How to Make Colored Pencil Vase Turned with Lathe DIY

How to Make Colored Pencil Vase Turned with Lathe DIY! I love office and school supplies. This colored pencil vase is an especially fantastic DIY project from start to finish. My husband and I worked on this fun craft together.  Make your own colored pencil vase with resin and a lathe for wood turning. This fun conversation piece will be the talk of the coffee table! This awesome resin craft  Posted first on Resin Crafts Blog Colored pencils are the best. When I was in junior high I was invited to an advanced art class, but I needed to have some supplies.  High quality colored pencils was on the list. Back in the day before the internet, it was much harder and more expensive to buy these colored pencils. It was a financial struggle for my mom, but she got me a 24 pack of prismacolors anyway. They were more than a dollar each. But, they were the greatest colored pencils ever...and I learned my love of crafting, not art.  Haha, I am a crafter but would not consid...

DIY: Make a Calligraphy Oblique Holder!

 DIY: Make a Calligraphy Oblique Holder!  Learn how to make an oblique calligraphy pen holder. This is the ultimate writing utensil for calligraphers. It's an interesting pen that holds the nib at the right angle with ease in the hand. Make a custom one for a left handed calligrapher, a handmade gift or just to add to your collection of gorgeous pens. I am writing up this post because I feel like this is the post I've was searching for. I have been searching and scouring sources to find a comprehensive guide to making my own oblique holder...and pretty much came up empty handed.   There are a few points here and there...so I made some holders and am going to teach you what I learned. Oblique holders are so elegant and beautiful to write with and look at. There is something so fun about the angled flange and the wonder of onlookers about how to write with it! Oblique holders range in price from super dirt cheap for a plastic holder If you do calligraphy ...