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How to Make an Heirloom Matza Cover for Passover

Hello! I’m Sharon, a Yiddishe Momme[1] making everyday magic at home with my two boychiks[2]. We potschke[3] with crafts, tea parties, and nature. What we make is incredibly simple. I love collecting beautiful new and vintage raw materials, with a focus on natural fibers. If you’re interested in our antics please follow along with our...

Holi Crafts: Make a Sand Art Rangoli with Mou Saha

Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated on full moon in March to welcome spring. Hi, I am Mou Saha and I grew up in India joyfully celebrating Holi. The name ‘Holi’ comes from the myth of Prince Prahlad whose faith in Vishnu was unparalleled. The highest trinity of the Hindu Gods are Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; and...

Welcome to Creativebug

Welcome to the Creativebug family. Let’s get crafting! Creativebug.com has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Let us know what types of classes interest you, and we’ll help you find what you love. 1. Inspired by what you see? Add the class to...

On Naming – by e bond

I tend to think about the act of naming a great deal from both sides—from the place of being named and also from the place of someone doing the naming. How many times have we heard our names called out to us by someone and felt seen? What responsibility comes along with naming someone or something and forever calling it forward? As an artist, I...

Make an Easy DIY Planner with our Free Printable

Hi, I‘m Cleo. You may recognize me from my Creativebug daily practice classes: Painting Repeat Patterns By Hand: A Daily Practice and Learn to Paint with Gouache: A Daily Practice in Questions and Answers . I’m a painter, author, educator, and I especially love making things with paper. Book arts was one of my favorite classes in school....

Our New Year’s Resolutions for 2023

Happy New Year! This is the time when everyone’s buzzing about new year’s resolutions, goals, and intentions. 2023 at Creativebug arrives with a new daily practice that will lead you on a bold and colorful painting journey and offers a beautiful reset for all creative practices. With Portland artist Abby Houston’s “Abstract...

Spooky Season with the Creativebug Staff

Congratulations, autumn-lovers, it’s spooky season! The month leading up to Halloween brings cooler, cozier weather, pumpkin-spice everything, and it gets us warmed up for what could be three months of glorious holiday making. Here’s a peek at some of the Creativebug staff’s past and present October projects for otherworldly...

Introducing: the Craft Concierge advice column

Welcome to the inaugural blog post of Craft Concierge, a monthly column where I give personalized recommendations for Creativebug classes that I think best fit your crafty needs. I’m Faith, I’m a life-long maker, a CB instructor, a yarn nerd, a paper dork, and a true Creativebug aficionado – I’m proud to proclaim that my eyeballs...

Self-Care September

This September, we’re focusing on self-care, and I’m looking forward to regrouping, re-focusing and spending some time on me before we head into the holiday season. As an artist, a creative professional, and the mom of a toddler, I often feel depleted by the constant needs of my creative spirit, my work and my family. I look forward to carving...

Story Quilt Staff Projects

With thousands of classes on our site, it’s rare that multiple staffers are taking the same class at the same time. However, the stars aligned when Heidi Parkes came out with her Story Quilt Daily Practice class this July and several staff members decided to take the plunge. Among them were experienced quilters and new sewists, painters and...

Behind the Scenes: Creativebug Set Design

Did you know that Courtney Cerruti – instructor extraordinaire and Creativebug’s Editor in Chief – has been designing the sets you see in Creativebug classes since beginning of the site? Previously, Courtney created displays and installations for the clothing store, Anthropologie, before moving into doing similar work in the...

Creativebug Stands with Ukraine

Like so many these days, we read the news coming out of Ukraine wondering what we can do to help those who are affected. We at Creativebug are supporting in our own individual ways as well as part of the global community. More specifically, we’ve partnered with Creativebug instructor Lisa Solomon and Artists Take Action, an artist-led...

Tips for Taking Photos of Your Projects

There is so much talent in our community, and we absolutely love seeing photos of your amazing projects in our class galleries. We encourage you to share your art, inspire each other, and spark conversations – even with your wonderful works-in-progress. However, there may be times when a lower quality photo can overshadow your project,...

Watch New Creativebug Classes in February

It’s the tail end of winter, and things are looking bright! All month long, some of your favorite instructors will be here to teach you a range of skills to express and exercise your creativity. Check out the video lookbook for February’s new classes. February 1 – Carve a Rubber Stamp Kit: A Daily Practice with Lisa...