12 Quick and Easy Craft Hacks That Actually Work

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12 Quick and Easy Craft Hacks That Actually Work
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We're always looking for ways to make our lives easier, and crafting is no exception. In this video, we'll show you 12 quick and easy craft hacks that will make your life a whole lot easier. From sharpening your craft scissors to cleaning your paint brushes, these hacks are sure to save time and money.
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@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

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@je8480 Жыл бұрын

Done!

@kittywalker2944 Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, the hack which could return at least 12 life hours of frustrated moments is the blow dryer on the dang labels! All good info, thanks!

@calo313 Жыл бұрын

Hi ive got another good idea for hang up plastic jars by mounting the lids in a row (say eyelevel) on to the rack and just put the jars back on..this is a space saver ...

@thoughtfulwatcher Жыл бұрын

Who can't use that hack on how to remove labels and stickers? Even if you don't craft, people need to take price tage or other things off. What a great tip!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Right?! When I figured out how to remove labels ... my life was changed! Thanks for watching 😀

@brendawagner6590 Жыл бұрын

That dry erase hack blew my mind. Thanks

@Happysewist Жыл бұрын

Since I use wooden beads to make small doll replicas of my friends I really love the jar-paint-shake hack! Genius! The thinner paint in various skin colors gives a really nice texture that I could never achieve heretofore.

@davidquerry8869 Жыл бұрын

Love the Parm cheese brush cleaner idea.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

It's so good! Thanks for watching David :)

@darlynhayduk2072 Жыл бұрын

Some great new tips. Love the bead painting hack...If you string the beads on some thread before putting them in the jar to paint, you can hang them across anything firm like a cardboard box with notches cut in the top...so the beads dry evenly and without drying blotches on them.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Great tip! Thanks for that Darlyn

@Happysewist Жыл бұрын

Stringing the beads on pipe cleaners work, too!

@Dawnofabrightday Жыл бұрын

Number 6 is a life changer!! I hate when the glue stick keeps falling out! THANK YOU FOR THE TIPS!!👍🏼👍🏼

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!!

@neomidevaughn9530 Жыл бұрын

Love all your "hacks" and projects! I'm a bit of a "late bloomer" at 75, but am having a blast doing crafts. Thank you so much.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Never such thing as too late! So glad you enjoyed watching Neomi :)

@Chatty-Cathy823 Жыл бұрын

I’m 72. I have always been “too busy” and funny but as soon as I start doing artwork or anything I am going to make - my family has some crisis and everything is put on hold. I’m hoping I get to finish a few things before I have to put my projects away… I LOVE IT!

@user-ml3hl6vr4t Жыл бұрын

Only 60 but been crafting since 4. Yep. I had a true saint of a grandmother who was very old school, and she taught me the basics of embroidery, crochet, knitting, tatting and hand sewing. I started making (quite crude but) Barbie doll clothes and neighbor’s daughters taught me to work with seed beads. Never looked back! No matter who or what, I always look forward to to what others are doing and how they’re doing it. And no matter how young or old you are, crafting fits everyone! I’ll add one more crafty bit: I take projects with me to do in waiting rooms. A lot of times I will chain beads (thread beads onto a coil of wire, make eye loop on each end for stringing together later) and it means tons of tiny wire snippets everywhere. Cut inside a one or two gallon baggie. No flyaways, no scattered mess, won’t fly into your eye.

@gramcc514 Жыл бұрын

And how old was Julia Child when she took French cooking classes? Col Sanders & his chicken...Grandma Moses & her painting? Well girlfriend you just jump right in where you're at! Sending some love from the mitten state!

@maureensamson4863 Жыл бұрын

So glad you've decided on crafting ! Keep going and all the best ! Im 72 !

@lynnl6979 Жыл бұрын

A Hack video with hacks that actually make sense! Very helpful!

@dorothyyoung8231 Жыл бұрын

The cheese jar lid also fits on a standard mason jar. Use an empty pill bottle as a sharps container. Put dull needles, bent pins, and broken-off utility knife blades into it, and discard it safely when full.

@bonniefaltz9505 Жыл бұрын

Love the bread clip on the tape idea! Always trying to find the end. Thanks for all of the great ideas.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Bonnie glad you enjoyed

@pamhorning6991 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. My favorite hack is sharpening scissors

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pam - that is a super helpful hack!

