Add a touch of elegance to any meal with a vellum shade decorated with metallic designs. (Lamp shade templates are available at your favorite craft stores.)

Skill level: Beginner

Display your love of our great country with a piece of altered art that you'll be proud to display all year long.

This miniature pedestal made from papier-mache is light enough and small enough to accent the top of a table to display a favorite trinket.

Stamps and embossing powders combine to create charms that mimic those made by pewter.

Delicate paper clay blossoms and leaves add an elegant touch to your holiday decorating.

Your friend will love this window-seat-ready garden gift set!

Skill Level: Beginner

Here's a great gift to cheer someone up or let someone know you have been thinking about them.

Skill Level: Beginner

Paint and decoupage a gift both beautiful and practical for a special friend.

Finished sizes: Front: 10" x 7 3/4"; case: 7 1/2" x 7" x 2".

Skill Level: Easy

Foam cubes come to life as pumpkins when covered with colorful patterned orange paper. Paper leaves add the finishing touch.

Get out the plastic spoons and knives. Swipe and swirl dimensional paste on a plain papier-mache box for interesting flowers and leaves. Paint them with transparent color wash to coordinate with any room's decor!