They have lots of templates and clip art to use in making projects and have a variety of templates – not just posters.  They have templates for motivational posters, so you could make one for yourself or it could be a “handmade” gift for a friend.  They have templates for certificates, “house for sale”, “missing pet” and more.  They also provide templates for magazine covers, which would also make a fun personalized gift. They even give you a humorous old western-style “wanted” poster that you can customize with a photo of your spouse, siblings, kids, etc. for a funny gift.  Basically, there are a lot of templates available for you.  And, of course, you can make your own creation using the clip art and blank templates they provide.

Here is what the company says about it’s software:

“RonyaSoft Poster Designer is a software program for easy making of attractive posters, banners and signs. Collection of ready-to-use poster templates and intuitive user interface allow to create own posters and banners in a few clicks. Created posters may be printed on home or office printer, exported to graphic format, saved for further use and even printed as multipage poster providing other software utility RonyaSoft Poster Printer is installed.

Following templates are built-in: Business, Sale, Holidays, Birthday, Wedding, Party, Funny, Old West Wanted, Movie, Film, Magazine, Billboard, Coloring Book, Guilloche Certificates and others.

Don’t wait, turn your creative ideas into posters with Poster Designer and share them with your friends and colleagues!”

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Happy Crafting,

AJ

Hematite Handmade Earrings

If your mom is like most, then she probably has her ears pierced.  I recently posted instruction on how to make handmade earrings, so I thought I’d continue to post different handmade earring projects that you can easily recreate.

These earrings appeal to lots of people because of the hematite beads used.  Hematite is that beautiful black/grey stone that goes well with lots of different outfits – hence the broad appeal.  Basically, when you are making earrings for someone and you’re not sure what colors they like or wear often, make earrings that go with almost anything.

You can refer to my original article regarding how to make handmade earrings for step-by-step instructions.  In this post, I will give you the details about how I stacked the beads I used (see picture).  When stacking the beads on your wire posts, start from the bottom and layer one on top of another as follows:

1.  Silver seed bead

2.  Hematite tube bead

3.  Silver seed bead

4.  Hematite round bead

5.  Silver seed bead

6.  Hematite tube bead

7.  Silver seed bead

The design of these earrings is very simple and classy.  They can be worn with a casual outfit or something fancier, as well.  If this design doesn’t match the personality of the person you are giving them to, I encourage you to mix and match these beads in a way that you like.  If you have a mother and a mother-in-law, you could make them each a pair of the same design or vary each pair somewhat to customize the design for each person.  If you go to your local bead store and can’t find an exact match to the beads I used, don’t panic.  Keep in mind the basic elements of the design, and then substitute different beads based on what is available.   At the very least, I hope this project inspires you and gives you a place to start making your own handmade earrings for Mother’s Day and other occasion throughout the year, such as birthday gifts, thank you gifts, Christmas gifts and more.

Happy Crafting,

AJ