Carmen’s Curiosity Shop & Curious Farms Market has closed as a shop. We have tried to maintain as much of our free content for your creative enjoyment! Even though Carmen is no longer selling supplies and fun items, she is still creating in retirement. We hope you continue to be inspired by the downloads and videos. But whatever you do… Have Fun!
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Advent Day 5
Advent day 5! Christmas is around the corner. Journal Page Templates Today’s Advent gift: downloadable journaling templates. Use these fun print-outs to add to just about any image, book, or journal to add organized places for notes and more. Take… Continue reading
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Advent Day 4
Bigger, Better, Paper Chain Garland Do you remember doing paper chains as a kid? This is pretty much the same thing only bigger and better. Right now many craft stores are having sales on their Christmas products. Find a pack… Continue reading
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Advent Day 3
12 Days of Christmas Last year I made my family each pick 2 of the 12 days of Christmas they were required to sing. At first no one wanted to do it, but once we all got started, it was… Continue reading
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Advent Day 2
Fun adhesive kraft role: neat product Maybe you have seen this product or a similar product before, but did not think of using it for your art or craft project. Maybe, like me you have seen similar products that were… Continue reading
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Advent Day 1
Happy First day of Advent! Let us count down to Christmas together. Today’s advent gift: Vintage Bookplates Download, personalize, print and use these fun vintage book plates! You could do so many fun things with these fun free bookplates. Print… Continue reading
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Mr. Gingerbread
Whether you make these primitive, polished, or edible, gingerbread men are so much fun! The two main techniques I used for my gingerbread men were using the Ric-rac for dimension on the edges, and using the wipe-back method with DIY… Continue reading
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Christmas Dioramas
I had fun making all these little diorama boxes. In this creative process video I show you some of the ways I added dimension and different elements to make unique little pieces of 3D art. You could do these so… Continue reading
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Advent Announcement
I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving together. There are so many things to be thankful for! We are excited to announce that you can open a new advent VIDEO with us each day of Advent. Beginning December 1st until… Continue reading
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Bible Junk Journal
Leesa from Leesa Boone Designs invited me to join her for a Christ and Crafting session. I decided to do a Bible journal using some antique Bible pages I had. Each page gives a brief description of a book from… Continue reading
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Christmas Bulb String
The inspiration for this video were colorful paper bulbs that I put up one year with my grandson. These are fairly quick, simple, and inexpensive to make. Best of all, you can modify them to fit your style or fit… Continue reading
