Geraldine Jozefiak - Articles

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For the past 15 years Geraldine has been sharing her passion for crafts through TheCraftTeacher.com as an publisher, judge, tutor and trainer. She's now helping others to learn all about the joys of choosing, making, writing and sending Greeting Cards.

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Handmade Greeting Card Kits. are They Playing With a Full Deck?
Card crafts are big business and card kits are a fun way to get started. But not all card making packs give you all the information and instruction your need. Be sure to pick a Company that knows how to explain things clearly and doesn't miss a 'trick' in how they present their project. Read on for a checklist of what to look for. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 29/02/2008 | Writing
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Card Writing Made Easy
Writing a greeting card message can stump the best of us but it needn't. Having a few tricks to plan out your words and think about why as much as how, is the answer. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 22/12/2007 | Writing
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Winning the Battle of Card Writing. Part 2
Writing inside a card can be one of the easiest - and the most difficult part of the card giving process. We think we've done the hard bit - in finally choosing the right type of card for the occasion. We put all our energies into deciding on the most appropriate style and form of card and then after all that effort we're faced with another decision! What do we want to say inside our card? Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 19/12/2007 | Home and Family
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Choosing and Using Origami Tea Bag Folding Paper
For the uninitiated, Christmas Teabag Folding paper sounds positively weird. But those in the know will by now be busy searching for that perfect paper folded project that will do this delightful technique justice. What am I talking about? Well origami paper folding meets Western Christmas. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 21/11/2007 | Home and Family
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Tips to Improve your Handmade Wedding Cards
Sometimes a bought card just won't do and you want to know how to make a wedding card that will delight the happy couple. There are as many ways to make a wedding card as there are off-the-shelf ones, but the choice needn't daunt you. Just take look at some of these ideas of what you can use and start gathering any bits of bling you can get your hands on. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 06/11/2007 | Home and Family
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Perhaps I's Time Again to Make not Buythat Birthday Card
A bought card is an easy option these days. A handmade card can say so much about you and the feelings you want to share. It's not the look of the finished card that matters but the thought behind it. Well that's the theory anyway but it takes a strong soul to be steered from an off-the-shelf card to create something personal. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 03/11/2007 | Relationships
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Assault the Senses With Sumptuous Origami Paper
Because Origami creates a 3D creation from a flat plane, both sides of paper can be visible. If you're a serious Origami fanatic then just reading a list of what's available will have you drooling, and that's before you've clapped eyes on them. The joy of Origami is that it's not just a mind feast, it's a tactile one too, so enjoy! Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 20/10/2007 | Home and Family
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What's Hot in Handmade Cards
Handmade cards are being hailed as one of the fast growing trends in the greeting card industry right now. There seem to be a number of key words in the handmade category if you're trawling around looking for inspiration. The main keyword is "embellishment". Trends continue to include a mix of materials, metal, glitz and fluff so the answer really is that anything goes. Handmade cards are certainly hot news right now! Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 18/10/2007 | Relationships
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So What Really is a Handmade Card?
What's a handmade card then? Is it something you make yourself, a bought card finished with a personal touch, or a card you make following a kit? What we think about handmade cards affects our choices and how far we get involved in the making process. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 06/10/2007 | Relationships
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How Do you Have to be to be Offered Activities for the Elderly?
October 7 2007 is it's International Day of Older Persons. If you offer, or lead arts and crafts activities this is a great day to question the what and how of what you offer. The term "'elderly' is rapidly shifting in terms of decades and if plan to run any creative program then you need to think about the psychological and physical shift in arts and craft thinking for those you work with. Read
By: Geraldine Jozefiak | 05/10/2007 | Relationships