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As the year draws to a close, I’ve been looking back at the past year for 2017 to see what my favorite projects have been. We’ve sure come a long way this year, even with a baby in our midst! While it’s fun to see our very own projects, I wanted to share with you some other amazing craft and DIY bloggers. Below are over 30 of the Best of the Best 2017 crafts!
Best of 2017 crafts
Sugar Bee Crafts: Create Painted Canvas
A Girl and a Glue Gun: Transfer Photos to Wood
The Friendly Red Fox: Crochet Mermaid
The Craft Patch: Giant Paper Flowers
See Lindsay: Maui Costume
Keeping it Simple: Farmhouse Signs
Practical and Pretty: DIY Yoga Bolster
Happiness is Homemade: DIY Gemstone Soap
Artsy Fartsy Mama: Printable Coloring Weekly Planner
Printable Crush: Hand Lettered Wood Sign
Everyday Jenny: 3D Paper Flower Magnets
The Ruffled Daisy: Holiday Slime
5 Little Monsters: Crocheted Unicorn Hat
Creative Green Living: Unicorn Horn Headband
Dukes and Duchesses: Upcycled Embroidery Hoop
Cutesy Crafts: Bloom Hand Embroidery
Liz on Call: Custom T-shirt How-To
Twin Drangonfly Designs: Chewbacca Ornaments
Persia Lou: Paint Scrape Notecards
Sweet Red Poppy: Skinny Bows
Sengerson: Cold Frame Garden Box
Sunshine and Munchins: Rainbow String Art
Swoodson Says: Felt Pocket Kitty
Unoriginal Mom: Fabric Covered Pumpkins
Ginger Snaps: 2×4 Tic Tac Toe
Sew Alicia: Quick Rag Quilt Hack
A Little Craft in Your Day: Crate Ottoman
Housewife Eclectic: Harry Potter Party
Sisters What: Faux Leather Bow Tie
Doodlecraft: Lego Fidget Spinner
It Happens in a Blink: Rope Coasters
Simply Designing: Industrial Printer Cart
Leap of Faith Crafting: Painted Yeti Mug
Blue i Style: Cord and Charger Organization
Try It Like It Create It: Printable Cow Mask
Happy Go Lucky: DIY Slime Kit
Most Popular Craft Cutting Projects
Size
This is the most obvious feature. The Cricut Joy is 75% smaller than the other machines and weighs less than four pounds. At 5" by 8" in size, this means that you can take it with you wherever and whenever you feel like labeling or crafting.
Continuous Cutting
Because it is smaller, the width size that it can cut is limited. You can cut images up to 4.5" in width. However, you can also do continuous cutting for up to 20' long. Yes, FEET.
In addition, you can repeat patterns for up to 20' as well. Simply incredible.
And for those wondering where you would buy 20' long rolls of material, along with the launch of the Cricut Joy, they are launching a line of new material which includes rolls up to 20' in various colors. (Kind of like how Apple introduces new accessories when they introduce a new port. Smart business move, Provo Craft.)
Greeting Card Making Is Easy with Card Mats
With the Cricut Joy, you can make meaningful, customized greeting cards in no time. Greeting card making is easier than ever because they have also introduced card mats that only allow the top layer of the card to run through.
Label Making Is Way Easier
Before with current machines, you would have to make sure that your machine lined up the right way, you designed your outline and pushed in the mat perfectly so that the machine could get the labels just right.
However, with the Cricut Joy, you can make labels precisely with this machine along with the new materials they are coming out with.
Cricut also launched a new set of marker and label sets where you can write on vinyl labels with no smudging or fear that the marker will rub off.
Cutting Mats No Longer Required
Cricut Joy also introduced a new line up of brand new materials that are categorized as "Smart Material" technology that allows you to feed the material straight into the machine without a cutting mat.
Remember: It also comes in extended sizes up to 20 feet long where you can cut them CONTINUOUSLY.
If you plan on using existing vinyl, those will obviously need a mat and you'll need to buy a different mat size to fit the machine.
Buttonless Setup with Automatic Feeding
And taking a nod from Apple's amazing design, Cricut has done away with buttons. The only thing you'll be interacting with is the tool housing and the opening enclosure. Everything is setup via bluetooth. No longer will you need to go into Design Space and set the settings, then go to the machine and hit the button to start (which I think is kind of annoying), the machine will sense all of this and automatically feed the material into the machine.
You will only need to click the button ONCE. Simply incredible, this is what I call listening to your customers.
