Everyone has to have a starting point, and this is mine. I’ve compiled a list of skills, arts and crafts that I believe are dead, dying or unique enough to be archive for others to learn about. Whether they just want to learn about what someone crafts or want to do the craft for yourself I hope you find it

Home Economic Basics

Cooking

• Sourdough Making
• Cooking with Leftovers
• Reading a recipe
• Waste not want not (preserving/saving foods)
• Canning
• Cheese making

• Meal Planning/Nutrition
  • How rounded meals look
  • Types of diets
• Grocery Shopping/budgeting
  • How to start budgeting
  • How to make a grocery list
• Sewing
  • Mending
    • Knits
    • Patching
    • Hemming
    • Taking in/taking out
    • Darning
  • Simple sewing
    • Button sewing
    • Button hole sewing
    • Embellishing
• Laundry
  • Stain removal
  • Hand washing
  • Line Drying
  • Ironing/Steming
  • Alternatives to laundry detergent
    • Baking soda
    • Dawn
    • Palm olive
    • Softsoap
• Cleaning Basics
  • Oiling wood
  • When to use Furniture polish
  • Cleaning wood tools
  • Hand washing dishes
  • Moping vs Dry moping vs dusting
  • When to clean what
• Time Management/House keeping
  • Making a schedule
  • Making to-do lists
  • Scheduling appointments
• Home Safety/Emergency Prep
• Gardening/plant basics
• Etiquette/Hosting
  • Flower arrangement
  • Table setting
  • Picnicking
  • Tea
• Using tools/basic maintenance
  • Hanging a frame
  • Changing a socket
  • Unclogging a toilet
  • Replacing a doorknob
  • Fixing a nail hole
• Saving/Budgeting/basic money skills
  • Writing a check
• Car maintenance
  • Checking/Changing oil
  • Changing tires
  • Radiator fluid
  • Jumping a car

Human Experience

• Public speaking
• Using a physical book/Paper & Pen
  •  index/table of contents reading
  • Source citing
  • Addressing an envelope
  • Writing a thank you note
  • Writing a letter

Misc.

• Growing from seeds 
• Candle Making
• Rock Painting
• Punch Needling
• Basket weaving
• Diorama making
• Leather tooling
• Stuffed Animal Restoration & Reproduction (Cozy Craze Cuddles – added 04/01/2026)
• Calligraphy
• Graphology
• Wax seal making
• Flower reading

Stone/Wood/Bone

• Linoleum stamp making 
• Wood carving
• Plaster wall art
• Cotton binding
• Bead/tamber embroidery
• Stone carving
• Mosaics 
• Making a lamp
• Make a clock
• Arrow making
• Flintknapping
• Stone tumbling/lapidary
• Marionette making
• Rattan chair making
• Furniture canning
• Carousel horse carving 
• Whittling 
• Bone working
• Block printing
• Wood burning

Paper, Wool, Fabric

• Needle felting
• Spinning wool
• Lace tatting
• Fabric flower making
• Besom broom making
• Papermaking
• Paper quilling
• Upholstering
• Lampshade making
• Spool lace/bobbin lace
• Paper cutting
• Book binding
• Knitting
• Crochet 
• Weaving
• Cross-stitch
• Hand Embroidery
• Bead embroidery
• Garment making

Metal & Glass

• Silver smithing
• Stained glass making
• Metal forging
• Black smithing
• Hand engraving
• Glass etching
• Stone wrapping
• Glass blowing