Crafting doesn't always require copious amounts of free time, tools, and supplies. Create something special right now in less than a half hour.

Flip-flops adorned with fabric flowers are the perfect accessory for bright-colored shorts and bathing suits. Cut stems from fabric flowers, and glue in place with a hot-glue gun, using a dime-size dollop to ensure the flowers stay on.

Protect small electronics and other essentials with felt cases you can whip up in minutes.

Your pet may not mind dining informally, but for easy cleanup, you'll want a pet place mat under its bowl.

If you love the look of silk scarves but feel they're a little too Rhoda Morgenstern to wear with some of your outfits, these bags are the perfect way to repurpose them.

These blooming shapes add a shot of color to your tabletop. To make a set, you'll need a roll of thin cork and sheets of felt.

Use strips of cloth or lace to trim the opening of a cotton pillowcase.

If you're going to do creative work, your craft supplies should look the part. Here's a way to decorate basic jam jars with lively fabric scraps.

In their common role as bathroom accessories they might easily go unnoticed, but towel-bar holders take pride of place when used as graceful sconces.

Fashion an apron from a pretty dish towel.

An event that comes but once a year deserves a special card. Mark a special occasion - such as a birthday or an anniversary - with a homemade card drawn in yarn.

Instead of carrying pictures in your wallet, why not put them on your tote bag?

Enlist your little pixie to help make colorful calico hair clips and butterfly barrettes.

It's easy to add or replace a shade pull. Three yards of satin cording will cover a washer or plastic ring with a diameter of 2 inches or less.

This soft bed, suitable for small pooches, can be refreshed with a quick switch of covers.

Little socks, baby T-shirts, and tiny sweaters are quickly outgrown, so you'll want to be reminded of them in the years to come. Put their captivating forms on display with framed sun prints.

Kids don't need fancy tools or techniques to put their stamp on a T-shirt -- they don't even need to know how to paint. Add a playful print to a plain top with ordinary baking potatoes and a little fabric paint.

Mounted at eye level above a desk, clothespins on an unobtrusive strip hold home-office essentials: correspondence, a calendar, and whatever is relevant at the moment.

Lavender sachets offer a wonderful way to infuse your clothes with a sweet scent. You can also create an aromatic liner for your whole drawer with a washable fabric and Velcro.

A length of manila rope has a natural beauty that usually passes unnoticed through working hands. But once a rope is coiled around a lamp base, its texture and shape stand out.

Homemade lip balm, infused with your favorite scented oils, will make your lips delicious while smoothing and softening them. Customize our basic recipe.

Give a cabinet or shelves a sense of surprise by lining them with old documents, illustrations, sheet music, or postcards, photocopied to size.

Give a traditional hutch a burst of color -- and make use of space that usually goes to waste -- by installing a cloth-covered bulletin board inside.

Give an orphaned pillowcase a new home -- over your shoulder. Make a cute summer carryall.

When the garden is especially exuberant, it seems you can never have enough vases. Make a matching set of vessels by painting metal cans in muted hues.