@vickigessler8614 Жыл бұрын

Scissor hack, Parmesan brush holder & painting beads!! Brilliant!!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@dianaschumaker6847 Жыл бұрын

I love the Parmesan cheese container idea especially for water to clean brushes. I recently found hand sanitizer in my craft room, now I remember why I bought it! 😂 Thank so much for the tips!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Oh that's great! Thanks so much for watching Diana

@odyDgonz Жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thanks for sharing

@SandraJoPo Жыл бұрын

Loved these hacks! I have thrown away so many paintbrushes because I accidentally left them out, so I'm super excited about trying out that hack, and the bead painting technique is absolute genius.

@suekranick4415 Жыл бұрын

I love e-6000 too....but I always have similar problems with it....I started buying the 4 pack of the small ones (.18oz) and it is so much better to control and I can use the whole tube without it drying up or getting stuck in the tube...😉

@mariaphilomena1422 Жыл бұрын

My favorite hack was the Parmesan cheese container being used for paint brushes and her supplies because we are constantly trying to keep all of our paint brushes organized. Such a cute idea!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Such a great hack! Glad you enjoyed

@marysolis4193 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! The blade and Sharpie hacks are magic!

@sherryroberts7716 Жыл бұрын

My favorite was using hand sanitizer to revive an old paintbrush. I have one right now that I was fixin' to throw away! I will try this, thanks!!

@bearablethree Жыл бұрын

The parmesan bottle..clever

@deborahthatsme Жыл бұрын

Cleaning the old paint brush and dry erase board are my favourites ❤

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

The best! Thanks for watching Deborah!

@studioplanetesilhouette Жыл бұрын

Wow ! You just became my Mrs. Clever Numner One ! Bravo !

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed watching Paula!

@yzolakitchi Жыл бұрын

Wow, with so many hack videos, it is rare to see tips I've not heard of before. Love the white-washing bead hack, sanitiser for paint brushes and the permanent marker on the dry erase board removal. Thanks for sharing :-)

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching, glad it was helpful!

@deannathedancer5984 Жыл бұрын

My favorites: The glue stick hack, and the hot hair dryer to get sticky labels off!! And so many uses for hand sanitizer!

@minajones1635 Жыл бұрын

Deidre, I had never heard of some of those hacks and am excited to try them. Like may of your viewers, the hand sanitizer to revive a neglected paint brush will save me money. I appreciate all of the work you put into your channel - you do good!! 😉😊

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it was helpful thanks for watching Mina

@vanessafarias3244 Жыл бұрын

I love the hand sanitizer hack on a dried up paintbrush.

@mariaphilomena1422 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that about hand sanitizer working to clean dried paint brushes! 🙌

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Yes it works fantastic thanks so much for watching

@vlrissolo Жыл бұрын

If you use the oil first and apply it to the blade it will help get rid of the gummy residue. Then just wipe the blade clean and leave the mechanism oiled. Believe it or not I learned this way back when when I was waxing in my salon. We used baby oil to remove that sticky wax. Not like regular wax it was mixed with honey if I recall. Been several decades LOL! It works though! Oh, not just your craft blade but your wallpaper blade and many other plastic blades have that device on the end.... sorry, sounds like I'm giving you advice I don't mean to

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!! I'll have to try that next time 😀

@thecarjacful Жыл бұрын

I just commented the same and then noticed your comment 🙄

@janbush9579 Жыл бұрын

That’s the best hack😊

@cassfonnesbeck8057 Жыл бұрын

Great tips. A saver for sure!

@farialmab4723 Жыл бұрын

Loved all of them, but *9* and *10* REALLY were Like MAGIC! 🤍

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@juliebyerly9412 Жыл бұрын

All useful. I was really impressed by the dry erase board fix, though. Who would have thought!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Right? Such a good hack!

@vanessamaiato3894 Жыл бұрын

So much amazing hacks. My favorite was saw dust and glue. Genius ❤❤❤

@whirlway1 Жыл бұрын

Love the bread tab & tape hack!

@designsbydawn976 Жыл бұрын

They are all great hacks! Tfs and God Bless 🥰 💜

@sunshine031188 Жыл бұрын

I looove the hack for cleaning the paint brushes with cling wrap and hand sanitizer....you just saved me a ton of money and a lot of discarded paint brushes that I have neglected to clean🙈

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.

