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!
Latest Posts
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Fun with Foil & Resin
This project has a fun 3D effect, coated with a solid resin to hold it in shape. It is fairly easy and fun to do. Tips: Products used Ice Resin can be purchased at most craft stores or online. Continue reading
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Fall Art
Whenever I find random items in my garage or a garage sale I like to see what I can do with them. For this project I use a mesh joint tape to add some fun texture to the board. For… Continue reading
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Paper Birds
This project is a combination of several recent products, projects, and videos I have done recently, plus a little three-dimensional fun! In the most recent video, learn how to make one of these 3D birds, and add it to a… Continue reading
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Paper Bows
I do a lot of paper folding projects! This one is not too difficult. In our video tutorial you can follow along. What I like about paper bows for gift decorating is they can be recyclable, compositable, or just less… Continue reading
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3D Pumpkin Cloche
We have having fun “filling” all these cloches! For this project I wanted to make mine more three dimensional looking. I used one of the Dollar Tree boards I have used for a few projects lately and I tweaked how… Continue reading
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Little Paper Turkey
Fun little turkeys for your fall or Thanksgiving table! Use them as place settings, food labels, or just fun decorations! Download the free Turkey template and follow the video. Tips: Make the same size or try enlarging/ shrinking for different… Continue reading
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Mini Piano Stationary Scrolls
We have made a few other projects using many of these ideas and concepts. Here I combine them to make this neat stationary scroll that you can keep together as a journal or cut apart as individual stationary pieces. Look… Continue reading
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Free Pumpkin Printout & Ideas
Download the free pumpkin image, crop, modify, and edit as you like- then print to add to your fall decorations, goodie bags, cards, and more! Whatever you do, Have Fun! Continue reading
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Vintage Evelopes
If you have some old sentimental envelopes or postcards, if you find some in your attic or local antique store, or if you just want to download these, you can get creative with real ephemera! I began by cleaning up… Continue reading
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The Home Book
I was lucky and got this wonderful vintage book. Because I wanted to use it and share it, and also keep it I decided to digitize the entire thing! I added a few sample pages to our Freebies page. If… Continue reading
