Renee Day
Crafting Expert
Education
- MS, Marriage and Family Therapy
- BS, Sociology
Professional Achievements
- Author of "Creative Journaling: A Guide to Over 100 Techniques and Ideas for Amazing Dot Grid, Junk, Mixed-Media, and Travel Pages"
- Renee has been tapped to work with many craft and hobby companies throughout the world
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Co-authored Articles (118)
3 Ways to Fix Your Dried Out Markers
Have you ever needed to write or draw something, but the marker you’re using looks faded and dried out? Rather than throwing the markers away when they stop working, there are a lot of things you can do to get a little...
How to
Make Pipe Cleaner Flowers
Pipe cleaner flowers provide all the beauty and color of real flowers without the pesky bees. They are as simple to make as they are cute. They look adorable in old, glass soda bottles and fit perfectly on window sills. ...
How to
Restart a Dry Ball Point Pen
Ballpoint pens have smooth ink that’s resistant to drying and wonderfully responsive to different levels of pressure. Unfortunately, they also tend to suddenly stop working. If you’ve tried scribbling in circles on a...
How to
Make a Paper Hat
Hats are a great way to add character and fun to a party, play, or dress-up game. Instead of buying hats from the store, however, consider making your own. It is a simple, fun project suitable for all ages. Once you know...
How to
Make a Paper Popper
A paper popper is perfect for scaring or pranking your siblings and friends. By folding a piece of paper correctly, you can create air pockets that will make a loud popping sound if you snap the paper down using the righ...
How to
Make a Pop up Book
Pop-up elements add an exciting new dimension to any book (sure wish textbooks had them). If you are looking for a craft to make for a young child you know (or anyone!), you can create your own pop-up book rather simply....
How to
Staple a Booklet
Made a booklet at home and need it stapled? It can be a pain trying to reach the spine of the booklet with an ordinary stapler, but as long as the arms of your stapler can swing apart, there are at least two ways to achi...
How to
Build a Bridge with Popsicle Sticks
Bridges across the globe make up some of the most beautiful landmarks on this Earth. However, it would be quite impossible to bring them to the kitchen table. Luckily, with a few bridge building techniques, a few popsicl...
How to
Make a Bookmark
As a literary creature, do you often find yourself at a loss for the perfect page-saver in your favorite novels? Have no fear, you can make your own bookmark in dozens of styles so you never lose track of your reading ag...
How to
Use a Stapler
Staplers are an efficient way to bind paper together. Manual desktop staplers are most common in an office environment, but there are also electric staplers and heavy-duty staplers. Heavy-duty staplers and manual desktop...
How to
Fix a Jammed Manual Stapler
When you’re on a roll stapling together papers for an office meeting or an assignment for class, it can be really disruptive to experience a sudden jam! Thankfully, it shouldn’t take you more than a couple of minutes...
How to
Coptic Bind a Book
Coptic binding is favored by many readers and hobbyists, as it allows a book to lay completely open when flat and at an angle. It also showcases a clear view of the spine and the colorful threads holding the signatures (...
How to
Make Paper Pulp
Paper pulp can be a useful ingredient in making homemade paper or other crafts. It's also fairly simple to make. As long as you have paper, water, and a kitchen whisk or blender, you can make plenty of paper pulp at home...
How to Easily Load a Packing Tape Gun
Set up, use, & adjust a tape dispenser to make packing boxes a breezeWhether you’re moving houses or running your own business, using a packing tape dispenser makes sealing boxes quick and easy. If you’re not sure ho...
How to
Get Wrinkles out of Paper
Paper is pretty fragile, so sometimes, no matter how careful you are, it can wrinkle. If it's a significant document, such as your homework, a favorite sketch, or an important form, creases and folds can be a serious pro...
2 Simple Ways to Make a Homemade Book
Craft a unique DIY book to give as a gift or keep for yourselfAnyone can create a homemade book to give as a gift, use as a journal, or create a DIY photo album. You only need basic supplies and a little time to put one ...
How to
Make Lanyards
Follow these easy steps to create custom lanyardsWhether for yourself or for a gift for a friend, lanyards are cute and fun to make and do not require a lot of supplies. Also, lanyards have a variety of uses, such as off...
How to
Create Chainmail from Pop Tabs
Although you can purchase chainmail from a dive or sporting good store, why not put all those empty soda cans to good use and create your own with the tabs? The supply you will need most is time as it will take approxim...
How to
Fold Paper for Tri Fold Brochures
A tri fold brochure is a great way to organize a lot of information onto a single sheet of paper. This type of leaflet is incredibly easy to make and, once you get the technique down, you’ll be able to branch out into ...
How to
Use a Laminator
If you have a brand new laminator and you're not quite sure how to use it, never fear! A laminator is fairly simple to use. You load the paper into a laminating pouch, and then insert the pouch into the preheated machine...