@suzannecranford6819 Жыл бұрын

My favorite is the Parmesan cheese canister hack. What a good idea. Also good for keeping baking soda handy to use as a cleaning agent. I also like the glue stick hack. That's awesome. Thanks for sharing!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

So good eh!! Thanks for watching Suzanne 😀

@jennifermorgan3343 Жыл бұрын

Yes! I use a shaker container for baking soda to clean with, but it came in handy to quell an small electric motor fire! Keep it right in front, under your sink to grab in an emergency!😉

@suzannecranford6819 Жыл бұрын

@@jennifermorgan3343 that's a great idea.

@mariehampton740 4 ай бұрын

OMGOSH ! 😮 My brain has gone into massive overload. I now carry a notebook around with me. To write down projects and DIYS that I want to try. everything that you have video'd is absolutely amazing.!

@OurUpcycledLife 4 ай бұрын

Excellent

@crystallbell5545 Жыл бұрын

The paint brush holder and paint brush cleaner is my favorite.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

They are great hacks!

@judywhitacre8788 Жыл бұрын

Love the sharpening scissors gonna save me alot of 💰 money

@starsantistevan6870 Жыл бұрын

I love each tip. 1st is removing labels. 2nd is scissors renew. Marker remover. Paint from my artist paint brush! I'm going to record it for later!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

@rubymaddy3161 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 💕

@pattibearup344 Жыл бұрын

I love the hand sanitizer to clean up a dried paintbrush! I find I forget once in a while to clean a brush sooo...this is a game changer for me. Thank you!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

It's so good!

@janashe8600 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing these. I especially liked the one about removing old glue & renewing a stiff paintbrush

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@YPC.KdthreeX_YT Жыл бұрын

Finally something thats actually useful and not a waste of time

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed.

@WendyNikitisLacheiou Жыл бұрын

Love it! Good hacks...Who knew?? Thanks!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Wendy :)

@cecilemorgan5013 Жыл бұрын

My favorite hacks are repurposing an old Parmesan cheese bottle to hold paintbrushes, using saran wrap and hand sanitizer to clean dried-up paintbrushes, and melting the tip of a glue stick to stop the newest glue stick from falling out of the glue gun. Thanks so much for the hacks.

@ruthjames715 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas especially the bread tag and using the d hair dryer to remove labels. Ruth down under

@mathangelaz5799 Жыл бұрын

Twelve for twelve…thank you!

@janemiettinen5176 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ill be on a lookout for that parmesan jar. Hand sanitizer would also help with the permanent marker on the white board. And thats perfectly good way to sharpen your scissors in a hurry, but in a long run, I warmly recommend having a sharpener, plus having different scissors for paper and fabrics (paper dulls them like no other). Greetings from the land of Fiskars :)

@alicewills7677 Жыл бұрын

Great tips!!!!

@marythomason5717 8 ай бұрын

Bead idea is great. Saving the brush is brilliant. All great ideas. Thanks. Mary

@OurUpcycledLife 8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@terirachelsims8928 Жыл бұрын

Great tips! It makes me wonder what's in hand sanitizer that it does things like remove glue residue.

@judyfiebig8304 Жыл бұрын

I love the quick craft hacks.

@wendysmith6611 Жыл бұрын

Awesome tips! Thank you! I liked them all, but the hand sanitizer on paint brushes and bread tab on tap are my favorites! Such a simple solution! Thank you again for sharing!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Wendy thanks so much for watching

@cheekypiper512 Жыл бұрын

Best hacks I have ever seen. The chalkboard was my fav as I messed it up already.

@handmadebyjess Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting an actual HACK video! Many people are labeling it hacks when it's just DIYs. And thank you for sharing those ideas! Especially the paint brush one, I never knew that hand sanitizer would fix that! I will certainly give that a try on my brushes!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jessica - I'm so glad it was helpful!

@promise372 Жыл бұрын

Right! I have 3 of my favorite brushes wrapped in hand sanitizer right now. I'm so happy to have found this. They were (are) my favorite brushes

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Hope it works great for you!

@handmadebyjess Жыл бұрын

@@promise372 same here! I haven't had the heart to throw them away cause they were my favorites, I'm glad I can try to revive them now!

@handmadebyjess Жыл бұрын

@@OurUpcycledLife thanks again!

@sybilleulinski1827 Жыл бұрын

I like the cleaning hacks with hand sanitizer - now you can imagine what it does to your skin!

@tabby5028 Жыл бұрын

The dry erase to remove the permanent marker was awesome!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Right?!

