Crafting Using Your Computer

There are soooo many things that you can use your computer for in the crafting sector. The common ones are business cards for your crafts, brochures, signs....and the other "normal" things that a computer is used for expanding your business (if you're selling your crafts).

Few people realize that much more can come from your computer as far as artistic/crafty composition. One of the main fields of crafting that has really been expanded on in this computer age is the number of quilting programs that are out there to help you craft a personalized quilt pattern (but we all know I'm not a sewer....so that's not really where this is going).

How about taking pictures of something that you like.....material, flowers, bugs, leaves, etc., and using that image in your craft project. I have done this numerous times.

Here is my lastest crafted coaster design:



Although I am not a sewer....that doesn't mean I can't include that craft in my business, by designing a set of coasters that are specifically aimed at people who are! As you notice the border is a quilt pattern with images of ladies sewing in the middle.

Of course, you're going to have to familiarize yourself with all that your computer can do with just a few simple imaging programs.....but I assure you that most of them are really easy to navigate once you take that step to spend a little time learning them! Give yourself the added dimension of taking something and truly making it your individual design by crafting it off your computer!