-up spreads
16 7/8”H x 16 1/2” diam. when open

Wish your loved ones a “Merry Christmas” with this festive set of 15 cards. Each foil-stamped face features Eyvind Earle’s (American, 1916–2000) charming interpretation of a decorated Christmas tree from 1954.

Produced in cooperation with American Artists Group.