@FilomenaDapaz Жыл бұрын

the glue squeeze one. my favorite

@darlenethompson1438 Жыл бұрын

I think you will just have saved me money with the paint brush hack❤

@arashy Жыл бұрын

Cool tips and thanks for the chapters/timestamps!!

@sueshanks9447 Жыл бұрын

The hand sanitizer to clean brushes and sticky off of jars! These hints are super!! And I am using all the hand sanitizers I have !!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Amazing! I am so glad you enjoyed watching Sue :)

@DressYourHorse Жыл бұрын

You blew it out of the water with this one! The hacks are all terrific. I especially like two - the bread tab on the tape and the E6000. Thanks for sharing.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Heidi thanks so much for watching

@anitafreeman7414 Жыл бұрын

I like the easy way to paint the beads, thank you for video

@lynfischer460 Жыл бұрын

Loved every one of the hacks, my favorite is the bread wrapper ! Thank you 👧🏻

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Lyn!

@sueperry2567 Жыл бұрын

The way you did the beads!

@9094nancyj Жыл бұрын

Ingenious! Loved all the hacks.

@jacksable9596 Жыл бұрын

I use a lot of packaging tape, the bread tie hack will save me lots of time and even more frustration! Thanks.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s a great little hack. Thanks for watching.

@jenniferjackson2725 Жыл бұрын

Wow I knew what the lines were for but didn't know about the lil clip thing thanks! 👍🏽

@marypaynevandervort4828 Жыл бұрын

Loved these; thank you for sharing ❤

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them Mary!

@laurasil Жыл бұрын

Great video hon!!! Thanks for sharing!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Aww Laura - thanks so much for watching!

@barbarawells759 Жыл бұрын

Just want to share an idea when it comes to tube glue. I use toothpaste roller on glue in tubes. They really squeeze out every drop. Also I put Vaseline on the lid & on a long nail that fits in tube. No more problems with lid being stuck. Works great for liquid nail or E3000. Enjoyed your video.

@jamiecee4960 Жыл бұрын

Ideas I never knew of. Love the Tape idea with the tie on the end of it. And the spice jar for paint brushes. All was good though.

@misssocialdeb3777 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! This is the most helpful video! Thanks!

@heard3879 Жыл бұрын

That's astonishing about the dry erase marker!!!

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Just like magic thanks for watching

@laurieshafer2266 Жыл бұрын

Love the hacks. There cheese container hack was my favorite

@cw5451 Жыл бұрын

I loved the tip about how to get permanent marker off a dry erase board!

@kristab.1286 Жыл бұрын

These are all great crafting hacks. I'll definitely use the hand sanitizer for the hardened paint brush as well as some of the others.

@farzanaahmed8302 Жыл бұрын

Love them all.

@carlabarlow1409 Жыл бұрын

I liked the hand sanitizer removing paint and glue

@Chatty-Cathy823 Жыл бұрын

My favorite? I’m thinking it was the scissors. I’ve heard and used most of the others. ❤️❤️❤️

@sylvia9675 Жыл бұрын

I loved the resharpening scissors hack. I have thrown away so many pairs of scissors because they were so dull. I’m definitely going to try this sharpening hack

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

It's a good one to keep in your back pocket! Thanks for watching Sylvia 😀

@judithaldridge4127 Жыл бұрын

The blade one and the heads brilliant. Judy. Manchester.England

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks Judy, glad you enjoyed!

@dee383 Жыл бұрын

Wow , Love these hacks. I'll be using many. 👍

@americanhandnfoot Жыл бұрын

Oh MY.... these fixes are FABULOUS... I can use evey one of them. THANKS.

@OurUpcycledLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoyed!

@nancywalker7302 Жыл бұрын

All of these hacks are awesome!

@SugarAndCiderbyKatie Жыл бұрын

Good list. It's best practice not to take the small cuts on the sandpaper with your scissors. Use a larger piece of sandpaper and cut with your entire blade. Those small snips can cause misalignment of the blade.

@karenstimson2683 Жыл бұрын

These are really great tips that I have never seen before!

@emmahowells8334 Жыл бұрын

With the sticky stuff on scissors, I use an eraser to do it, less messy.

@tinaburgard7814 Жыл бұрын

I never knew about most of these hacks, especially the one to keep the glue stick from falling out. I use eucalyptus oil to remove any glue/adhesive residue. Works like a charm.