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14 Gifts for the DIY Craft Goddess

Written by Washingtonian Staff | Published on December 20, 2011
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Available at anthropologie.com.
Available at anthropologie.com.

She’ll be the envy of sidewalk artists everywhere with this vintage-style attaché case that includes everything she needs to create a masterpiece, $199.95. Photograph by Anthropologie

Available at amazon.com.
Available at amazon.com.

The Bust DIY Guide to Life has crafts for every room, plus how-tos on everything from gardening to hairstyles, $19.77. Photograph by Amazon

Available at cwonder.com.
Available at cwonder.com.

She can customize coasters and cocktail napkins for New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, birthdays, and beyond with this festive kit, $28. Photograph by C. Wonder

Available at allotinabox.com.
Available at allotinabox.com.

If she likes making her own, odds are she’ll like growing her own, too. This Allotinabox kit contains everything an urban girl needs to create a windowsill vegetable garden, $20.43. Photograph by All in a Box

Available at curiosityshoppeonline.com.
Available at curiosityshoppeonline.com.

The Design Sponge at Home book is chock-full of crafty inspiration, $35. Photograph by Curiosity Shoppe

Available at fiftenneleven.bigcartel.com.
Available at fiftenneleven.bigcartel.com.

She outgrew tie-dye in middle school, but she can learn the art of dip-dye—tie-dye’s sophisticated older cousin—in a class in Old Town, $50. Photograph by Fifteen/Eleven

Available at urbanoutfitters.com.
Available at urbanoutfitters.com.

A printed dress form will help her live out her Project Runway fantasy, and provides a unique way to display her creations, $300. Photograph by Urban Outfitters

Available at Beadazzled (1507 Connecticut Ave., NW) and beadazzled.net.
Available at Beadazzled (1507 Connecticut Ave., NW) and beadazzled.net.

This six-strand turquoise pendant will be the centerpiece for a gorgeous statement necklace, $130. Photograph by Beadazzled

Available at hbloom.com.
Available at hbloom.com.

Brighten her day and her dining room table for weeks with the Arrange Your Own subscription from H.Bloom, which includes enough flowers in each delivery to make two to three arrangements, $29 per delivery. Photograph by H. Bloom

Available at scenterprises.com.
Available at scenterprises.com.

These days, even Justin Bieber has his own perfume. Help her create her own signature scent with a perfume-making kit, $85. Photograph by Scenterprises

Available at yourgiftgoddess.com.
Available at yourgiftgoddess.com.

Every project is more fun with leopard-print tools, $3.99 to $10.99. Photograph by Your Gift Goddess

Available at dickblick.com
Available at dickblick.com

Take credit for her next crafting addiction with the classic Speedball screen-printing kit, $47.75. Photograph by Dick Blick

Available at yellowowlworkshop.com.
Available at yellowowlworkshop.com.

A true craft goddess carves her own stamps, $40. Photograph by Yellow Owl Workshop

Available at Looped Yarn Works (1732 Connecticut Ave., NW; 202-714-5667)
Available at Looped Yarn Works (1732 Connecticut Ave., NW; 202-714-5667)

If you’re lucky, she’ll regift this ultra-luxe alpaca-and-silk yarn to you in scarf form next year, $13.50. Photograph by Looped Yarn Works

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