• Secrets for Complex Layered Gel Prints  Elizabeth St. Hilaire, in our opinion, is one of the best teachers for learning how you can use your Gel Plate. You will find years of helpful tutorials produced by her on YouTube including this valuable video on layering prints!

• How to Care for a Gel Plate It is very important to clean and store your Gel Plate properly.  Elizabeth worked for Gel Press and shares how to do this properly as per the manufacturer and from her extensive experience.  

• Opaque vs Transparent Layers When using acrylic paints and making layered prints or painting over other paint it is important to understand how transparent a paint color is!  Elizabeth explains!

• Creating Flower Prints  Making botanical prints is one of my favorite applications.  How to make beautiful flower prints using your Gelli plate is presented here by Michaels.  

• Monoprinting on Fabric  Can you print on fabric using a gel plate?  Yes, you can!  You do not need a different or special gel plate for fabric or for any other application.  They will all work.

• Easy Envelope Notebook Tutorial  Natasha makes a journal featuring a spine and two signatures with pockets that are perfect for gifts and mini journals in this video.

• My Favorite Paint Pens  Susan McCreevy has great ideas.  In this video she compares paint pens but more than that she has great tips on using botanical books for flower drawing and making journals and artwork out of Gelli Prints and paint pens!

• Meander Book with Cover  This is the journal that Susan McCreevy used with a Gelli Print when drawing with her paint pens!  Making meander books is a very intriquing and simple journal-making technique!

• Essential Macrame Tips  Crystal (Marchingnorth.com) shares five essential macrame tips for beginners in this excellent video!

• Easy Macrame Wreaths In this video, Soulful Notions shares two easy macrame ornament projects.

Glaze and Varnish Air Dry Clay  How do I finish my air dry clay pieces? Another informative video from Sarah at Red Rocking Bird!

Air Dry Clay Slip  Making slip (the glue potters use to join two pieces of clay together) from air dry clay is presented simply here by Sarah at Red Rocking Bird!

Air Dry Clay Gifts (People Actually Want)  This video is Part 1 of a two part series.  Her gift ideas ("Gifts People Actually Want Best") are unique and easy to make with air-dry clay!  I hope you take some time to view other videos from Red Rocking Bird...I could post them all!  Her calm, simple teaching style is very easy to follow, but I recommend speeding up the playback! 

Air Dry Clay Home Decor  This maker demonstrates how to cover forms (foil, wire, cardboard, etc.) with air dry clay to create items similar to those you might see in catalogs or stores.

Whimsical Watercolor Sheep  Cute sheep!  Diane Antone takes the fear out of watercolor painting once again by teaching us step by step how to paint the sheep on her farm!

Backgrounds and Butterflies! This video by Diane Antone teaches a SIMPLE background technique and demonstrates how to easily copy a sketch without the use of store-bought transfer paper!!! 

12 Watercolor Techniques I must include this excellent video by CNS Artventure that demonstrates 12  different and easy techniques you can use in your watercolor painting!

How to Decorate Cookies for Beginners! This basic video for cookie decorating from Good Housekeeping gives a variety of  tips you won't find on other videos! The techniques are presented by a very successful baker in NYC, yet she patiently makes it seem very simple! 

Back to Basics Piping Tutorial Want to learn how to use those cake decorating tools that may be sitting idly in your kitchen?  Georgia's Cakes takes you through the basic steps of piping in this video to get you started!

Instant Pot Yogurt!  Yogurt with an Instapot! Great video!  There are numerous ways to make yogurt at home.  I think using your Instapot with a yogurt setting is the easiest way apart from buying a special yogurt maker, but who needs an extra small appliance in their kitchen?  Not me! Investing in a good Instapot has been life-altering for me anyway!

Make Milk Kefir at Home!  Clean Food Eating... she does a great job explaining Kefir.  I have been making and consuming Kefir consistently now for 20 years.  I think it is the easiest and one of the most beneficial probiotics there is!

Sauerkraut (Fermented Cabbage) Recipe  Cultured Veggies!   You can culture all kinds of veggies...Carrots, cucumbers, radish, etc.  Here is Sauerkraut as a starter.

Ask Ian:  Container Gardening Floral container gardening made easy!   I could see an outdoor gathering (road trip?) to a garden center for plants, a pot and potting soil and then off to a park to put together your container plant if your yard wouldn't work.  You could also do this with succulents for a small container garden!!!

How to Grow Incredible Basil Plants that Never Stop Producing!  Let's grow Basil!   I love Basil and it is the primary herb I am growing now in a container garden.  Great information and inspiration!

Then and Now:  What I Wish I Knew About Polymer Clay  Polymer clay sculpting.  Don't miss this one.  She has a wealth of fun and helpful knowledge.   She presents so well and get great reviews!

European Style Paper Beads This is one of MANY videos about making paper beads.  SO FUN and EASY!  This video from Lindsey Wierich (The Frugal Crafter) mentions several ways to achieve the pretty glaze!  I'm looking forward to using papers I've made while gel printing!

In answer to this question, we believe we were created to be joyfully creative like our Father God!  But we appreciate the thoughts shared here by Crystal at Marching North as she shares "Three Things Macrame Taught Me About Life..." and we hope you will, too!